Interim Senior Legal Operations Leader - Remote

Montresor Legal; Greater London; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Montresor Legal seeks an experienced Legal Operations generalist to support the in-house function across a major international business in mining and resources. The role requires ownership, independent work, and strong relationships with senior legal and business stakeholders.

The successful candidate will bring broad legal ops experience, spanning technology, financial management, process improvement and external counsel management, with a hands-on, practical approach and readiness to start on

Qualifications

• Substantial legal operations experience, ideally in-house or in a complex legal environment.
• Broad knowledge spanning legal technology, financial management, process improvement and external counsel management.
• Experience delivering operational change and implementing improvements across legal teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including senior leadership exposure.
• Hands-on, practical approach and ability to work independently.
• Availability to commence an interim assignment at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Support development and optimisation of legal operations processes, systems and workflows.
• Work with legal technology and identify automation opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Support legal financial management, including budgets, reporting, spend analysis and cost controls.
• Coordinate external counsel and legal supplier relationships, including performance and cost management.
• Support change management initiatives and operational improvement projects within the legal function.
• Prepare management information, reports, presentations and communications for senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with legal leadership and wider business teams to implement priorities and improvements.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Legal operations

Automation

Budget management

External counsel management

Process improvement

Change management

Communication

Job description

Montresor Legal seeks an experienced Legal Operations generalist to support the in-house function across a major international business in mining and resources. The role requires ownership, independent work, and strong relationships with senior legal and business stakeholders.

The successful candidate will bring broad legal ops experience, spanning technology, financial management, process improvement and external counsel management, with a hands-on, practical approach and readiness to start on