Legal Operations Assistant

The Rundown AI, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in data-driven solutions is seeking a Legal Operations Assistant to support their dynamic legal team. This role involves managing administrative tasks, legal workflows, and facilitating team productivity. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a proactive approach to support in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• At least two years of administrative or personal support experience.
• Experience with scheduling complex travel itineraries.
• Ability to work a varied schedule based on team needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Legal team, including travel arrangements.
• Triage and execute legal workflows in tracking software.
• Help plan and execute office events and external gatherings.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Professionalism

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

A World-Changing Company

Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

The Role

Palantir’s dynamic in-house legal team works to proactively address legal issues so that Palantir can continue to drive positive impact in the world. We are deeply embedded in Palantir’s mission and culture, take time to connect with folks across the global Palantir community, and are viewed across the company as key to Palantir’s success. Legal Operations is the organisational backbone of the legal team at Palantir. Legal Operations is a mission-focused team that strives to support and execute on critical initiatives across the Legal team.

As a Legal Operations Assistant supporting our Legal team, you will be handling a variety of professional and personal responsibilities, including expenses, travel, and calendaring. You are very organised and thrive off of enabling the people you support to be as productive and impactful as possible. You’ll leverage your excellent communication skills, and exercise tact and diplomacy in helping to manage relationships with stakeholders both internal and external to Palantir. In this role, you'll also demonstrate good judgment and strategic thinking by understanding competing priorities and prioritising accordingly.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Legal team at Palantir, including support for complex calendaring, travel arrangements, and expenses
• Triage and execution of legal workflows in issue and project tracking software
• Provide in office support including arranging any couriers, fillings, maintaining and organising team resources
• Help plan, support, and execute office events and external gatherings
• Work both autonomously and in collaboration with teammates, colleagues, and external contacts

What We Value

• Ability to pivot quickly, anticipate needs, and execute autonomously, with strong attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise, and have a high sense of urgency
• Excellent communication skills and perceptiveness
• Ability to interact with a wide range of teams internally and externally with thoughtfulness and tact
• High level of professionalism, confidentiality, and discretion in both internal and external interactions
• Willingness to proactively engage and learn new processes
• A “no task too big, no task too small” mentality
• Ability to work a varied schedule, including outside standard business hours, based on the needs of the team
• Experience with working with a global team preferred

What We Require

• At least two years of previous administrative or personal support experience, preferably in a fast-paced environment and/or in support of a legal team
• Excellent computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience with scheduling complex international and domestic travel itineraries

Life at Palantir

We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the city and or country in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.

If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.