Legal Operations Manager

Tiger Recruitment; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting tech company in Cambridge is seeking a Legal Operations Manager to enhance legal department operations. You will work closely with senior management, managing budgets and implementing strategies for efficiency in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates are proactive team players with experience in legal operations, confident in stakeholder management and familiar with corporate governance processes. This role offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• Experience managing budgets, including forecasting and financial analysis.
• Experience in company secretarial processes and corporate governance is an advantage.
• Ability to work under own initiative in a changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Developing strategies to improve legal department operations.
• Managing the legal department's external budgets and technology solutions.
• Preparing reports for senior management.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Budget management

Cross-functional communication

Organizational skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Legal Operations Manager

£60,000 - £70,000 DOE – Cambridge based with a very good hybrid set up. Permanent | Full‑time

Our client, an exciting and evolving tech company, is looking to hire a Legal Operations Manager to join their growing team.

What You’ll Do

Reporting into the Chief Strategy and Legal Officer you’ll be the lynch pin of the legal and compliance team. You’ll be integral to ensuring the department delivers on its objectives and the company’s wider growth trajectories. This is very much a generalist role, so someone who is happy to take on a range of duties and responsibilities and is as comfortable working on large‑scale projects as they are arranging team meetings. You’ll be proactive in identifying areas of improvement and increasing efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing strategies to improve legal department operations.
• Administrative support at Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel level working globally including planning team meetings, minute taking and inbox management.
• Managing the legal department's external budgets, monitoring and forecasting.
• Managing technology solutions to improve department efficiency.
• Working closely with other departments to ensure company alignment with the broader business goals and initiatives.
• Preparing reports for senior management to aid in decision‑making.
• Overseeing legal and compliance project – timelines and budgets.
• Support with company secretarial work, for example board meeting preparation.

Who Are You

This is a role in a fast‑paced, rapidly evolving sector, so we’re looking for someone who is comfortable in a start‑up/scale‑up like environment. You’ll be a team player and someone who is confident in taking ownership over ideas and projects, as well as someone who is looking for career growth and development. Ideally we’re looking for someone from a legal background but we’re also looking for the right fit and candidates who are proactive, confident communicators with a forward‑thinking mindset will work well within the team.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills.
• Experience in managing budgets, including forecasting, financial analysis, vendor & law firm management, reporting & metrics and accounting.
• Experience in driving initiatives that promote cross‑functional communication, team working and knowledge sharing.
• Experience of company secretarial processes, corporate governance, and statutory compliance is an advantage.
• Top‑level organisational skills.
• Ability to work under own initiative and in a changing environment.
• Senior stakeholders management experience.
• Ideally will have experience working across OR projects within a scale‑up and/or PE‑backed business.
• An understanding of legal contracting and compliance processes.
• Strong knowledge of technologies such as PowerPoint, Excel, the use of GAI and other such systems.
• Experience in developing best practice in area of expertise.

REF: AR133966

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