Legal Operations Manager

Commify-Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous paid leave

Enhanced family leave

Birthday day off

Calm wellbeing support

Job summary

Commify-Group is seeking an experienced Legal Operations Manager to own the operational transformation plan for the Legal & Compliance team. You will modernise workflows by adopting AI tooling, improve knowledge/data repositories, and run the operational backbone to free the team for core work.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong organisational skills, and the ability to drive adoption across a global tech environment with private equity exposure preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven experience running legal operations in a global tech company.
• Experience with private equity portfolio companies is preferred.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Ability to explain complex concepts and influence colleagues.
• A proactive, hands-on approach.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the Legal & Compliance team's operational transformation plan.
• Lead the adoption of legal AI software to deflect routine queries and boost efficiency.
• Maintain and evolve the team's repositories, knowledge base and data.
• Oversee the company secretarial scheme and governance obligations.
• Support intragroup agreements management, preparation and record-keeping.
• Champion new ways of working to drive adoption and continuous improvement.
• Provide general team administration and operational support.

Skills

Legal operations

AI tooling

Knowledge management

Data governance

Company secretarial

Intragroup agreements

Stakeholder education

Hands-on

Tools

Legal AI software

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Legal Operations Manager to own and drive the execution of the Legal & Compliance team's operational transformation plan. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will modernise the way the team works - leading the adoption of legal AI tooling, strengthening our knowledge and data repositories, and running the operational backbone that frees our team members to focus on the work that matters most. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who enjoys turning the art of the possible into everyday reality and bringing colleagues along with them.

Key responsibilities:

• Own and deliver the Legal & Compliance team's operational transformation plan, taking end-to-end responsibility for its execution.
• Lead the adoption of legal AI software to deflect routine legal queries away from the team, improve the team's efficiency, and empower colleagues to undertake a greater range of tasks themselves.
• Maintain and evolve the team's repositories, knowledge base and data, keeping them accurate, well-structured and genuinely useful.
• Oversee the company secretarial scheme, ensuring statutory and governance obligations are met across the group.
• Support the management of intragroup agreements, including their preparation, upkeep and record-keeping.
• Champion new ways of working - explaining, influencing and educating the team on the art of the possible to drive adoption and continuous improvement.
• Provide general team administration and operational support to keep the function running smoothly.

• Proven experience running legal operations, ideally within another global technology company.
• Experience working for a private equity portfolio company is preferable.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• The ability to explain and influence the art of the possible, and to educate and bring colleagues along with you.
• A can-do, hands-on approach.

• Flexible working
• Generous paid leave
• Enhanced family leave
• Birthday day off
• Mental health support through our wellbeing partner, Calm
• Wellbeing leave and a Mental Health First Aider program
• Giving back days to help support causes close to your heart
• Unlimited professional & personal learning
• Total Rewards, including retirement planning, healthcare and life assurance
• And did we mention our epic team socials? We know how to celebrate in style!