Senior Legal Operations Consultant - 12-Month Contract

Montresor Legal; England; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Montresor Legal is seeking a senior Legal Operations professional to support our in-house function for a major international mining and natural resources client. The role is a full-time interim position (12 months) with largely remote work and optional London office attendance.

The candidate will own and optimise legal operations processes, leverage technology, manage budgets and external counsel, and report to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Substantial legal operations experience in-house or within a complex legal environment.
• Experience with legal technology and automation to improve efficiency.
• Ability to manage budgets, reporting, and spend analysis for legal functions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise legal operations processes, systems and workflows.
• Work with legal tech and automation 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 operational priorities and improvements.

Skills

Legal operations

Stakeholder management

Change management

Budgeting & spend analysis

Legal tech

Process improvement

External counsel management

In-house experience

Tools

Contract management software

Reporting tools

Job description

We are working on an excellent interim opportunity for an experienced Legal Operations professional to support the in-house legal function of a major international business operating within the mining and natural resources sector.

Our client is looking for a commercially minded Legal Operations generalist who can work confidently across a broad range of operational responsibilities, supporting the effective delivery of legal services across a complex international organisation.

This is a senior-level assignment requiring someone who can take ownership, work independently and build effective relationships with senior legal and business stakeholders.

The successful candidate will bring broad legal operations experience, with responsibilities likely to include:

• Supporting the development and optimisation of legal operations processes, systems and workflows.
• Working with legal technology and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency through digital solutions and automation.
• Supporting legal financial management, including budgets, reporting, spend analysis and cost controls.
• Coordinating external counsel and legal supplier relationships, including performance and cost management.
• Supporting change management initiatives and operational improvement projects within the legal function.
• Preparing management information, reports, presentations and communications for senior stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively with legal leadership and wider business teams to implement operational priorities and improvements.

We are particularly interested in speaking with candidates who have:

• Substantial legal operations experience, ideally gained within an in-house legal function or similarly 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 experience working with senior leadership.
• A practical, hands-on approach and the ability to operate independently.
• Availability to commence an interim assignment at short notice.

Experience within a large international organisation would be advantageous, although we are equally interested in candidates who can demonstrate the breadth of experience required.

This is a full-time, 12-month assignment commencing in early November 2026.

The role is expected to be largely remote, although the working arrangements are still being finalised. Candidates should therefore indicate whether they are available for occasional or regular attendance at the London office, or whether they are seeking a fully remote position.