Legal Operations Intake & Data Specialist

kdci1; Pasig; On-site; PHP 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

kdci1 in the Philippines seeks a Legal Operations Intake Specialist to manage intake, classification, tracking, and organization of legal requests and contract data. This role emphasizes data accuracy, stakeholder coordination, and efficient workflow for high-volume requests.

Note that contract review, negotiation, or legal analysis are not part of this role; focus is on data hygiene, records, and process improvements within Smartsheet and related tools, with strong attention to detail and

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in Legal Operations, contract administration, or similar data/workflow coordination role.
• Hands-on data processing, classification, cleanup, reconciliation, and maintaining accurate records.
• Familiarity with NDAs, MSAs, and SOWs.
• Experience using Smartsheet or a comparable platform.
• Intermediate Excel skills: filters, sorting, lookups, conditional formatting, and data validation.
• Excellent written English communication and stakeholder coordination.
• Experience supporting U.S.-based clients is required.
• Legal judgment, contract review, negotiation, and legal analysis are not required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the Legal team's intake mailbox and log new requests promptly and accurately.
• Review incoming requests for completeness and follow up with requestors regarding missing information.
• Capture and classify key details: requester, counterparty, contract type, contracting entity, deadline, and purpose.
• Identify urgent, incomplete, or conflicting requests and escalate them per procedures.
• Route requests to the appropriate Legal team member based on assignment rules.
• Maintain visibility of request status, team workload, deadlines, and outstanding matters.
• Create and maintain accurate Legal request records in Smartsheet.
• Maintain standardized classifications: contract family, type, counterparty category, entity, and status.
• Support Smartsheet dropdowns, formulas, automations, reports, and basic workflow updates.
• Assist with historical data cleanup, migration, reconciliation, and identification of duplicates.
• Organize and maintain the Legal document and contract repository using naming conventions and metadata standards.
• Prepare operational reports on request volume, turnaround time, workload, and outstanding matters.
• Maintain clear process documentation and recommend practical improvements to data accuracy and workflow efficiency.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure requests and records are complete and progressing as expected.

Skills

Data processing

Classification

Data cleanup

Data reconciliation

Smartsheet

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

US client experience

Documentation standards

Stakeholder coordination

High-volume request handling

Structured data

Reporting / dashboards

Metadata tagging

Tools

Smartsheet

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Job description

kdci1 in the Philippines seeks a Legal Operations Intake Specialist to manage intake, classification, tracking, and organization of legal requests and contract data. This role emphasizes data accuracy, stakeholder coordination, and efficient workflow for high-volume requests.

Note that contract review, negotiation, or legal analysis are not part of this role; focus is on data hygiene, records, and process improvements within Smartsheet and related tools, with strong attention to detail and