AI-Driven Legal Operations Specialist

Consilio LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Consilio LLC, a global leader in legal services, seeks a senior professional with deep legal operations expertise to lead AI-driven modernization of vendor data, billing review, and workflow automation. You will shape scalable frameworks, dashboards, and SOPs, ensuring transparency, privacy, and accuracy in AI outputs.

The role requires 7+ years in legal operations or legal technology, experience deploying AI/ML in legal workflows, and strong data analytics skills across SQL, Excel, and BI

Qualifications

• 7+ years in legal operations, legal project management, or legal technology — ideally within a large in-house legal department or top-tier law firm.
• Demonstrated experience deploying AI/ML tools in legal workflows (e.g., contract analysis, e-billing, spend analytics, document review).
• Strong working knowledge of e-billing platforms and legal spend management (CounselLink, Legal Tracker, TeamConnect, or similar).
• Proficiency with data analysis tools — SQL, Excel/pivot modeling, or BI platforms — applied to legal financial data
• Familiarity with LEDES billing codes, UTBMS task/expense codes, and outside counsel guideline enforcement.
• Preferred: Experience with generative AI tools (LLMs, NLP) and understanding of value vs. human review in legal ops.
• Background in vendor management, including QBR facilitation, rate negotiations, and staffing guideline compliance.
• Experience building or refining operational playbooks and SOPs for legal teams.
• Comfort working cross-functionally with finance, procurement, and technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate current legal operations workflows (billing review, QBR preparation, benchmarking, staffing compliance) and identify high-impact opportunities for AI-driven automation
• Build or configure tools that surface insights from vendor spend data, staffing trends, and firm performance metrics
• Partner with corporate legal operations team members to develop standardized templates, dashboards, and reporting frameworks
• Document workflows, decision logic, and AI model outputs to ensure transparency and auditability
• Advise on best practices for responsible AI adoption within a legal operations context, including data privacy and accuracy considerations

Skills

Legal operations

AI in legal workflows

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

Tools

SQL

Excel

BI platforms

CounselLink

Legal Tracker

TeamConnect

Job description

Consilio LLC, a global leader in legal services, seeks a senior professional with deep legal operations expertise to lead AI-driven modernization of vendor data, billing review, and workflow automation. You will shape scalable frameworks, dashboards, and SOPs, ensuring transparency, privacy, and accuracy in AI outputs.

The role requires 7+ years in legal operations or legal technology, experience deploying AI/ML in legal workflows, and strong data analytics skills across SQL, Excel, and BI