Contract Lifecycle Lead - Legal Ops Specialist (Onsite)

New Era Cap; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parking

Exclusive employee discounts on headwe

Professional development on-site

Job summary

New Era Cap, LLC in Buffalo, NY, seeks an Assistant Manager, Legal Operations & Contract Management to lead the implementation and ongoing support of contract lifecycle management and related legal tech platforms. This role partners with Legal leadership to optimize processes, governance, and cross-functional collaboration across the global business.

You will manage vendor relationships, e-billing, and records governance, while guiding change management, training, and KPI reporting to drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in a corporate legal department, law firm, legal operations, contract management, procurement operations, project management, or related role.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading a CLM or digital repository system implementation strongly preferred.
• Paralegal certification, J.D., PMP, Six Sigma, CLOC, or related credentials are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation and ongoing support of contract lifecycle management and related legal technology platforms.
• Coordinate with Legal Department leadership to prioritize implementation workstreams and training.
• Maintain roadmaps, timelines, and status reporting for leadership.
• Support governance, records management, and cross-functional collaboration across the business.
• Provide change management, training, and user adoption support for systems.

Skills

Project management

Contract management

Process improvement

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Paralegal certification

J.D.

PMP

Six Sigma

CLOC

Tools

Onit

Agiloft

Ironclad

Icertis

ContractPodAi

Luminance

Job description

New Era Cap, LLC in Buffalo, NY, seeks an Assistant Manager, Legal Operations & Contract Management to lead the implementation and ongoing support of contract lifecycle management and related legal tech platforms. This role partners with Legal leadership to optimize processes, governance, and cross-functional collaboration across the global business.

You will manage vendor relationships, e-billing, and records governance, while guiding change management, training, and KPI reporting to drive