Director, Legal Operations & Spend Innovation

NBCUniversal; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k)

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

A variety of other discounts and perks

Job summary

NBCUniversal, a global leader in media and entertainment, seeks a Director to own the Legal Department’s financial management, outside counsel governance, and e-billing strategy. You will oversee budgets, accruals, reporting, and compliance while partnering with attorneys, Finance, HR and Procurement.

The role requires 8+ years in Legal Operations or related fields, advanced Excel skills, and experience with spend-management platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in Legal Operations, Legal Finance, Outside Counsel Management, Strategic Sourcing, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex budgets, forecasts, accruals and financial reporting within a large organization.
• Experience managing outside counsel guidelines, panel programs, firm selection, evaluations, scorecards, and business reviews.
• Experience serving as a business owner, senior administrator, or functional lead for an e-billing, matter-management, or legal spend-management platform.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience analyzing and presenting complex financial and operational data.

Responsibilities

• Advise and partner closely with attorneys, Finance, HR, Procurement, law firms and other external providers to improve cost predictability, deliver measurable financial savings, strengthen provider performance, and support informed decision‑making
• Establish matter-level financial management standards, including matter budgets, accruals, reporting, forecast updates, variance thresholds and escalation requirements
• Own the Outside Counsel Guidelines and related governance, and drive firm compliance with billing, staffing, and other applicable terms
• Manage the full external provider lifecycle, including firm selection, competitive RFPs, onboarding and offboarding, engagement terms, panel and preferred-firm strategy, scorecards, business reviews, and performance intervention
• Lead annual and off-cycle rate negotiations, rate benchmarking, alternative fee arrangements, and other value-based pricing models
• Own the e-billing platform and invoice review workflow, including timekeeper rates, accruals, automated and manual review rules, and escalation of noncompliance, billing leakage, or inappropriate staffing
• Lead the business-side implementation, migration and optimization of legal e-billing and spend-management platforms, including requirements, data conversion and validation, process redesign, reporting validation, user adoption and vendor transition; partner with technology teams on technical implementation, integrations and ongoing support
• Own the commercial and financial management of Legal Operations technology and service vendors, including sourcing support, pricing, contract and renewal strategy, budget management and vendor performance, in partnership with the SVP, applicable business owners and Procurement
• Report quarterly on spend, forecast accuracy, savings and cost avoidance, billing compliance, firm performance, and vendor performance, with clear recommendations for action
• Lead, coach and develop direct report(s); establish clear priorities and performance expectations; review work product; provide actionable feedback; and support the direct report(s) professional development

Skills

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Financial analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

e-billing platform

Job description

NBCUniversal, a global leader in media and entertainment, seeks a Director to own the Legal Department’s financial management, outside counsel governance, and e-billing strategy. You will oversee budgets, accruals, reporting, and compliance while partnering with attorneys, Finance, HR and Procurement.

The role requires 8+ years in Legal Operations or related fields, advanced Excel skills, and experience with spend-management platforms.