Legal Operations

Epiq Counsel; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

PTO and paid federal holidays

Medical coverage optional; HSA; Well-­

Pre-tax Commuter Benefits

Job summary

Epiq Counsel is partnering with a Fortune 500 financial services and private equity company to identify a talented Legal Operations professional for a 9-month engagement, fully remote. The role supports modernization of processes, data governance, and outside counsel management, acting as a strategic partner to legal leadership in driving efficiency.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in legal operations, expertise in spend management, matter management, and legal tech implementations, with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of legal operations experience with spend, outside counsel, matter, vendor management, reporting, analytics and tech implementations.
• Experience driving large-scale change management and stakeholder influence.
• Familiarity with legal ops platforms such as Apperio, Pursuit, Onit, or Legal Tracker is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Revise and modernize outside counsel guidelines and policies; improve legal spend management and e-billing operations.
• Strengthen data taxonomy and reporting capabilities.
• Develop executive-facing dashboards and metrics; support matter management initiatives and platform adoption.
• Manage vendor and law firm relationships.
• Drive outside counsel sourcing and rate negotiation strategies.
• Advance AI-enabled legal operations initiatives and collaborate with stakeholders across the legal department.

Skills

Legal spend management

Outside counsel management

Matter management

Vendor management

Reporting & analytics

Legal technology implementations

Tools

Apperio

Pursuit

Onit

Legal Tracker

Job description

Epiq Counsel is partnering with a Fortune 500 financial services and private equity company to identify a talented Legal Operations professional to assist with a variety of internal business functions.

This is an excellent opportunity for a practical and collaborative Legal Operations professional who enjoys navigating internal workflows for efficiencies and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders

• Ideal start time: ASAP, within the next month
• Estimated duration: 9-month engagement with a strong likelihood of extending beyond one year
• Hours: Full Time.

Position summary:

Support the ongoing transformation of the legal operations function as the team modernizes processes, technology, data governance, and outside counsel management. The consultant will serve as a strategic partner to legal leadership, helping drive operational improvements, optimize legal technology platforms, enhance reporting capabilities, and support initiatives designed to scale the legal function efficiently without increasing headcount.

Key experience required:

• 5+ years of legal operations experience with strong expertise in legal spend management, outside counsel management, matter management, vendor management, reporting and analytics, and legal technology implementations.
• Experience driving large-scale change management initiatives is important, along with the ability to influence stakeholders and successfully implement new processes.
• Familiarity with legal operations platforms such as Apperio, Pursuit, Onit, or Legal Tracker is highly desirable.
• Experience within financial services, private equity, or other complex corporate environments is a plus but not required.

Day-to-day responsibility

• Partner with legal leadership to revise and modernize outside counsel guidelines and policies; improve legal spend management and e-billing operations
• Strengthen data taxonomy and reporting capabilities
• Develop executive-facing dashboards and metrics; support matter management initiatives and platform adoption efforts
• Manage vendor and law firm relationships
• Drive outside counsel sourcing and rate negotiation strategies
• Help advance AI-enabled legal operations initiatives.
• The consultant will work closely with stakeholders across the legal department while serving as a practical, solution-oriented change agent throughout the transformation effort.

• Fully remote role.
• Compensation commensurate with experience.
• 401(k) with company match.
• PTO and paid federal holidays.
• Optional medical coverage; HSA Account; Wellness Program.
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (as applicable).

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however, due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

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