Legal Operations Manager

Jobtailor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a proactive, highly organized Legal Ops professional to build and maintain contract management, compliance, and technology systems. You will own the tech stack (CLM, e-billing, and matter management), select and operate tools, and design end-to-end contract intake and routing through signature.

Collaborating across finance, sales, product, engineering, HR and security, you will automate repetitive work with AI, track spend and turnaround times, manage outside counsel, and

Qualifications

• Experience building or improving a process.
• Ability to turn vague requests into working processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with sales, finance, and leadership.
• Ability to process large volumes of AI-generated content with good judgment and accuracy.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsor not available.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain contract management, legal operations, and compliance systems.
• Own the legal technology stack, including CLM, e-billing, and matter management.
• Select, implement, and operate legal technology tools.
• Build and run contract intake and routing from request through signature.
• Support legal research, regulatory monitoring, and special projects.
• Collaborate with finance, sales, product, engineering, HR, and security.
• Manage outside counsel and legal vendor relationships, including billing, budgets, and engagement terms.
• Standardize, automate, or eliminate repetitive work using technology and AI.
• Track legal spend, contract volume, and turnaround time, and report status.

Skills

Contract Management

Legal Operations

AI Super User

Process Improvement

Cross-Department Collaboration

High Agency

Excellent Communication

Tools

E-Billing Tools

Contract Intake Systems

Matter Management Systems

AI Tools

Legal Technology Tools

Job description

Build and maintain contract management, legal operations, and compliance systems
Own the legal technology stack, including CLM, e-billing, and matter management
Select, implement, and operate legal technology tools
Build and run contract intake and routing from request through signature
Handle creative and novel non-legal tasks end to end
Support legal research, regulatory monitoring, and special projects
Collaborate with finance, sales, product, engineering, HR, and security
Manage outside counsel and legal vendor relationships, including billing, budgets, and engagement terms
Standardize, automate, or eliminate repetitive work using technology and AI
Track legal spend, contract volume, and turnaround time, and report status
Take on increasing ownership over time
Report to the General Counsel
Participate in a paid work trial involving a real, scoped project

Requirements

• High achievement, strong organization, and high agency
• Ability to process large volumes of AI-generated content using sound judgment without shipping errors
• Ability to drive projects to completion independently
• Experience building or meaningfully improving a process
• Ability to turn vague requests into working processes
• Exceptional organization and ability to close loops without being chased
• Excellent written and verbal communication with sales, finance, and leadership
• Good judgment and discretion with confidential information
• Ability to learn and master new tools quickly
• Intellectual curiosity about legal, business, and technology decisions
• AI super user; regular use of AI is a hard requirement
• Law degree is not required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
• Employer cannot currently sponsor visas
• Background may be in legal operations, contracts, compliance, business operations, consulting, technology, professional services, or another complex-detail-oriented field

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing legal technology stacks, including CLM, e-billing, and matter management, while effectively collaborating across departments. Proficient in standardizing and automating processes, with a strong focus on legal operations and compliance.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Legal Technology Management
• Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
• AI Super User
• Process Improvement
• Cross-Department Collaboration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Contract Management
• Legal Operations
• Compliance Systems
• Regulatory Monitoring
• Project Management
• Data Tracking
• Process Automation
• Legal Research
• Budget Management
• Matter Management

Soft Skills

• Strong Organization
• Excellent Communication
• Good Judgment
• Intellectual Curiosity
• High Agency

Industry Keywords

• Legal Operations
• Contracts
• Compliance
• Business Operations
• Professional Services

Tools & Technologies

• E-Billing Tools
• Legal Technology Tools
• AI Tools
• Contract Intake Systems
• Matter Management Systems