Legal Transformation & Operations Associate — AI & Data

Ares Management; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) match

Wellness programs

Job summary

Ares Management is seeking an Associate in Legal Transformation & Operations to drive strategic, operational and technology initiatives within the Legal Strategy and Innovation function. You will own discrete workstreams, coordinate across stakeholders and turn ambiguity into actionable plans.

Ideal candidates have 3–6 years in consulting, strategy or operations, strong analytical skills, expert Excel/PowerPoint, and experience with AI tools to improve workflows.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in management consulting, strategy or business operations, transformation, project or program management, technology implementation, legal operations, professional services, or a similarly rigorous operating environment.
• Demonstrated ability to independently own workstreams and manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, including the ability to turn incomplete or ambiguous information into actionable recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, decision-ready materials.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated fluency using generative AI tools to improve research, analysis, drafting, productivity, or workflow execution.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail while maintaining focus on broader business objectives.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with significant ambiguity.
• Ability and willingness to independently learn new technologies, systems, business processes and subject matter quickly.
• Proven track record of taking ownership, exercising initiative and following through on commitments.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive discrete workstreams within strategic and operational initiatives across LSI and the broader Legal department.
• Develop and manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions and follow-up activities across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Structure ambiguous business problems, conduct analysis, synthesize findings and help develop practical recommendations and implementation approaches.
• Prepare decision-ready presentations, briefing materials, executive updates, meeting materials and project documentation.
• Coordinate stakeholders, working sessions, testing, training, change management and implementation activities to keep initiatives moving forward.
• Identify execution risks and obstacles, elevate issues appropriately and drive issues through resolution.
• Analyze existing workflows and operating processes and identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, or redesign them.
• Help design and implement scalable intake mechanisms, routing models, approval workflows, service delivery processes and other operational infrastructure.
• Document processes, operating procedures, decision frameworks, templates and other reusable resources.
• Collect, organize, validate and analyze data from internal systems, vendors and business processes.
• Develop dashboards, KPI reporting, management analyses and executive-level insights that support decision-making and performance management.
• Support data quality, data governance and reporting initiatives that improve the reliability and usability of Legal department information.
• Support the implementation, testing, administration and adoption of legal technology and other enterprise platforms.
• Identify practical opportunities to apply automation and generative AI to workflows, operational processes, analysis and knowledge-intensive work.
• Develop user guides, training materials and adoption resources that help translate new tools and processes into sustained ways of working.

Skills

Management consulting

Strategy

Business operations

Transformation

Project management

Technology implementation

Legal operations

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Power Automate

Job description

Ares Management is seeking an Associate in Legal Transformation & Operations to drive strategic, operational and technology initiatives within the Legal Strategy and Innovation function. You will own discrete workstreams, coordinate across stakeholders and turn ambiguity into actionable plans.

Ideal candidates have 3–6 years in consulting, strategy or operations, strong analytical skills, expert Excel/PowerPoint, and experience with AI tools to improve workflows.