Senior Legal Operations Manager

Forus

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision & Dental

Unlimited PTO

Parental Leave

401K + FSA

Commuter Benefits

Office meals

Dinner after 6:30

Equity

Job summary

Forus in New York is seeking a Legal Operations Manager to lead a best-in-class Legal function, partnering with General Counsel to streamline workflows and build operating rhythms. You will own the roadmap for Legal & Compliance, creating tools and processes that scale with the business while maintaining autonomy and accountability.

Based in New York, this role focuses on enabling rapid growth through systems, templates, and governance.

Qualifications

Minimum of five years of experience in legal operations, ideally with prior experience as a paralegal.
Expertise in deploying AI tools and other technical solutions to enhance the function's work.
Experience with contract lifecycle management, matter intake, knowledge management, procurement, legal technology, and data-driven operations.
Outstanding written and verbal communication that allows you to be an effective participant in both internal debates and external relationships.
Track record of moving quickly, finding shortcuts, and going to unreasonable lengths to deliver on goals.
High NPS with your former teammates.

Responsibilities

Build seamless Legal & Compliance operations, owning the roadmap, intake and routing system, operating cadence, and cross-functional follow-through across major initiatives.
Lead the continued optimization of our CLM platform and related procurement workflows, including intake, templates, playbooks, approvals, repository standards, reporting, and integrations.
Build dashboards for request volume, contract cycle time, outside-counsel spend, audit findings, policy implementation, training completion, and other indicators that improve decisions.
Plan and coordinate recurring corporate, contract, employment, and other audit cycles.
Build a durable knowledge base, FAQs, self-service guidance, regulatory updates, and responsible AI-enabled tools for repeatable work.
Manage materials and trackers arising from financings, corporate governance, Board processes, entity records, and other Corporate Secretary responsibilities.
Coordinate company policy updates and rollout of core trainings, and manage budgets, invoices, accruals, outside-counsel relationships, and vendor performance.