HighLevel

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Director, Legal Operations

Full TimeRemoteTeam 201-500Since 2018H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

2 days ago

Salary

$187K - $262K / year

Bachelor Degree12 yrs expExperience acceptedEnglish

Job Description

• Design and run a scalable Legal operating model • Develop, own, and continuously refine the legal department's operational strategy • Assist with organizational design and capacity planning across the Legal team • Design processes that are frictionless by default • Define and drive the legal department's AI and technology roadmap • Partner with engineering to build bespoke solutions for legal analytics, contract intelligence, and operational reporting • Develop dashboards and metrics for visibility into workload, cycle times, and team performance • Build and maintain operational playbooks and SOPs • Partner with the VP of Legal to own the executive reporting framework • Monitor OKR progress and recommend course corrections • Identify work that should transfer to other departments • Lead change management efforts across Legal • Serve as HighLevel's primary point of contact for third-party subpoenas • Manage the end-to-end response process independently • Own the administrative infrastructure for HighLevel's IP portfolio • Serve as a core member of the Legal leadership team • Mentor and develop team members

Job Requirements

  • 12+ years in legal operations with a track record of building or scaling legal ops functions in high-growth environments
  • Experience leading AI, automation, or data-driven transformation initiatives within a legal department
  • Experience managing discovery processes, including third-party subpoenas, litigation holds, and production workflows
  • Deep experience with legal technology platforms (CLM, e-billing, matter management, eDiscovery), including hands-on implementation
  • Strong technical fluency: able to collaborate directly with engineers on tool development without an intermediary
  • Experience owning or significantly contributing to legal department budgeting, forecasting, and outside counsel management
  • Philosophy of building lean, frictionless processes, with examples of systems you've built that made teams faster
  • Experience managing and developing a legal operations team

Benefits

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
  • Opportunity for professional development

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