Legal Operations Manager
Company: Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
Location: Reno
Posted on: October 23, 2024
Job Description:
Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for transforming
legal operations into a driver of business success? Do you thrive
on building legal ops once, the right way, where your ideas and
experiences are not just taken into account but you are empowered
to run with them autonomously? If so, we invite you to lead the
charge as part of Ridgeline's innovative legal team.Our team is
dedicated to protecting the company's core values by delivering
sound and practical advice to business decision makers. Our first
Legal Ops professional will be an innovator ready to build
commercial, product, employment and governance programs from the
ground up in partnership with our team of attorneys. You will
partner closely with legal and executive leadership to set
strategy, with product and sales teams to support revenue growth,
and with finance, people and operations teams to manage risk. You
will be highly valued for making the legal component of core
business processes across an entire fast-growing company run
smoothly and continuously improve.What will you do?
- Contract Lifecycle Management: Architect, implement and enhance
end-to-end contract lifecycle management processes tailored to the
needs of a complex vertical SaaS business.
- Process Innovation: Oversee inbound and outbound contract
intake, establish processes, design playbooks, and define
escalation criteria to streamline operations.
- Operational Goals: Establish and monitor the legal team's
operational goals, designing metrics to measure success and drive
continuous improvement.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Strategy,
People, Sales, Security, Compliance, Product & Engineering, and
Finance teams to operationalize legal advice for Ridgeline's
highest priority objectives.
- Knowledge Management: Create knowledge management systems,
workflows, guides, and foster a self-service culture to accelerate
business outcomes.
- Team Development: Empower business clients in the short term
and contribute to the long-term development of the legal team by
sourcing, building, organizing, and delivering learning and
development resources.Desired Skills and Experience
- 5+ years of in-house legal, compliance, or PMO experience with
a technology, cloud or investment management firm (equivalent-type
roles will be considered)
- 2+ years' experience drafting, negotiating and managing
enterprise contracts
- 2+ years' experience scoping, deploying, administering, and
training users on tools like Salesforce, Confluence, Docusign,
Evisort or other CLM solutions
- Trustworthy teammate with outstanding judgment and
integrity
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal
skills, with ability to collaborate with attorneys, business
leaders, and colleagues of varying backgrounds
- Excitement about client service, process efficiency, and using
AI to enhance those areas
- Experience researching, implementing and using legal operations
technology tools
- Generalist and growth mindset, where no task is too small, and
the prospect of your career growth being aligned with the company's
growth excites you
- Bachelor's degree required; paralegal, legal management, legal
operations, or equity administration credentials are a
plusRidgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment
management. It was founded by visionary tech entrepreneur Dave
Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday) to apply his
successful formula of solving operational business challenges with
bold innovation and human connectivity to the unique needs of the
investment management industry.Ridgeline started with a clean sheet
of paper and a deep bench of experts bound by a set of core values
and motivated to revolutionize an industry underserved by its
current tech offerings. We are building a new, modern platform in
the public cloud, purpose-built for the investment management
industry and we are prioritizing security, agility, and usability
to empower business like never before.With a growing campus in Reno
and offices in New York, Lake Tahoe, and the Bay Area, Ridgeline is
proud to have built a fast-growing, people-first company that has
been recognized by Fast Company as a "Best Workplace for
Innovators," by The Software Report as a "Top 100 Software
Company," and by Forbes as one of "America's Best Startup
Employers."Ridgeline is proud to be a community-minded,
discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace.Compensation and
BenefitsAs an employee at Ridgeline, you'll have many opportunities
for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the
product.In addition to the base salary, 100% of Ridgeline employees
can participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the applicable
Stock Option Agreement. We also offer rich benefits that reflect
the kind of organization we want to be: one in which our employees
feel valued and are inspired to bring their best selves to work.
These include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness
reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans.
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Keywords: Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc, Sparks , Legal Operations Manager, Executive , Reno, Nevada
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