Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The client is seeking an experienced Legal Operations Project Manager to support a global legal team. The role focuses on legal spend management, outside counsel management, alternative fee arrangements, RFPs, legal pricing, negotiation, and broader legal operations improvements.
Responsibilities
- Support legal spend management and outside counsel initiatives across a global legal organization
- Identify opportunities for and negotiate AFAs on high-spend legal matters
- Partner with legal teams and law firms on pricing, hourly rate benchmarking, and fee negotiations
- Manage RFP processes, including developing templates, coordinating submissions, and participating in vendor interviews
- Collaborate cross-functionally to build and implement RFP workflows and tools
- Support training and guidance related to AFAs and legal pricing
- Draft process documentation, playbooks, and operational resources
- Support the rollout and completion of outside counsel agreement programs
- Identify and implement process improvements across legal operations workflows
Skills
- 4+ years of relevant legal operations, project/program management, or legal pricing experience
- Experience working within both an in-house legal department and a law firm environment
- Strong knowledge of legal pricing, including hands-on experience negotiating AFAs
- Experience with outside counsel management and benchmarking law firm hourly rates
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders and external law firms
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing operational improvements
- Excellent communication, organization, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to independently manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong proficiency with Google Workspace and Microsoft Office
- PMP or similar project management certification
- Experience within a technology company
- Familiarity with eBilling and online RFP platforms
- Experience with Tableau or other dashboarding/reporting tools
Benefits
- Remote (United States)
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