Legal Operations Manager (Administrative)
Who You Are: Green Diamond is seeking a skilled and dynamic Legal Operations Manager to join our team. If you have a passion for optimizing legal processes, managing legal technology, and supporting corporate governance, this is the role for you. You'll be a key partner in driving efficiency within our legal department and will play an important role in ensuring we meet our regulatory and operational goals. You thrive in collaborative environments, have a keen eye for detail, and are comfortable managing multiple priorities while working with a variety of stakeholders.
What the Job Is: As a Legal Operations Manager, you will work closely with the General Counsel to enhance the legal team's operations and corporate governance practices. This role will require you to streamline legal processes, manage legal technology systems, support corporate governance, and implement department initiatives that support the business. You will also oversee a variety of operational functions that drive departmental success, including managing external legal services, legal technology solutions, and internal resources.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and implement strategies to optimize legal operations and improve departmental efficiencies, including matter management, knowledge sharing, and best practices.
Manage legal technology solutions, including contract lifecycle management and corporate governance systems, in close collaboration with IT and external consultants.
Oversee records lifecycle, litigation holds/e-discovery, and corporate governance processes affecting legal information.
Assist the General Counsel with corporate governance activities, including maintaining corporate records, minutes, and other governance documents.
Coordinate engagement of external legal counsel and legal service providers; monitor legal fees and cost trends.
Lead strategic planning efforts and create legal department roadmaps, dashboards, and performance metrics.
Manage one direct report: Executive Assistant.
Provide oversight on the legal department intranet site, budget, and reporting.
Monitor changes in legal, legislative, and regulatory areas relevant to the company.
Maintain up-to-date contract templates, clause libraries, and legal reference materials.
The Department: The Legal Department at Green Diamond is a tight-knit, highly collaborative team dedicated to supporting the company's business and ensuring compliance with corporate governance standards. Our legal operations team is committed to implementing strategies and systems to streamline processes and improve efficiency, creating a positive impact on the company as a whole.
What you need:
Bachelor's degree in business administration, legal studies, or a related field; JD or paralegal certification a plus.
Minimum of five years of experience in legal operations or a related role within a corporate legal department.
Strong understanding of legal operations best practices and corporate governance principles.
Familiarity with legal technology solutions, Office 365, and AI tools in legal functions.
Experience managing people and teams.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Strong judgment and the ability to handle confidential and sensitive matters.
Ability to proactively manage priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing needs.
Compensation: Annual Salary Range: $96,400 - $144,600 per year. The pay range listed is just one component of Green Diamond's total compensation package. Other rewards include eligibility to receive a company-wide annual financial performance bonus, and the opportunity to receive an individual performance-based bonus, candidate referral bonuses, and spot bonuses.
Green Diamond offers generous benefits including medical/vision, dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plan with match and profit sharing, and an employee assistance program. Reimbursements for work related safety equipment, and wellness. Paid time off includes nine designated and up to two floating (personal) holidays, minimum ten days' vacation (or per policy based on experience), ten days sick leave, 30 days parental leave, three days bereavement, jury duty, one volunteer day, and five days family care. Cell phone reimbursement for business use. More benefits information can be found at GreenDiamond.com.
Who Green Diamond is: We grow and nurture forests, a renewable resource to build homes, schools, and household necessities, harnessing carbon every single day we operate. We are a family-owned company that is guided by our values of environmental stewardship and supporting our local communities. We do what is right, even when it is the harder path to follow. We focus on the health and safety of our people first - by taking care of all our resources, we plan to be here for another 130 years.
