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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in outside counsel management, legal operations, and budget oversight, with a strong focus on compliance, governance, and cost optimization. Proficient in leveraging legal technology and data analytics to enhance service delivery and operational efficiency.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Outside Counsel ManagementLegal OperationsEBilling SystemsAI-Enabled Legal TechnologiesBudget Management
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Legal ProcurementLaw Firm PricingCost OptimizationGovernance StandardsBilling Controls
Soft Skills
NegotiationAdvisory SkillsAnalytical Thinking
Tools & Technologies
EBilling PlatformsMatter Management PlatformsPowerBITableauRFP Tools
Industry Keywords
Legal Vendor ManagementCorporate Legal Department OperationsAlternative Fee ArrangementsMarket AnalysisBenchmarking
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesTableau
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Develop and maintain the enterprise-wide outside counsel strategy
- Design and manage law firm panel programs, preferred provider arrangements, and strategic partnership frameworks
- Establish governance standards for engagement, selection, evaluation, and offboarding of law firms and legal service providers
- Drive consistency in outside counsel management across business segments, regions, and legal practice areas
- Advise legal leadership on outside counsel market trends, alternative service delivery models, and emerging legal industry developments
- Oversee global outside counsel spend across all legal matters
- Develop annual budgets, forecasts, accruals, and spend projections
- Monitor budget-versus-actual performance and identify cost optimization opportunities
- Lead or support negotiations with law firms, especially in RFPs and alternative fee arrangements
- Expand adoption of alternative fee arrangements
- Conduct benchmarking and market analysis to support pricing decisions
- Own outside counsel billing governance and compliance programs
- Maintain and enforce outside counsel guidelines
- Oversee eBilling and matter management platforms
- Establish billing controls and invoice review processes
- Monitor compliance with billing guidelines and budget requirements
- Drive continuous improvement in billing accuracy and spend transparency
- Use legal technology and digital transformation tools to optimize legal service delivery
Requirements
What you’ll need- 8–15+ years’ experience in one or more of: Legal operations, outside counsel management, legal procurement, law firm pricing, legal vendor management, or large corporate legal department operations
- Experience working within a multinational corporate legal department
- Expert level experience with outside counsel management platforms
- Experience with AI-enabled legal operations solutions
- Expert usage of and awareness of eBilling systems, RFP tools, data and tools such as PowerBI and Tableau, AI-enabled legal technologies, and matter management platforms
Benefits
Comp & perks- Company bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Participation in 401k plan
- Paid time off benefits
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one
- Access to in-house Mars University
- Industry competitive salary and benefits package