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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in legal operations management, including the development and monitoring of KPIs and SLAs, while ensuring compliance and process improvement. Proficient in analyzing data to identify risks and opportunities, with strong organizational and communication skills to support legal teams effectively.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Legal Operations ManagementKPI Development and MonitoringWorkflow ManagementData AnalysisProject Management
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Hard Skills
Legal Operations ControlPortfolio ManagementCase ManagementDeadline ManagementProcess ImprovementRisk AnalysisManagement ReportingFinancial MonitoringAutomationClient Audits
Soft Skills
Strong CommunicationOrganizational SkillsAnalytical SkillsIndependencePrioritization
Tools & Technologies
ExcelPower BISevenELawLegal Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
Law Degree
Industry Keywords
Legal OperationsSLA ComplianceHigh-Volume LitigationManagement DashboardsContinuous Improvement
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Manage and oversee legal operations control workflows for the portfolios under your responsibility
- Track procedural deadlines, commitments, hearings, publications, and other critical events
- Design, review, and improve workflows, procedures, controls, and routines
- Map operational and procedural risks, failures, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement
- Develop and monitor legal operations KPIs, including SLAs, critical deadlines, volumes, productivity, quality, criticality, and performance
- Monitor compliance with internal and client SLAs
- Conduct periodic audits of portfolios, systems, and procedures
- Support the structuring and restructuring of operations and new portfolios
- Prepare management reports and analyses for coordinators, leaders, and clients
- Monitor financial and administrative indicators, including billing, provisioning, court-authorized withdrawals, and payments
- Organize and distribute matters among legal teams according to priorities, criticality, and operational capacity
- Promote information standardization and the proper use of legal systems
- Support Legal Operations, automation, Business Intelligence, and continuous improvement projects
- Conduct training sessions and provide guidance to teams
- Serve as a technical reference and support management and governance decisions for legal operations
Requirements
What you’ll need- Law degree
- Solid experience in legal operations control, legal operations management, or portfolio management
- Experience working at medium-sized or large law firms and/or in highly complex legal operations
- Advanced knowledge of case, deadline, and legal operations workflow management
- Experience developing and monitoring KPIs, SLAs, and management reports
- Ability to analyze data and identify risks, inconsistencies, and opportunities for improvement
- Proficiency in Excel and ease of use with legal systems
- Analytical, organized, and process- and results-oriented profile
- Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and maintain a systemic view of operations
- Strong communication skills and the ability to interact with different levels of the organization
- Preferred qualifications: experience implementing or restructuring legal operations control functions and legal operations; knowledge of Legal Operations and KPI-based management; experience with Power BI; experience managing strategic and/or high-volume litigation portfolios; experience with Seven, eLaw, and court platforms; knowledge of legal workflow automation and process improvement; experience with project management and the development of management dashboards; experience with client audits and monitoring contractual KPIs