# Legal Operations Manager

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/legal-operations-manager

A legal operations manager runs the business side of a corporate legal department, focusing on legal project management, process improvement, and vendor management to make attorneys more efficient. They implement and administer contract lifecycle management software and oversee legal spend and e-billing management to control outside counsel costs. The role has grown alongside the legal ops discipline and is typically filled by professionals with backgrounds in operations, finance, or paralegal work rather than practicing law.

Top skills: [Process Improvement](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/process-improvement), [Vendor Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/vendor-management)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [Paralegal](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/paralegal), [Paralegal Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/paralegal-manager)
- Often leads to: [Director of Legal Operations](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-legal-operations)

## Similar roles

[Compliance Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/compliance-manager), [Contracts Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/contracts-manager), [Legal Assistant](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/legal-assistant), [Paralegal Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/paralegal-manager)

## Open Legal Operations Manager roles (5)

- [Legal Operations Manager](https://lego.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LEGO_External/job/Shanghai/Legal-Operations-Manager_0000037958) at [Lego USA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lego-usa) (listed on Lego USA's own careers site)
- [Legal Operations Manager](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/replit/bfb473fb-6db1-469f-873a-7a3c1d127d21/application) at [Replit](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/replit) — Foster City, CA · Remote, $145,000 – $190,000 (listed on Replit's own careers site)
- [Sr Manager, Legal Operations](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/71dd037f-5300-4853-a428-99f6a68fcee9/sr-manager-legal-operations-at-gilead-sciences) at [Gilead Sciences](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/gilead-sciences) — Full-time, United States - California - Foster City, $157,590 – $203,940
- [Legal Program Manager, Compute & Infrastructure](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/34b37e96-81b0-4606-950a-881a11740177/legal-program-manager-compute-infrastructure-at-menlo-ventures-portfolio) at [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio) — Full-time, San Francisco, CA, $285,000 – $340,000
- [Director, Legal Operations](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorktimes/jobs/4699877005) at [The New York Times Company](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/the-new-york-times-company) — Full-time, New York, NY, $185,000 – $200,000 (listed on The New York Times Company's own careers site)

## Roles similar to Legal Operations Manager (36)

From [Compliance Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/compliance-manager), [Contracts Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/contracts-manager), [Legal Assistant](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/legal-assistant), [Paralegal Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/paralegal-manager).

- [People Enablement Partner](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Crusoe/55786c36-cc4a-4882-8a0d-97143bf259c3/application) at [Crusoe](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crusoe) — Full-time, San Francisco, CA, $160,000 – $190,000 (listed on Crusoe's own careers site)
- [Compliance Manager](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/anyscale/8458b260-6129-4565-86a9-47224c0cbca8/application) at [Anyscale](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/anyscale) — San Francisco, CA, $180,000 – $230,000 (listed on Anyscale's own careers site)
- [Contracts Manager](https://stvinc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/stv/job/County-Trunk-Highways-Mount-Pleasant-Wisconsin/Senior-Contract-Administrator_JR5757) at [STV Group](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/stv-group) — County Trunk Highways, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin (listed on STV Group's own careers site)
- [Compliance Manager](https://jabil.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jabil_Careers/job/Hunt-Valley-MD/Regulatory-Compliance-Manager_J2459915-1) at [Jabil](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/jabil) — Hunt Valley, MD (listed on Jabil's own careers site)
- [On Site CT - Contracts Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/2e00de58-6af2-41e6-9e4b-45a71d6e3fe2/on-site-ct-contracts-manager-at-citymd) at [CityMD](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/citymd) — Full-time, Wethersfield, CT, $70,000 – $90,000
- [Trade Compliance Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d1ee3f30-f9af-4736-aa05-f66b15bc0606/trade-compliance-manager-at-crane-co) at [Crane Co.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crane-co)
- [Manager, Pipeline Compliance](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d83dbb59-b51e-477b-b743-c75c7dd74ed9/manager-pipeline-compliance-at-colonial-pipeline) at [Colonial Pipeline](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/colonial-pipeline) — Alpharetta, GA
- [Contracts Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/cdcb6b93-384e-4d3f-b4e2-da7cc0b2ed70/contracts-manager-at-aerovironment) at [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — Full-time, $101,000 – $154,000
- [Senior Program Manager, Sanctions Compliance](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/97aa52c5-a872-4aeb-bc45-c8aa2ee192e7/senior-program-manager-sanctions-compliance-at-visa-inc) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Full-time, US - Foster City, CA, $149,800 – $240,100
- [Regional Contract Manager – Enabling Technologies](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/550d5643-500b-4f63-9cc6-944d2ce48345/regional-contract-manager-enabling-technologies-at-medtronic) at [Medtronic](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/medtronic) — Full-time, $122,400 – $183,600

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