Plaid
FinTech
LeadLegalOperationsManager
“Lead Legal Operations Manager at Plaid. Skills: Legal operations, Legal tech strategy, AI integration, Budget management. Set legal tech strategy. Govern legal tech stack”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive measurable productivity gains; Bring discipline to legal spend; Drive continuous improvement; Develop legal ops professional; Show productivity gains from AI
Industry & Context.
Problem-solver; Creative problem-solver; Spot process gaps; Build scalable fixes; Turn operational problems into solutions; Diagnose problems with data; Set priorities with data; Measure impact with data
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Owned legal budget, Managed legal vendors, Led legal tech decisions, Hands-on commercial contracting work, Experience running legal-focused AI tools, Scaling adoption of AI tools, Building AI guardrails, Building AI quality controls, Showing AI productivity gains
Nice to Have
Experience with Ironclad, Experience with AI contract tools
What You'll Do.
Set legal tech strategy
Govern legal tech stack
Develop legal tech roadmap
Integrate AI into legal work
Roll out AI to use cases
Measure tech investment payoff
Manage outside counsel spend
Build legal spend discipline
Build performance dashboards
Track contracting throughput
Surface trends and risks
Coach legal ops team member
Manage legal vendor relationships
Manage outside counsel
Manage legal tech platforms
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional initiatives; Partner with Business Operations; Reporting to leadership; Build credible partnerships
Communication Scope
Cut through complexity; Bring people along; Build partnerships
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
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