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Responsibilities
About the Team: We are seeking a Legal Operations Manager to help design, improve, and scale the operational workflows that support Global Legal. Reporting to the Head of Legal Operations, this role will work closely with legal, product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to identify process friction, improve legal workflows, and translate business needs into clear system and process solutions. A key priority for this role will be to own and continuously improve Global Legal’s legal technology ecosystem, including contract lifecycle management and other systems used across the function. This role will also act as a legal-side product owner for key workflows and tools, helping drive alignment across legal teams on priorities, requirements, and process decisions. This is a hands-on role for someone who understands how legal teams operate, exercises sound judgment in fast-moving environments, and can move from problem identification to implementation with clear ownership and a strong focus on outcomes. This role does require five days per week in the office.
Responsibilities:
- Lead partnerships with Global Legal teams to understand operational challenges and identify opportunities to improve workflows, consistency, and user experience.
- Own and improve legal systems and workflows across Global Legal’s technology stack, including contract lifecycle management and other legal operations tools.
- Serve as the legal-side owner for key systems and workflows, building alignment across legal teams on priorities, requirements, and process decisions.
- Gather, assess, and translate business needs into clear workflow, configuration, and functional requirements for product and engineering teams.
- Drive workflow and process improvement by mapping current and future-state processes, identifying gaps or inefficiencies, and partnering with cross-functional teams to implement durable solutions.
- Partner on rollout and adoption efforts for new or updated tools and processes, including training, communications, and issue resolution.
- Establish and maintain strong operational discipline through structured data capture, reporting, and clear documentation of workflows, decisions, and key process materials.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience in legal operations, legal technology, process improvement, systems implementation, or a similar business-partner role.
- Strong ability to work effectively with both legal stakeholders and technical teams, and to translate business needs into clear operational or system requirements.
- Experience leading workflow improvement, system enhancement, or operational change in a cross-functional environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes, exercise sound judgment, and recommend practical solutions.
- Experience supporting or managing legal technology platforms, including CLM or other workflow-based systems.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and drive progress across teams, regions, and time zones.
- Practical understanding of how automation and AI can be applied within legal operations.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working within a legal department or another regulated, process-driven environment.
- Familiarity with workflow, intake, approval, reporting, or automation tools used in legal or operational settings.
- Practical understanding of change management and user adoption in connection with systems or process improvements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear documentation, training materials, and stakeholder updates.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $102400 - $216000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
Responsibilities
About the Team: We are seeking a Legal Operations Manager to help design, improve, and scale the operational workflows that support Global Legal. Reporting to the Head of Legal Operations, this role will work closely with legal, product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to identify process friction, improve legal workflows, and translate business needs into clear system and process solutions. A key priority for this role will be to own and continuously improve Global Legal’s legal technology ecosystem, including contract lifecycle management and other systems used across the function. This role will also act as a legal-side product owner for key workflows and tools, helping drive alignment across legal teams on priorities, requirements, and process decisions. This is a hands-on role for someone who understands how legal teams operate, exercises sound judgment in fast-moving environments, and can move from problem identification to implementation with clear ownership and a strong focus on outcomes. This role does require five days per week in the office.
Responsibilities:
- Lead partnerships with Global Legal teams to understand operational challenges and identify opportunities to improve workflows, consistency, and user experience.
- Own and improve legal systems and workflows across Global Legal’s technology stack, including contract lifecycle management and other legal operations tools.
- Serve as the legal-side owner for key systems and workflows, building alignment across legal teams on priorities, requirements, and process decisions.
- Gather, assess, and translate business needs into clear workflow, configuration, and functional requirements for product and engineering teams.
- Drive workflow and process improvement by mapping current and future-state processes, identifying gaps or inefficiencies, and partnering with cross-functional teams to implement durable solutions.
- Partner on rollout and adoption efforts for new or updated tools and processes, including training, communications, and issue resolution.
- Establish and maintain strong operational discipline through structured data capture, reporting, and clear documentation of workflows, decisions, and key process materials.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience in legal operations, legal technology, process improvement, systems implementation, or a similar business-partner role.
- Strong ability to work effectively with both legal stakeholders and technical teams, and to translate business needs into clear operational or system requirements.
- Experience leading workflow improvement, system enhancement, or operational change in a cross-functional environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes, exercise sound judgment, and recommend practical solutions.
- Experience supporting or managing legal technology platforms, including CLM or other workflow-based systems.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and drive progress across teams, regions, and time zones.
- Practical understanding of how automation and AI can be applied within legal operations.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working within a legal department or another regulated, process-driven environment.
- Familiarity with workflow, intake, approval, reporting, or automation tools used in legal or operational settings.
- Practical understanding of change management and user adoption in connection with systems or process improvements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear documentation, training materials, and stakeholder updates.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $102400 - $216000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Amazon64
- CVS Health58
- Walmart26
- Meta22
- Republic Services13
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software170
- Healthcare & Medical Services128
- Banking & Financial Services116
- Consulting & Professional Services81
- Investment & Asset Management66
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in legal operations manager jobs.
- 5 or more years of experience in legal operations, law firm administration, or corporate legal departments
- Proficiency with e-billing, matter management, or contract lifecycle management platforms
- Bachelor's degree in business, legal studies, law, or a related field
- Demonstrated ability to manage outside counsel relationships and vendor contracts
- Experience building and tracking legal department budgets and spend analytics
- Certified Legal Manager credential or project management certification such as PMP preferred
Tips for Your Legal Operations Manager Job Search
Quantify process improvements on your resume
Legal operations roles live and die on efficiency gains. Replace vague claims with specific outcomes you drove, such as reducing outside counsel invoice review time or cutting contract turnaround cycles. Hiring managers in this field read dozens of resumes and skip over generic process language.
Highlight your legal tech stack fluency
List every matter management, e-billing, contract lifecycle, or legal hold platform you have used by name. Employers screen for tools like Brightflag, SimpleLegal, Ironclad, or Relativity before they ever read your experience section, so burying these in a paragraph loses you interviews.
Target openings by department structure
A legal operations manager inside a solo general counsel shop has a very different scope than one inside a 40-person legal department. Filter openings by company size and department headcount before applying so your cover letter addresses the actual organizational challenges that employer faces.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists legal operations manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare case studies for your panel interview
Most legal operations searches include a panel with both the general counsel and a finance or procurement lead. Prepare two or three brief case studies showing how you built a business case for a legal technology purchase or redesigned a workflow, since both audiences will probe from different angles.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate salary
Before accepting an offer, ask exactly which functions you own from day one versus which are aspirational. Legal operations roles frequently expand on paper during a search but launch with a narrower remit, so clarifying budget authority, headcount, and reporting lines protects you from a mismatch six months in.
Legal Operations Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most legal operations managers?
The companies hiring the most legal operations managers right now include Amazon, CVS Health, and Walmart, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Demand tends to be highest at technology companies, financial services firms, and healthcare organizations with large in-house legal teams.
How many legal operations manager jobs are remote?
About 23% of legal operations manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, making it one of the more flexible roles within corporate legal departments. Sub-areas focused on legal technology implementation, vendor management, and e-billing oversight tend to attract the highest share of remote and hybrid arrangements.
How do you become a legal operations manager?
Most legal operations managers move into the role from a background in law firm administration, paralegal work, legal project management, or procurement. Building fluency with legal technology platforms, earning a Certified Legal Manager credential, and taking on process improvement or budget oversight responsibilities in a current legal role are the most direct ways to qualify. Joining professional communities such as the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium also accelerates the transition.
Can you get hired as a legal operations manager with limited experience?
Entry into legal operations typically requires adjacent experience rather than a blank slate. Candidates coming from paralegal, legal project coordinator, or law firm operations roles are competitive even without a dedicated legal operations title. Demonstrating hands-on experience with e-billing or contract management tools, and showing you have owned a process improvement initiative, makes up for a shorter tenure more effectively than formal credentials alone.
What does the legal operations manager interview process look like?
The process typically begins with an HR or recruiting screen, followed by a substantive interview with the general counsel or chief legal officer. A panel interview with finance, procurement, or IT stakeholders is common because legal operations sits at the intersection of those functions. Many employers add a practical exercise asking candidates to audit a sample matter management workflow, build a vendor scorecard, or present a business case for a technology investment before an offer is extended.
Where can I find and apply to legal operations manager jobs?
You can find and apply to legal operations manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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