OPT Legal Operations Manager Jobs
Legal Operations Manager roles sit at the intersection of law and business process, making them strong OPT fits for students with JD, business, or technology degrees. Most employers classify this as a specialty occupation, supporting H-1B visa sponsorship after OPT. Your 12-month standard period (or 24-month STEM extension if eligible) gives you real runway to prove value before transition.
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Boston
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
Go to Market
Compensation
* $180K – $250K • Offers Equity • OTE 75/25
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in our equity plan and benefits program. Benefits include, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%), and flexible PTO.
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
As a Legal Engineer Associate, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring our law firm and in-house customer users are set up for success. You will deliver tailored training, create education strategies that align with legal workflows, and serve as a trusted guide to customers adopting Harvey across practice groups and legal departments.
Your legal training and experience will allow you to connect deeply with our users, helping them to translate their own legal acumen into productive and innovative use of Harvey’s platform. You’ll work across a diverse range of clients, primarily mid-market and enterprise customers, and partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, and Product.
This is a high-impact, customer-facing role ideal for someone with a few years of legal practice experience and a passion for shaping the future of legal work.
- Deliver engaging and customized product training to attorneys at leading law firms and corporate legal departments
- Partner with Account Executives and Customer Success Managers and more senior Legal Engineers to understand client goals to design and deliver enablement sessions that maximize value
- Support onboarding, expansion, and renewal efforts by ensuring users are confident and proficient with the platform
- Gather feedback from training sessions and pass insights to Product and Engineering teams to inform development
- Build scalable training content, including documentation, videos, and quick reference guides tailored to practice areas
- Evangelize Harvey internally and externally as a leader in AI-powered legal technology
What You Have
- A J.D. and typically 1–3 years of relevant practical experience in legal practice, legal technology or a related role.
- Practical experience building agents, prompts or workflows for legal use cases, plus the legal judgment to know when you need guidance. We are interested in what you have built and how you tested and improved it.
- Clear communication, curiosity about AI and the ability to become fluent in a product quickly through hands-on use.
- An appetite for frequent customer interactions, repeatable delivery and detailed work on useful customer resources.
- Strong follow-through and comfort incorporating direct feedback. We welcome candidates from a range of schools, employers and routes into legal work.
Compensation
$180,000 - $250,000 USD OTE 75/25
Depending on your location, an Applicant Privacy Notice may apply to you. You can find all of our Applicant Privacy Notices here.
LI-LS1
Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai
Location
Boston
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
Go to Market
Compensation
* $180K – $250K • Offers Equity • OTE 75/25
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in our equity plan and benefits program. Benefits include, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%), and flexible PTO.
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
As a Legal Engineer Associate, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring our law firm and in-house customer users are set up for success. You will deliver tailored training, create education strategies that align with legal workflows, and serve as a trusted guide to customers adopting Harvey across practice groups and legal departments.
Your legal training and experience will allow you to connect deeply with our users, helping them to translate their own legal acumen into productive and innovative use of Harvey’s platform. You’ll work across a diverse range of clients, primarily mid-market and enterprise customers, and partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, and Product.
This is a high-impact, customer-facing role ideal for someone with a few years of legal practice experience and a passion for shaping the future of legal work.
- Deliver engaging and customized product training to attorneys at leading law firms and corporate legal departments
- Partner with Account Executives and Customer Success Managers and more senior Legal Engineers to understand client goals to design and deliver enablement sessions that maximize value
- Support onboarding, expansion, and renewal efforts by ensuring users are confident and proficient with the platform
- Gather feedback from training sessions and pass insights to Product and Engineering teams to inform development
- Build scalable training content, including documentation, videos, and quick reference guides tailored to practice areas
- Evangelize Harvey internally and externally as a leader in AI-powered legal technology
What You Have
- A J.D. and typically 1–3 years of relevant practical experience in legal practice, legal technology or a related role.
- Practical experience building agents, prompts or workflows for legal use cases, plus the legal judgment to know when you need guidance. We are interested in what you have built and how you tested and improved it.
- Clear communication, curiosity about AI and the ability to become fluent in a product quickly through hands-on use.
- An appetite for frequent customer interactions, repeatable delivery and detailed work on useful customer resources.
- Strong follow-through and comfort incorporating direct feedback. We welcome candidates from a range of schools, employers and routes into legal work.
Compensation
$180,000 - $250,000 USD OTE 75/25
Depending on your location, an Applicant Privacy Notice may apply to you. You can find all of our Applicant Privacy Notices here.
LI-LS1
Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Legal Operations Manager
Target in-house legal departments at large companies
Large corporations with established legal teams are far more likely to have HR infrastructure for visa sponsorship. Focus on Fortune 500 companies and high-growth tech firms where legal operations is a dedicated function, not an afterthought assigned to paralegals.
Frame your degree as a specialty occupation match
Legal Operations Manager roles require a specific educational background, typically in law, business, or information systems. In interviews, connect your degree directly to the role's core functions, contract lifecycle management, legal tech implementation, or compliance process design.
Get your CLOC or IILOM certifications early
The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium and similar professional bodies signal you're serious about the field. Certifications strengthen your H-1B visa specialty occupation argument later by demonstrating the role requires specialized knowledge beyond a general business degree.
Track your OPT end date against H-1B lottery timelines
H-1B registration opens in March for October 1 start. If your OPT expires before October, ask your employer about a cap-gap extension. Starting this conversation six months before your OPT end date gives your employer enough time to prepare the petition.
Emphasize legal technology skills in your application
Proficiency in platforms like Ironclad, Clio, or Relativity signals you can add value from day one. Legal ops is increasingly tech-driven, and candidates who reduce the employer's onboarding burden are easier to justify sponsoring through an often costly visa process.
Ask about sponsorship policy before accepting an offer
Some employers sponsor after a probationary period; others require you to be employed before they'll file. Clarifying this during the offer stage, not after you've started, protects your timeline and prevents surprises when your OPT window is closing.
Legal Operations Manager OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Legal Operations Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Generally yes, provided the employer can document that the position requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as law, business administration, or information systems. The key is demonstrating the job is complex enough that a general degree in any field won't satisfy it. Roles focused on legal technology implementation, contract management systems, or compliance analytics tend to have the strongest specialty occupation arguments.
Can I work as a Legal Operations Manager on OPT without a law degree?
Yes. Legal operations is distinct from the practice of law, so a JD is not required. Employers routinely hire candidates with degrees in business, information systems, or even computer science for these roles, particularly when the position emphasizes legal technology or process improvement. What matters is that your degree field relates meaningfully to the core job duties your employer will describe in an H-1B petition later.
Where can I find Legal Operations Manager jobs that are open to OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters opportunities by sponsorship willingness, so you're not wasting applications on employers who won't consider work authorization. Legal operations roles on Migrate Mate tend to come from in-house legal departments at technology companies, financial institutions, and healthcare organizations, which are among the most active H-1B sponsors in this function.
Does a STEM OPT extension apply to Legal Operations Manager roles?
It depends on your underlying degree. If you graduated from a program classified under a STEM-designated CIP code, such as management information systems or data analytics, you may qualify for the 24-month STEM extension even in a legal operations role. A degree in political science or traditional business administration typically does not qualify. Check the Department of Homeland Security's STEM Designated Degree Program List and confirm with your DSO before assuming you're eligible.
How early should I start the H-1B sponsorship conversation with a Legal Operations Manager employer?
Start no later than nine months before your OPT authorization expires. H-1B registration opens each March for an October 1 start date, and your employer needs time to engage immigration counsel, complete prevailing wage determinations, and prepare the petition. If your OPT ends between April and September, your employer will also need to understand the cap-gap extension rules, which allow you to keep working while the petition is pending.