Legal Operations and Innovation Manager

The role

This person will build and own the operational backbone for the Legal department. They will manage the legal budget, improve core processes, and lead the legal technology roadmap including AI-enabled workflows.

What you will do

• Build and own the operational backbone for the Legal department
• Develop and manage the annual legal department budget and track legal spend
• Improve core legal processes including matter intake, triage, and document management
• Design data infrastructure, reporting, and dashboards
• Lead the legal technology roadmap including evaluation and implementation of systems and AI-enabled workflows
• Govern automation and AI use to preserve privilege and meet regulatory expectations
• Manage operational relationships with legal technology vendors and outside counsel
• Oversee entity management, corporate housekeeping, and regulatory calendars
• Maintain templates, clause libraries, playbooks, and data taxonomies

Required qualifications

• At least eight years of experience in legal operations, legal project management, or a comparable operational role
• Experience working in a law firm, asset manager, bank, or other regulated financial institution
• Hands-on experience implementing, administering, or operating a document management system
• Demonstrated ownership of legal processes, vendor and outside counsel management, metrics, and reporting
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent judgment when handling confidentiality, privilege, and sensitive information
• Strong data orientation including designing taxonomies and translating data into reporting
• Comfort with legal technology, automation, and AI-enabled workflows
• Proven ability to drive process and technology adoption through training and stakeholder engagement
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

Benefits

• Fully-paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Volunteer opportunities
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match

About the company

Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. The firm seeks to deliver superior returns through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies.