Legal Operations Specialist – Legal Support

Description We are looking for a Legal Operations Specialist – Legal Support to join a corporate legal team in California. This Long-term Contract position will focus on improving legal service delivery through process optimization, technology support, and cross-functional collaboration. The role is ideal for someone who can strengthen legal workflows, maintain key systems, and provide operational insight that helps the department work more efficiently.

Responsibilities:

• Drive enhancements to legal intake, approval routing, referral handling, and legal hold processes to increase operational efficiency.

• Administer and support legal technology tools such as matter management and contract lifecycle platforms, ensuring reliable day-to-day performance.

• Contribute to the unification and refinement of case or matter tracking solutions within a centralized environment.

• Build and maintain organized repositories for legal documents, standard templates, forms, and self-service resources.

• Coordinate system connections, workflow configurations, API-supported processes, and automation initiatives across legal platforms.

• Work closely with Legal, IT, Compliance, and business partners to identify improvement opportunities and implement effective operational solutions.

• Produce dashboards, reporting, and performance metrics that support visibility, planning, and informed decision-making within the legal department. Requirements • At least 3 years of experience in legal operations, legal technology, matter management, or a related operational support function.

• Hands-on experience with platforms such as Legal Tracker, Onit, TeamConnect, Ironclad, DocuSign, or comparable legal systems.

• Working knowledge of workflow design, system integration concepts, automation tools, and continuous process improvement methods.

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving ability with a track record of improving business or legal processes.

• Demonstrated project coordination skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a structured environment.

• Ability to work independently while partnering effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Familiarity with operational reporting, dashboard creation, and metric-driven performance analysis.

• Exposure to regulated or service-driven environments such as consumer banking, consumer lending, credit card operations, or related sectors is a plus.

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