Job Description
Team: Legal
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a VP, Office of the General Counsel in United States.
This senior leadership role offers the opportunity to drive operational excellence within a dynamic and fast-paced legal organization. Acting as a strategic partner to the General Counsel, you will play a central role in coordinating legal operations, aligning cross-functional priorities, and ensuring efficient execution across multiple legal disciplines. The position combines operational leadership, strategic planning, legal technology oversight, and process optimization to support a scalable and high-performing legal function. You will collaborate closely with legal leadership, finance, HR, and executive stakeholders to improve workflows, reporting, vendor management, and resource planning. This role is ideal for a highly organized and forward-thinking professional who thrives in complex, multi-stakeholder environments and enjoys building systems that enhance efficiency and transparency. The position also offers the opportunity to drive innovation through AI adoption, workflow automation, and operational transformation initiatives.
Accountabilities:
- Coordinate activities across legal functions including corporate matters, governance, compliance, litigation, and transactional operations to ensure alignment and timely execution.
- Partner closely with the General Counsel and legal leadership team to drive strategic priorities and operational effectiveness.
- Establish execution standards, timelines, reporting structures, and escalation processes across legal teams.
- Lead legal operational planning initiatives, including budgeting, resource allocation, forecasting, and prioritization in collaboration with finance and HR stakeholders.
- Oversee legal spend management, outside counsel relationships, vendor performance, and cost tracking processes.
- Develop and manage reporting frameworks, dashboards, KPIs, and executive updates to support visibility and decision-making.
- Drive the strategy and implementation of legal technology tools, workflow systems, and process optimization initiatives.
- Identify operational inefficiencies and implement scalable improvements that enhance collaboration, service delivery, and organizational effectiveness.
- Support organizational design efforts including capacity planning, role clarity, and team development initiatives.
- Lead or oversee initiatives related to AI adoption, automation tools, and operational innovation within the legal function.
- Manage internal legal communications to ensure transparency around priorities, progress, and departmental initiatives.
- 5–10+ years of experience in Legal Operations, Chief of Staff, operational leadership, or related roles within legal or professional services environments.
- Proven experience working closely with General Counsel, executive leadership teams, or senior legal stakeholders.
- Strong expertise in legal operations, including budgeting, vendor management, outside counsel oversight, and service delivery models.
- Experience implementing operational improvements, workflow optimization initiatives, and legal technology solutions.
- Familiarity with legal technology platforms such as eBilling systems, workflow tools, reporting platforms, or automation technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to build reporting frameworks, dashboards, KPIs, and executive-level communications.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and project management skills within complex, transaction-driven, multi-stakeholder environments.
- Understanding of governance, compliance, and risk management considerations within corporate legal functions.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
- Strategic mindset combined with operational execution capabilities and attention to detail.
- Ability to work remotely within the East Coast region of the United States, with preference for candidates based in the NY Metro area.
- Competitive executive-level compensation package.
- Flexible remote work environment for East Coast-based candidates.
- Opportunity to work closely with executive leadership and influence strategic legal operations.
- Exposure to complex, high-impact legal and operational initiatives.
- Collaborative and innovation-focused work culture.
- Professional growth opportunities within a dynamic and evolving organization.
- Opportunity to lead AI and automation transformation initiatives within the legal function.
- Cross-functional exposure across finance, HR, governance, compliance, and executive operations.
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05/21/2026
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