Legal Operations Manager

Job Description

Legal Operations ManagerAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Legal Operations Manager to join a leading international law firm based in Belfast. This is a Full-Time, Permanent positionWorking hours: 9am-5.30pmSalary: Not DisclosedJob Role:Working as part of an innovative and creative team, you will be responsible for building relationships within the UK/US and EMEA departments to become an advisor and key interface between the Practice Group and Legal Operations Team. You will also be supportingand managing key operational strategic priorities for the Practice Group in conjunction with the UK/US/EMEA Practice Groups and the senior members of the Legal Operations team.Essential Criteria:

• Base knowledge of Litigation Finance (Third Party Fundraising & Insurance)
• Good understanding of AFAs including DBAS & CFAs
• Experience of using a Financial Practice Management System e.g., Elite or Aderant expert
• Formal Legal Operations qualification (e.g., Agile, Lean Six Sigma, PRINCE2 or equivalent) is desirable
• Comprehensive understanding of the legal process and typical work product in a law firm environment (including managing large transactions)
• Demonstrated financial acumen
• IT proficient with knowledge of relevant IT packages such as Excel, Jira and Visio
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team
• Ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload adhering to tight deadlines

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Managing the broader LegalOps Service Delivery Centre in Belfast
• Supporting the broader LegalOps PG delivery team (UK/US/EMEA) to deliver/execute market driven prices
• Delivering Legal Project Management support to our partners and lawyers within UK/US/EMEA
• Working with the legal teams to build capability in Legal Operations and support them to deliver services to clients as efficiently and effectively as possible
• Support work with the UK/US/EMEA Practice Groups to develop a sustainable model of operational best practice within the respective PGsincluding working with the LegalOps senior managers to development self-serve tools for the legal teams
• Working with London LegalOps leadership and senior managers to build a sustainable model of operational best practice (including through education and tools)
• Contributing Legal Operations content to RFPs
• Building relationships and acting as an interface between ALT and the different legal teams (including specialist teams and international teams, where appropriate), Legal Operations, relevant internal stakeholders and aligned functions
• Where possible, directly Project Managing key mandates within UK/US/EMEA practices to achieve service excellence
• Become a member of the broader LegalOps West management team to support in ensuring continuity in service and inputting on global LegalOps initiatives
• Lead work with the Partnership to identify and develop operations solutions for Practice Group and/or client challenges within the UK/US/EMEA practice
• Liaise with the client (as required) and identify and assist the legal teams to deliver the clients operational needs
• Analysing and modelling key practice specific work types
• Achieve the best results for clients and deliver exceptional legal services
• Inform future scoping and pricing; and improve sustainable productivity and reduce the cost of service