Legal Operations Manager

Summary

Join Headway as Legal Operations Manager and build core legal operations workflows to support innovation. You will be the primary legal operations and regulatory attorney, partnering with Product and Engineering teams, focusing on health laws and regulations impacting innovative technology. This role involves designing and building legal operations workflows, overseeing daily legal department operations, and prioritizing legal tasks. You will drive legal team results by building credibility and fostering accountability. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience in Legal Operations at high-growth healthcare companies or law firms, proven ability to manage legal projects and outside counsel, and strong communication skills. Headway offers a competitive total rewards package including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and equity.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in Legal Operations at high-growth health care companies or law firms with a health care practice
• Ability to balance multiple priorities with attention to detail and careful planning
• Experience building out Legal Operations workflows, including vendor selection and implementation
• Proven ability to manage legal projects, including managing the legal work component of major company initiatives
• Track record of managing outside counsel invoices and budget
• Strong communication skills and political savvy to navigate competing priorities and build effective partnerships

Responsibilities

• Design and build legal operations workflows, such as a legal request ticketing system, CRM, and legal knowledge management system
• Oversee daily legal department operations, ensuring department efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction
• Triage and prioritize legal tasks through the implementation and maintenance of core legal workflows
• Drive legal team results by building credibility across Headway teams, fostering accountability through cross-functional partnerships
• Collaborate with teams across Headway to project manage the legal component of major company initiatives requiring legal input
• Identify areas for continuous workflow improvement and implement changes, taking cross-functional stakeholder input into account
• Manage outside counsel invoices and budget

Benefits

• Equity Compensation
• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• HSA / FSA
• 401K
• Work-from-Home Stipend
• Therapy Reimbursement
• 16-week parental leave for eligible employees
• Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership
• 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st
• Flexible PTO
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and professional development