Legal Operations Specialist

Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.

Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.

We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.

Summary:

Reporting to the Director, Legal Operations, the Legal Operations Specialist will assist with initiating, supporting and managing projects and processes to improve the day-to-day efficiency and effectiveness of the Legal team, including with respect to support of sales, vendor and other contracting processes. Specific responsibilities include:

• Help the Director, Legal Operations to define and drive strategic and operational initiatives with on-time and on-budget results. 
• Assist in identifying, reviewing, implementing and managing Legal department tools and processes to streamline new or existing practices, as well as managing design, rollout, and training for new systems and processes.
• Gain familiarity with contract, compliance and other legal processes and procedures and work to find ways to improve those processes and procedures.
• Support the Director, Legal Operations and other legal team members with contracting processes, including review of certain sales and other transaction documents for processing and for recordkeeping.
• Assist with legal and compliance request triage, verifying requests and confirming information with business stakeholders across functional teams.
• Other collaboration with cross-functional teams including Sales, Finance, Marketing and others.
• Under minimal supervision, execute special projects and other responsibilities as needed.

Skills, Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with contract review and/or management is required, including ability to read, understand and report on contract terms.
• Experience with legal operations improvements or initiatives is desirable. Well-developed analytical, problem-solving and communication (both oral and written) skills are necessary.
• Ability to move projects forward proactively and with minimal supervision is required.
• Experience handling high volumes of tasks and projects and successfully managing multiple deadlines is necessary.
• Prior experience with implementation, management and/or use of legal tech is highly desirable.
• Must be responsive and able to manage stakeholder expectations regarding project delivery.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, Power Point, SharePoint and Outlook is required.
• Must be detail-oriented and data-driven.
• Ability to physically perform general office requirements.
• Must maintain confidentiality of contract terms, details of transactions and other information highly confidential.
• Must be able to perform essential responsibilities with or without accommodations.
• Occasional travel including overnight domestic or international trips may be required.

Sphera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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