Location:
New York, NYThe Manager, Legal Operations spearheads operational excellence across the global Business and Legal Affairs department. Reporting directly to the Vice President, Corporate and Commercial Law, this strategic role serves as the key driver for legal technology integration, workflow automation, and data-informed decision-making to continually enhance departmental efficiency and streamline legal processes.
In addition to overseeing the department’s financial expenditures, the Manager, Legal Operations will architect and elevate the technological and operational infrastructure powering the global Business and Legal Affairs team. By optimizing legal processes and information management, the Manager, Legal Operations will partner closely with executive cross-functional leaders across Finance, IT, and legal operations leadership at Advance Publications, Inc. (Condé Nast’s parent company) to champion modern legal tech paradigms and ensure agile, high-performing operational delivery across our worldwide footprint.
Key Responsibilities
- Outside Counsel & Vendor Management: Support the department’s financial health by monitoring law firm billing, enforcing Outside Counsel Guidelines, processing invoices, and tracking spend against budget.
- Legal Tech Stack Administration: Serve as the primary administrator for legal systems. Investigate/demo new platforms and identify features within existing platforms, including the department’s AI tools, that improve efficiency in connection with contract lifecycle management, billing and knowledge management.
- Litigation Tracking: Track all pending litigation, including keeping track of outside counsel budget for pending cases and risk assessment, and serving as point of contact for Finance and the legal department of Condé Nast’s parent company, Advance.
- Workflow Optimization: Drive continuous process innovation and improvement across legal intake, triage, work assignments, and output. Architect modern automated self-service workflows (such as streamlined NDA request and fulfillment platforms) to eliminate friction and elevate team velocity.
- Business Intelligence & Analytics: Design and curate executive-level dashboards delivering actionable real-time insights on operational velocity, contract turnaround times, intake trends, and compliance metrics.
- Compliance Support: Provide operational support to the compliance function, helping to facilitate smooth workflows, policy management, and tracking of initiatives.
Key Qualifications
- Experience: 4–7 years of progressive experience in legal operations, legal technology enablement, or legal project management within a fast-paced global company or enterprise legal department.
- Innovation & Execution Mindset: Demonstrated success leading cross-functional transformation programs, automating legacy processes, and driving technology adoption across diverse global teams.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong track record of working effectively alongside finance teams, IT/Security, and in-house attorneys.
- Technology Mastery: Hands-on expertise administering modern legal tech solutions (e.g., CLM, e-billing, AI-assisted review tools, workflow engines) and leveraging legal analytics platforms.
- Education & Certifications: Bachelor’s degree required. Professional certifications (e.g., CCEP, paralegal certificate) are a plus.
The expected base salary range for this position is from $100,000- $110,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.
What happens next?
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Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.
Skills Required
- 4–7 years of progressive experience in legal operations, legal technology enablement, or legal project management within a global company or enterprise legal department
- Experience leading cross-functional transformation programs, automating legacy processes, and driving technology adoption across diverse global teams
- Strong track record collaborating with Finance, IT or Security, and in-house attorneys
- Hands-on expertise administering legal technology solutions such as CLM, e-billing, AI-assisted review tools, workflow engines, and legal analytics platforms
- Bachelor's degree
- CCEP or paralegal certification
Condé Nast Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Condé Nast and has not been reviewed or approved by Condé Nast.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave has been expanded to 14 weeks fully paid for covered editorial staff, alongside expanded bereavement and protections that support family needs. Hybrid work protections and guaranteed comp time after 40 hours further ease caregiving and schedule demands.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off offerings include generous PTO, UK packages with 25 days plus bank holidays, and added days for moving or volunteering. Company practices like holiday closures and guaranteed compensatory time reinforce usable time away from work where applicable.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare options include provisions such as Bupa Private Healthcare in the UK and access to an Employee Assistance Programme. U.S. roles commonly include core medical, dental, and related coverage as part of the package.
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What We Do
Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. The company's award-winning content reaches 88 million consumers in print, 419 million in digital and 432 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month. The company is headquartered in New York and London, and operates in 32 markets worldwide including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Latin America, Russia, Spain and Taiwan. Launched in 2011, Condé Nast Entertainment is an award-winning production and distribution studio that creates programming across film, television, social and digital video and virtual reality.
