Manager, Legal Operations & Strategic Projects

Overview

This role involves managing legal operations and leading strategic projects across the legal department. Responsibilities include overseeing workflows and documents, ensuring strong document organization and retrieval, and driving life-cycle contract management.

The organization is seeking a Manager, Legal Operations & Strategic Projects with strong project management experience, preferably within the legal and/or broadcast media landscape. You will help keep key transactions and departmental projects running smoothly while coordinating internal and external stakeholders and supporting strategic legal initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal operations and department initiatives, and manage and execute legal department projects.
• Lead project management for multi-faceted transactions (e.g., M&A and financings), including:
  • Organizing complex contracts into virtual data rooms for internal and external stakeholders
  • Coordinating cross-functional due diligence streams and responses to counterparty diligence requests
  • Building and maintaining project management tools and trackers to monitor diligence requests and pre- and post-closing matters
  • Maintaining closing conditions checklists
  • Tracking corporate approvals (board resolutions, shareholder consents)
  • Overseeing legal document execution and escrow mechanics
  • Securing third-party consents
  • Managing closing exchanges
  • Compiling closing binders
• Act as the primary driver and manager of strategic projects at the request of attorneys and other internal business partners, ensuring clear communication of tasks and meeting established deadlines.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on document and storage management, using contract knowledge and key terms to accurately organize, classify, and audit documents for internal searchability.
• Manage administration of contract-related resources and collaboration tools, including but not limited to iManage, DocMinder, and physical files and related licenses.
• Draft agreements and notices using templates, and create disclosure schedules for M&A transactions (with attorney oversight).
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working directly with broadcast media and/or entertainment contracts (including talent agreements, vendor agreements, and transactional agreements such as purchase agreements), with a strong grasp of standard deal mechanics and terminology.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex transactions and projects, including building or maintaining contract databases and virtual data rooms for transactions and audits.
• Proven ability to critically evaluate, analyze, and synthesize disparate information gathered from cross-functional teams such as Finance, HR, IT, and Programming.
• BA/BS from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Proficient in the Google, Microsoft, and Adobe suites, including building and maintaining project trackers.
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and operate with limited supervision in a fast-paced, high-volume workplace.
• Ability to work well with others in a collaborative environment.
• Exceptional initiative, judgment, prioritizing, and organizational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication, analytical skills, and problem-solving ability.
• High degree of discretion, professionalism, judgment, and follow-through.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior personnel management experience.

Compensation & Benefits

• Anticipated salary range: $95,000.00/Yr. - $105,000.00/Yr.
• Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.

Eligible employees may receive a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health care coordinator
• Medical, dental, vision, mental health, telemedicine
• Flexible spending accounts, health savings account
• Disability, life insurance
• Critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance
• Paid time off (sick, flex-time away/vacation days, personal, parental, volunteer)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Legal assistance
• Life assistance program
• Identity theft protection
• Discounted home and auto insurance
• Pet insurance

Location

Remote

Important Notes

• The employer will never ask candidates to send money at any point during the hiring process.
• Communication from legitimate representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @audacy.com.
• If you receive suspicious requests or communications, verify authenticity before responding.

Equal Opportunity

The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship.