Manager, Legal Operations & Strategic Projects

Overview

The organization is seeking a Manager, Legal Operations & Strategic Projects to lead strategic projects and manage workflows and documents across the legal department. This role drives legal department initiatives while maintaining a high standard for document organization, retrieval, and lifecycle contract management.

This position is Full-Time and Remote.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal operations and department initiatives; manage and execute legal department projects.
• Manage project planning 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 responding 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 task communication and meeting deadlines.
• Serve as the primary subject matter expert for document and storage management and contract retrieval:
  • Organize, classify, and audit documents for internal searchability based on contracts and key terms
• 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, as well as disclosure schedules for M&A transactions, with attorney oversight.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 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; strong grasp of standard deal mechanics and terminology.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex transactions and projects, and building or maintaining contract databases and virtual data rooms for transactions and audits.
• Proven ability to critically evaluate, analyze, and synthesize 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 with 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 in a collaborative environment.
• Exceptional initiative, judgment, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication, analytical skills, and problem-solving ability.
• High degree of discretion, professionalism, judgment, and follow-through.
• Prior personnel management experience preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

Anticipated salary range: $95,000.00/Yr. - $105,000.00/Yr.

Salary will be determined based on 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 and telemedicine
• Flexible spending accounts and 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 and life assistance program
• Identity theft protection
• Discounted home and auto insurance
• Pet insurance

Location

Remote (Full-Time).