Senior Manager, Legal Operations - Melbourne or Sydney preferred. Brisbane and Perth also open

This is a client-facing legal operations role with a market to build, not just projects to deliver. You will own relationships with in-house legal teams, lead the engagements that reshape how their functions run, and lead the people delivering them.

The client is a global law firm with a substantial Australian practice, hiring into its legal operations advisory team.

The essentials
Permanent, full time
Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office

What you'll do
Advise clients on the operational effectiveness of their legal functions, including how they adopt technology and AI
Own client relationships and lead business development as market needs shift
Lead multidisciplinary project teams from design through to delivery
Design and facilitate workshops that turn complex ideas into something a client can act on
Apply legal engineering principles to translate legal and business requirements into working digital solutions
Shape the team's advisory strategy alongside your own client work

What you'll need Essential




A track record of leading legal operations or legal transformation engagements end to end
Business development experience, including identifying and converting current work
Legal operating model design, process improvement and resourcing strategy
Legal engineering experience, designing and implementing technology-enabled solutions
Change management and design thinking, applied on live client work
Communication skills solid enough to influence senior stakeholders and produce client-facing material

Nice to have
Data analysis and visualisation
Experience building or leading an advisory team

What's in it for you
Structured learning, mentoring and on-the-job development
Wellbeing fund and home office allowance
Mental health support

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📌 Senior Manager, Legal Operations Sydney
🏢 APT Search
📍 Sydney