Job Description

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

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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.

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

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The essentials

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- Permanent, full time
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- Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office
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What you'll do

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

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

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- Data analysis and visualisation
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- Experience building or leading an advisory team
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What's in it for you

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- Structured learning, mentoring and on-the-job development
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- Wellbeing fund and home office allowance
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- Mental health support
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📌 Senior Manager, Legal Operations (New South Wales)
🏢 APT Search
📍 New South Wales