Legal Operations Project Manager (Legal)
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Your Role: Legal Operations Project Manager
The Legal Operations Project Manager is a key driver of efficiency and effectiveness within the Legal & Compliance Department, planning, executing, and providing continual support on various projects aimed at optimizing legal operations and technology. This includes, for example, overseeing the Legal & Compliance department's use of Elanco's contract lifecycle management system as well as other broad ongoing and new initiatives. This role blends expertise in technology with strong project management skills to drive successful implementation, adoption, and ongoing management of systems and process enhancements. With a strategic mindset, this role will enhance the Legal Operations function and accelerate productivity in Elanco's Legal & Compliance Department.
Your Responsibilities:
Lead, execute, maintain, and report on key legal operations projects, encompassing a range of initiatives such as:
Contract Lifecycle Management System Optimization: Partner with enterprise-wide stakeholders on continued adoption and enhancement of Elanco's CLM system; serve as a resource for system assessments, upgrades, integrations, migrations, and administration and troubleshooting; facilitate the development and implementation of training materials and performance metrics to maximize system utilization and effectiveness.
Other Legal Operations Projects: Manage other legal operations projects to create efficiencies and optimize operations, including projects related to records retention, document management, and streamlining of subscriptions and resources.
Process Improvement: Identify other opportunities for process improvement and propose and implement solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness within legal operations, leveraging technology (including artificial intelligence) and best practices.
Develop project plans, timelines, and budgets, ensuring projects are completed on time and within scope.
Develop, maintain, and share regular reporting on metrics within both Legal Operations and the Legal & Compliance department more broadly.
Collaborate with stakeholders across the Legal & Compliance Department and other relevant functions to gather requirements, drive adoption, identify and troubleshoot pain points, and otherwise ensure project success.
What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications):
Minimum 5 years' experience in legal operations or project management
Understanding of contracting lifecycle workflows and processes
Demonstrated experience in project and program management
Comfort with system administration, troubleshooting, analytics, and reporting
Ability to think strategically, work independently, and maintain a growth mindset in a fast-paced company
Direct experience with existing legal operations technologies or an openness to quickly learning them
Successful track record of leading change management with a lasting impact
Excellent communication skills with an ability to effectively and efficiently work and influence across departments
Desire to work independently in a fast-paced and innovation-focused company
What will give you the competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
Hands-on experience with Malbek and iManage
Prior work on an in-house legal operations team
Knowledge of the animal health industry
Additional Information:
Location: Elanco Global Headquarters, Greenfield, IN (Hybrid work environment)
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
