Director, Legal Operations
Wilmington, DE
Director, Legal Operations
Responsibilities: Advise the Chief Legal Officer on operational and strategic aspects of running the Legal Department (Legal). Work with other members of Legal to develop process improvements leading to cost reductions and other efficiencies. Lead and manage a global team of legal operations professionals primarily focused on supporting legal tools, technology and counsel management initiatives. Use data-centric metrics and analytics to develop recommendations to CLO designed to maximize resources and performance. Provide guidance and advice across the organization as a member of multi-disciplinary project teams. Activate and implement a global outside counsel management program to harmonize the engagement, performance, improve efficiencies and reduce costs associated with the use of external legal resources. Optimize and enhance the use of legal spend management and matter management technology, including harmonization of internal business process management and tools to enhance efficiency, decision making and reduce costs. Work with internal counsel, external law firms and benchmarking data to manage outside counsel performance and spend. Serve as Legal’s primary liaison with the company’s Finance Department. Partner closely with Finance business partners and FP&A team to manage budgeting, forecasting and budget variance analysis for Legal. Work closely with the General Patent Counsel and Head of Portfolio Strategy to meet budget targets for the prosecution and maintenance of InterDigital’s patent portfolio. Support and guide strategic short-term and long-term projects focused on efficient use of internal and external legal resources. Gather, maintain and provide relevant departmental data and reports for the company’s valuation model. Serve as Legal’s primary liaison with the company’s Information Technology Department (IT). Partner with IT to assess, choose, deploy and maintain the appropriate information systems, programs and tools to support knowledge management and run legal operations. Partner with IT to develop and implement dashboards and reporting to support enhanced information sharing and decision making. Support the CLO in a chief of staff capacity, including for example, developing and leading department town halls and legal leadership team planning and off-site meetings. Provide support for the development and creation of materials to support board of director meetings as well as associated governance meetings. Serve as a member of the legal leadership team to provide general leadership and support across the global department to promote strong internal departmental communications, strong team performance and team member well-being. Serve as Legal’s point person with the company’s Human Resources Department (HR) with respect to departmental hiring, onboarding and development opportunities. integration of legal functions in the context of M&A and associated team member integration. Design and execute integration plans for legal functions.
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