[Hiring] Legal Operations Lead @Cariad, Inc.

Role Description

This role combines senior-level paralegal execution with legal operations leadership, supporting the CARIAD Legal team’s efficiency, adherence to SLAs, compliance posture, and operational excellence. The position operates as a senior individual contributor, partnering closely with legal leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to lead day-to-day legal operations, drive process improvements, and ensure consistent, high-quality legal support across the organization.

Role Responsibilities

• Legal Operations Management (55%)
  • Own, maintain and continuously optimize legal processes, workflows, and tools to improve efficiency, consistency, and visibility.
  • Own and administer legal technology platforms (e.g. Ironclad, Streamline, Legora), ensuring data integrity and leading vendor coordination.
  • When required, represent Legal on cross-functional calls and initiatives related to legal operations, leveraging familiarity with legal matters, established policies, and outstanding items.
  • Support departmental budgeting and forecasting, including outside counsel spend and vendor cost tracking.
  • Lead functional-level legal operations initiatives, serving as the Legal team’s subject matter expert to drive adoption, consistency, and data integrity across processes and tools.
• Senior Paralegal Support (45%)
  • Draft, review, and manage a broad range of contracts and legal documents, coordinating with counsel and stakeholders throughout the negotiation lifecycle.
  • Act as a key liaison between Legal and business teams, ensuring clear communication and alignment on priorities.
  • Support legal leadership with ad hoc projects and operational initiatives, including corporate governance and compliance activities.
  • Coordinate with internal and external counsel on active matters.
  • Maintain accurate legal records and information across internal systems.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in managing legal data, internal records, and matter information across systems.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders.
• Proven ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Ability to independently identify process gaps, recommend, and implement operational improvements.

Requirements

• Legal operations management, including triage, assignment, and tracking of requests.
• Leading contract lifecycle management (intake, review coordination, execution, and renewal tracking).
• Administering and owning legal technology tools, with a strong preference for tools currently in use by CARIAD Legal (e.g. Ironclad, Streamline, Legora).
• Corporate governance support, including supporting ongoing compliance initiatives.

Desired Skills

• Familiarity with supporting legal matters in regulated industries (e.g. automotive, technology).

Workplace Flexibility

• May require occasional travel and flexible hours.

Years of Relevant Experience

• 8+ years of relevant experience in legal operations and/or paralegal roles within an in-house legal department or law firm.
• Demonstrated experience operating as a senior individual contributor, independently determining approaches within established legal and business frameworks.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Desired Education

• Paralegal certification or advanced legal operations training.

Compensation

Salary range is dependent on factors such as geographical differentials, credentials or certifications, industry-based experience, qualification and training. The salary range for this position is $138,978.00 - $180,353.00.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision.
• 401k with employer match and defined contribution plan.
• Short and long term disability.
• Basic life and AD&D insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment plans.
• Maternity and non-primary caregiver leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee referral program.
• Vacation and paid holidays.
• Unique vehicle lease program that covers registration and insurance fees.