Manager - Legal Operations
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Job Title: Manager - Legal Operations
Location: Ireland, Dublin / North Carolina, USA
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations.
With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life.
Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.
Who You Are:
You are a strategic problem-solver with experience supporting Legal department operations. You understand how in-house attorneys and a Legal department function. You are an effective communicator with leadership experience, financial acumen, project management skills and technical savvy. You take a collaborative approach to your work and can successfully manage competing deadlines and priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
What You Will Be Doing:
You will lead a team of professionals in developing and implementing tools, processes and practices to improve the day-to-day efficiency and effectiveness of ICON's Legal team. You will play a key role in optimizing Legal department performance by
- Identifying and executing on initiatives that build efficiencies and enhance productivity across the department and key stakeholder groups
- Facilitating budget management and financial forecasting, serving as legal department primary point of contact with the Finance team
- Developing and managing processes that optimize outside counsel and vendor spend
- Overseeing the legal department's technology strategy
- Building, executing and supporting training and outreach within and outside the department
- Developing, tracking and analyzing key legal department metrics and KPI's
- Staying current on developments in Legal Operations best practices including emerging technology to identify continuous improvement opportunities
- You will work in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment requiring you to adapt to changing priorities and business needs and to be proactive in identifying and responding to emergent department needs.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Manage the legal department policy portfolio
- Provide RFP/RFI and audit support to legal department subject matter experts
- Develop and maintain self-help tools
- Manage legal department Intranet page content
- Provide support to legal department meetings including all-hands meetings and external and internal educational events
- Manage special projects as required or requested
What You Need to Have:
- B.A. or B.S. required
- Minimum 8 years of experience in a legal department, law firm, or relevant operational management role including at least 2 years of experience leading a team, paralegal experience preferred
- Demonstrated ability to combine strong analytical skills, qualitative analysis and people skills to solve complex business issues
- Demonstrated ability to communicate concepts clearly, accurately, and succinctly to a wide range of audiences, both orally and in writing
- Demonstrated ability to influence and direct in dotted-line relationships and matrixed organizations, ability to establish consensus across functional areas
- Strong project management skills, demonstrated ability to independently move cross-functional projects forward
- Budget management and forecasting experience, as well as experience working with a Finance team
- Technical savvy and familiarity with legal enterprise software, tools , and applications, such as e-billing, document management , and matter management technology
- Experience developing and implementing playbooks, policies, and procedures
Benefits of Working in ICON:
Our success depends on the knowledge, capabilities and quality of our people. That's why we are committed to developing our employees in a continuous learning culture -one where we challenge you with engaging work and where every experience adds to your professional development.
At ICON, our focus is to provide you with a comprehensive and competitive total reward package that comprises not only an excellent level of base pay, but also a wide range of variable pay and recognition programs. In addition, our best in class employee benefits, supportive policies and wellbeing initiatives are tailored to support you and your family at all stages of your career -both now, and into the future.
ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.
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