Legal Operations Manager (Lead Compliance Specialist)

Whats the role

• Lead Legal operations for key technology platforms, including CLM/CMS solutions, e-billing systems, electronic signature platforms, AI-enabled legal tools, and knowledge management resources.
• Manage outside counsel and vendor operations, including onboarding, engagement processes, invoice workflows, budget tracking, renewals, and collaboration with Finance and Procurement teams.
• Build and maintain dashboards, operational KPIs, workload reporting, spend analytics, and leadership reporting that enable data-driven decisions.
• Develop and enhance legal playbooks, templates, process documentation, repositories, precedent libraries, and self-service resources.
• Coordinate Legal onboarding, training initiatives, adoption programs, team operating rhythms, and legal technology upskilling initiatives.
• Support legal diligence activities for transactions, financing, regulatory reviews, customer engagements, and market-entry initiatives through structured project coordination and documentation management.
• Partner across Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, IT, Sales Operations, and business teams to streamline processes and improve organizational effectiveness.

Who are you

• A law degree (LL.B., JD, or equivalent legal qualification), along with professional experience supporting legal operations within a multinational or global organization.
• Experience working directly within an in-house legal department and contributing to legal operations, contract lifecycle management, matter management, legal technology, spend management, or knowledge management initiatives.
• Expertise working with legal technology platforms, workflow tools, reporting solutions, and data-driven operational processes.
• Strong analytical and financial capabilities, including budget management, spend reporting, KPI tracking, dashboard development, and executive-level reporting.
• Experience partnering effectively with Legal, Finance, Procurement, IT, Compliance, Sales Operations, and other business stakeholders.
• An interest in legal innovation, automation, AI-enabled tools, and continuous process improvement.
• Experience supporting legal diligence, transaction activities, regulatory reviews, audit programs, governance initiatives, or legal technology implementations would be especially valuable.

HERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Who are we

HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes - from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve peoples lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.