Datadog
Legal Operations Manager
$96K–$128K
New York, New York, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
New York, NY, United States - Experience
- At least 6 years of contract, program, or project management experience.
About the job
The Legal Operations Manager improves and automates global legal-team processes, manages legal technology and cross-functional projects, and uses data and AI insights to support planning and reporting.
What you'll do
- Improve, optimize, and automate legal processes; create and manage SOPs.
- Coordinate system implementation and integrations, troubleshoot issues, and manage legal-team technology.
- Use data, AI-generated insights, and dashboards for initiatives, forecasting, planning, and reporting; support outside counsel operations.
What they ask for
- At least 6 years of contract, program, or project management experience.
- Familiarity with program management tools and techniques, including roadmapping, assigning owners and timelines, and reporting.
- Hands-on experience evaluating or deploying AI and automation tools in a legal or business operations context.
- Strong communication, detail orientation, integrity, and judgment, including responsible use of AI with sensitive data.
Nice to have
- Experience ideally within a SaaS or technology company.
Pay
$96,000 — $128,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Brightflag, Salesforce, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity
AI focus
Champion AI capabilities and tools; evaluate or deploy AI and automation for legal or business operations, and use AI-generated insights while applying sound judgment with sensitive data.
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