Kraken
Director, Legal Operations
$134K–$299K
United States · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in Legal Operations, legal technology, process design, finance-adjacent operations, or operational leadership.
About the job
Leads Legal’s operations, technology, and AI strategy to scale workflows, manage resources and spending, and make the legal function more efficient and data-driven.
What you'll do
- Own Legal’s operating model, technology stack, and AI strategy, including implementation, governance, and adoption.
- Manage budgeting, forecasting, legal billing, outside counsel, resourcing, and vendor performance.
- Design standardized workflows, intake and demand management, metrics, controls, and knowledge management.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in Legal Operations, legal technology, process design, finance-adjacent operations, or operational leadership.
- Experience scaling legal operations and technology, and managing financial and data-driven execution.
- Experience leading automation and AI initiatives from strategy through deployment, governance, adoption, and ROI measurement.
- Hands-on experience optimizing legal technology platforms and establishing metrics, dashboards, controls, and OKRs.
Nice to have
- Experience in fintech, crypto, financial services, or regulated industries.
- Background in enterprise AI governance, model risk management, or secure AI deployment.
Pay
$134.2K – $298.9K USD base salary
Tools
CLM
AI focus
Own Legal AI strategy and governance; evaluate AI tools, make build-versus-buy decisions, lead secure deployment and integrations, measure ROI, and implement AI-enabled legal workflows at scale.
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