Legal Entity Governance – Global Operations Specialist

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the Global Lead to drive operational excellence across the legal entity governance program
• Lead tool onboarding and data migration
• Serve as internal admin for the governance platform, ensuring data integrity
• Support budgeting and continuous improvement (Lean) initiatives
• Deliver efficient, scalable processes for global stakeholders
• Support annual budgeting process for the legal entity governance function
• Monitor ongoing expenditures and budget performance; report variances and propose corrective actions
• Maintain and manage vendor relations, tool licenses and cost allocations related to governance operations
• Act as operational liaison to global teams to execute governance tasks
• Provide training, communications and tool-user onboarding for internal customers
• Support governance lead in preparing senior‑executive level materials, status updates, and change‑management communications

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, law, finance, information systems, or a related field (J.D. or legal background is a plus but not required)
• 5-8 years of relevant experience in legal operations, entity governance, program / project management, or process improvement
• Strong experience with tool implementation/data migration (system onboarding, administration)
• Demonstrated experience driving continuous improvement and process optimization (Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen)
• Solid budgeting and financial monitoring experience
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across global/matrixed environments
• Strong analytical mindset, comfortable working with metrics, dashboards, data integrity
• Ability to multi‑task, manage changing priorities, deliver in a fast‑paced environment
• Strong quality‑control mindset and exceptional attention to detail
• Strong collaborator with the ability to build trusted relationships in a matrixed global environment