Legal Operations Manager, Condé Nast
$100-125k
Office located in World Trade Center, New York
Global media company
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Global media company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$100-125k
Office located in World Trade Center, New York
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inform in new and compelling ways, creating beautiful, visually arresting moments that offer new perspectives, and new forms of self-expression.
Role
Who you are
- For someone excited by working in a fast-paced environment, responsibility, learning, and working at a world-class media company known for creating culture-defining work, this role offers a rare combination of mentorship, autonomy, and career development
- 3–5 years of legal operations experience in a law firm or in-house legal department
- Familiarity with outside counsel billing practices and legal department financial processes
- Experience with legal technology platforms (e-billing, matter management, document management, or similar systems) preferred
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working across legal, finance, and operations teams
- Interest in legal operations, technology, and process improvement
What the job involves
- Condé Nast is seeking a Manager, Legal Operations to support the operational aspects of the Business & Legal Affairs department
- The Manager, Legal Operations plays a critical role in ensuring the efficiency, effectiveness, and strategic alignment of the global Business & Legal Affairs team
- This role will report to the Vice President for Corporate & Commercial in the Business & Legal Affairs department and will focus on supporting outside counsel billing and engagement, assisting with legal department budgeting and reporting, helping to improve workflows and processes, and setting up and managing legal technology tools and innovation initiatives
- Responsible for legal operations of a global Business & Legal Affairs team that operates in multiple timezone
- Support budget monitoring, expense accruals, and reporting in partnership with Finance and department leadership and serve as a day-to-day contact for routine billing questions
- Support outside counsel onboarding and engagement processes, including development and and monitoring of outside counsel guidelines
- Track all pending litigation, including keeping track of outside counsel budget for pending cases and risk assessment, and serving as point of contact for Finance and the legal department of Condé Nast’s parent company, Advance
- Negotiate with vendors, demo platforms, modify subscriptions, maintain rosters, review and pay invoices, frequent communication with vendors and continual search for new tools/platforms for use by the Business & Legal Affairs Team
- Assist in documenting and improving legal department workflows and operational processes
- Maintain litigation tracking, process documentation, templates, and internal guidance materials
- Work closely with the legal operations team of Conde Nast’s parent company, Advance, to support the use, maintenance, and optimization of legal technology tools
- Provide project support for recurring and ad hoc legal operations initiatives, including assisting with data collection, reporting, and administrative support for departmental projects
Our take
Condé Nast is a global media powerhouse, shaping culture through its iconic brands across print, digital, video, and social. These include Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Digest and they reach audiences in more than 32 markets worldwide - the company has expanded far beyond magazines too, into entertainment, experiences, and even education.
With the decline in printed media, Condé Nast has stayed ahead by redefining what it means to be a modern publishers. Today, far more people engage with its digital and social content than its print editions, adn the company has leaned into that shift by prioritising digital storytelling, building massive online communities, and moving several titles behind paywalls to replace shrinking print advertising revenue.
Now, as the company looks towards the future, it has doubled down on growth and innovation, And in 2022, it created a dedicated strategy and corporate development role to uncover new opportunities, while heavily investing in its entertainment division. The result: a legacy media brand that's actively reinventing itself for the next era.
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Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Domestic Partner Benefit Extensions
- Free Mental Health Services
- Assistance in Refinancing Student Loans
- Long-term Remote Work Pilot
- Extended Bereavement leave
- Extended Parental Leave
- Added Adoption Financial Support
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Roger Lynch
(CEO)Previously served as President and CEO for Pandora, CEO for Sling TV, EVP of Advanced Technologies for DISH Network and EchoStar Corporation, and Chairman and CEO for Video Networks International LTD.
Sanjay Bhakta
(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Prior to joining Condé Nast in 2020, Sanya spent 4 years at Pearson as a VP Platform Engineer then SVP Platform & Product Engineer. He also spent 3 years at HBO as a VP of Media Software Engineering and 10 years at AT&T as a Senior Technical Director and General Manager of Lead Principal Architect.
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