Legal Operations Manager, Tekion
Technology / SaaS Software
$77.6-129.5k
+ Stock options
End-to-end, AI-native platform for automotive retail
Job no longer available
End-to-end, AI-native platform for automotive retail
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$77.6-129.5k
+ Stock options
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build the world's best business applications in the cloud.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
- 8+ years of progressive experience in legal operations
- Demonstrated expertise in legal technology implementation and optimization
- Strong understanding of contract management processes and systems
- Experience supporting legal operations in a public company environment, including familiarity with SEC compliance, corporate governance, and regulatory reporting requirements
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Strategic mindset with proven ability to drive organizational change
- Experience in high-growth technology environments preferred
What the job involves
- This is an IC role at this time and is managing processes
- We’re looking for a Legal Operations Analyst II with proven experience supporting corporate legal teams within a SaaS or software company
- Lead Tekion’s legal operations function and drive strategic initiatives to optimize the legal department’s efficiency, effectiveness, and business impact
- In this senior leadership role, you'll develop and implement comprehensive operational strategies, oversee contract lifecycle management, lead litigation operations, establish department-wide metrics and KPIs, and manage the legal technology stack
- You'll collaborate with cross-functional leadership to align legal operations with broader business objectives while building and mentoring a high-performing legal operations team
- This role offers an exceptional opportunity to transform legal operations into a strategic business partner that enables Tekion's continued growth and success
- Strategic leadership – Develop and implement comprehensive legal operations strategy aligned with business objectives; serve as key member of legal leadership team; advise General Counsel on operational improvements and technology investments
- Contract lifecycle management – Design and oversee enterprise-wide contract management processes; implement and optimize CLM technology; establish governance frameworks; develop playbooks and templates; lead cross-functional initiatives to streamline contracting
- Litigation and risk management – Develop and oversee litigation management strategy; establish case assessment frameworks; implement legal hold processes; oversee insurance claims; develop risk mitigation strategies
- Metrics and performance management – Design and implement comprehensive KPI framework for legal department; develop executive dashboards; analyze performance trends; identify improvement opportunities; present metrics to leadership
- Financial management – Oversee legal department budget planning and forecasting; manage outside counsel spend; implement alternative fee arrangements; develop cost-saving initiatives; collaborate with finance on accruals and reporting
- Technology and innovation – Lead evaluation, selection and implementation of legal technology solutions; develop legal tech roadmap; drive adoption of automation tools; identify emerging technologies to enhance department capabilities
- Public company readiness – Develop and implement legal operations infrastructure to support public company readiness; establish processes and systems for SEC compliance and reporting; create governance frameworks; design and implement disclosure controls and procedures; build scalable operations to support post-IPO requirements
Our take
Car dealerships suffer from an inefficiency problem. The paperwork and administration required to complete a sale requires dealers to manage a disjointed set of various software applications. Tekion is offering an enticing remedy - a cloud-based automotive retail system that integrates the various software applications in a single infrastructure.
Competition has been strong, with rivals CDK Global and Reynolds & Reynolds offering a competitive raft of features, and benefiting from strong prior relationships with dealerships. Tekion, however, has nevertheless secured customers for the software in 28 states - likely in part due to the efficiency of partnering with a single growing service as opposed to a disparate spread.
This momentum shows no signs of slowing either, as Tekion has attracted attention from major players like CMC, Chrysler and Chevrolet. By streamlining dealership operations into a single platform, the company is proving that even in a crowded market, innovation and simplicity can win. Its recent release of AI agents and an AI interface also shows it is moving with the times.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2021
$250m
SERIES D
Total funding: $635.1m
Company benefits
- Silicon Valley Startup Environment
- Stock Options
- Focus on Work/Life Balance
- Recognition Culture
- Health and Wellness
- Unparalleled Career Development
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Jay Vijayan
(CEO & Co-Founder)They started their career at Oracle, where they spent over 7 years in Management before spending 4 at VMware. They then worked at Tesla for 4 years, leaving their position as CIO to found Tekion in February 2016.
Guru Sankararaman
(COO & Co-Founder)After working as a Chief Architect at Cisco, they joined Tesla for 4 years. Initially they served as Director of Information Technology and then later became VP of Information Technology. Left this role to co-found Tekion in 2016.
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