Legal Operations Manager, Dropbox
$91.5-139.3k
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$91.5-139.3k
Salary varies depending on location. Plus Bonus & Equity.
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Dropbox's mission is to design a more enlightened way of working.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate brings deep experience in legal operations, is technically proficient in legal platforms like Ironclad and ServiceNow, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced tech environment
- 5+ years of experience in legal operations, strong track record for project management, or operations roles within a legal department or law firm
- Tech industry experience and familiarity with commercial transactions strongly preferred
- Background experience with legal systems and technologies such as Ironclad, ServiceNow, and Brightflag knowledge are a plus, but not required
- Strong track record for project management and process optimization
- Excellent communication, collaboration, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Eagerness to learn new things and ability to navigate complicated and nuanced issues
- Familiarity with contracting and procurement processes, as well as with negotiating, drafting and advising clients on commercial contracts is a plus but not required
- BA/BS from a top university and excellent academic credentials
Desirable
- Previous experience in tech industry
What the job involves
- Dropbox is seeking a highly organized and strategic Legal Operations Manager to join our Legal team
- This individual will play a critical role in supporting the operational infrastructure that underpins our commercial legal function. You will manage and optimize multiple legal systems, partner cross-functionally with internal teams, and serve as a key driver of efficiency and innovation across the legal organization
- This role is highly visible and provides a unique opportunity to shape how Dropbox’s Legal team operates today and scales for tomorrow
- Operational Strategy & Execution:
- Design and lead legal team workflows, policies, and processes to improve efficiency
- Implement and manage legal technology tools (e.g., CLM, eBilling, matter management)
- Drive legal department KPIs, reporting, and dashboards to measure performance and value
- Vendor Management:
- Oversee outside counsel and legal vendor arrangements, onboarding and billing
- Manage legal team's tech stack and collaborate with IT as needed
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Partner with IT, Finance, Procurement, Compliance, and other key teams on operational initiatives
- Ensure smooth communications between legal and business stakeholders
- Knowledge Management:
- Maintain centralized repositories for contracts, templates, policies and legal knowledge
- Project & Change Management:
- Lead or support legal projects from planning to execution, including process improvement and change adoption
- Identify opportunities for automation and implement solutions to reduce manual workload
Our take
Dropbox started by helping people bring together their files in one central place. The contents of these folders are synchronised to Dropbox's servers along with other computers and devices where the user has installed Dropbox, keeping the same files up-to-date across all devices.
Nowadays, there are lots of competing companies in cloud storage, and some with better distribution (e.g. Google and Apple). This explains why Dropbox is making a big push to reinvent itself after a fairly disappointing run since its IPO in 2018. The new Dropbox turns folders into "Spaces", which are collaboration hubs for teams, complete with comment streams, artificial intelligence tools and integrations into services such as Slack.
The company continues to build out its offerings through acquisitions, such as that of Formswift, bolstering its end-to-end agreement workflow capabilities. Indeed, It's very clear that Dropbox is trying to make a big move from being just a storage company. This seems to be a necessary move given the competitive nature of the industry it is operating within.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2014
$350m
SERIES C
Oct 2011
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $607.3m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- We offer a generous company contribution toward individual medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including contributions toward dependent premiums
- Keep sharing and collaborating with friends and family even when you’re not at work with free Dropbox space for your whole crew
- Take the vacation you’ve always dreamed of with up to four consecutive weeks of paid time off
- Celebrate common holidays without your paycheck taking the hit with 11 company paid holidays
- Each Dropboxer has access to 32 hours of paid volunteer time off each year that they can use to support the causes close to their hearts
- We regularly offer panels and seminars featuring the best minds in tech, talent, diversity, and beyond that any Dropboxer can attend from the comfort of their home
- No two Dropboxers are the same, and their benefits shouldn’t be either. Our Perks allowance empowers employees to customize their benefits in line with what really matters to them
- Start building a successful 401K retirement plan with our dollar for dollar contribution match, up to $1,500 per quarter to a maximum of $6,000 per calendar year
Company HQ
Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Arash Ferdowsi
(CTO)Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university
Drew Houston
(CEO)Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university
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