Senior Legal Operations Specialist, PlayStation
$132.9-199.3k
2 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Posted today
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Posted today
$132.9-199.3k
2 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive experience in vendor management is preferred but not required
- Highly analytical with mastery of advanced data functions (pivots, vlook, formulas, etc.)
- Willingness to ramp up on new technologies and act as a subject matter expert (e.g., e-Billing, SAP, CLM, Matter Management, etc.)
- Advanced Office 365 experience (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to analyze financial data and legal billing practices effectively
- Ability to communicate insights clearly, both in writing and verbally, to a diverse audience, accounting for varying subject matter backgrounds
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple relationships and projects simultaneously
- Ability to interpret and negotiate basic engagement terms
- Proven ability to effectively collaborate with internal teams
- Ideally a strong understanding of legal services, law firm operations, and the legal industry landscape
- Experience in a corporate outside counsel management function or law firm equivalent (pricing, budgeting, project management, etc.) preferred but not required
What the job involves
- Sony Interactive Entertainment's Legal Operations team is looking for a Legal Operations Program Specialist, Vendor Management, to support the Legal Department’s vendor portfolio, with emphasis on outside counsel vendor management
- In this role, you will be responsible for managing and optimizing relationships with our external vendors. This role involves strategic oversight of engagements, performance evaluation, and ensuring that our external legal partners provide the highest level of service and value
- You will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to ensure that our needs are being met efficiently and effectively
- Develop and maintain strong, strategic relationships with billing departments to foster collaboration and trust
- Act as a liaison between internal Legal teams and vendors to ensure seamless information flow
- Collaborate with internal Legal teams to understand their needs, project scopes, and identify suitable outside counsel for specific matters
- Ensure alignment of outside counsel services with business objectives and Legal requirements by conducting needs assessments and regular check-ins
- Manage the onboarding process for new vendors, ensuring they understand expectations and procedures
- Analyze billing practices, scrutinize invoices, and manage legal spend associated with outside counsel, identifying opportunities for cost savings and efficiencies
- Negotiate fee structures, billing terms, and other contractual arrangements with vendors to maximize value
- Prepare and present regular reports on outside counsel performance, engagement metrics, and legal spend to senior management and stakeholders
- Utilize data analytics to identify trends, performance gaps, and opportunities for improvement in outside counsel relationships
- Monitor and assess the performance of vendors against established service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Conduct regular reviews of outside counsel engagements, including feedback sessions and performance evaluations, to identify strengths and areas for improvement
- Implement strategies to enhance vendor quality and efficiencies
- Develop and implement budgetary controls and processes to better manage vendor spend
- Ensure that vendors adhere to company policies, compliance requirements, and best practices in risk management
- Conduct due diligence on outside counsel to assess their capabilities, areas of expertise, and risk profiles
- Facilitate training sessions for internal teams on best practices for managing vendors and outside counsel relationships, including communication and performance feedback
- Keep internal stakeholders informed about changes in outside counsel practices, capabilities, and offerings through regular updates and workshops
- Advise on strategic ad-hoc projects and initiatives
- Support existing tools and processes
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - Playstation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
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Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
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