Manager Of Legal Operations - Remote

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Manager of Legal Operations
Job location: This position is to be hired in Canada and will be remote unless you live in the Ottawa area in which the role will be hybrid with a minimum of working in the office 3 days a week.
About The Team
Reporting to our Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate, the Manager of Legal Operations, as a fully proficient and seasoned professional, is responsible for the legal department’s operational strategy and execution. This will include designing strategies, processes, technology implementations and reporting to ensure optimal performance and maximum efficiency for our global Legal team.
The Manager of Legal Operations will have the opportunity to shape key operational improvement initiatives within the legal department, delivering on high impact projects that ultimately enable the broader Kinaxis team.
What you will do

• Lead change management initiatives within the department and the broader Kinaxis team, including communications
• Tracking departmental budget and implementing legal vendor management policies and procedures.
• Drive transformation activities to improve department effectiveness and impact.
• Design and maintain knowledge management and document management systems and processes.
• Develop legal reporting metrics for the legal team, including an operational dashboard to provide insights and inform decision making.
• Managing the department’s onboarding and professional development/CLE programs.
• Support on other projects and initiatives within the legal department as necessary.
• Coordinate department-wide meetings and communications.
• Design and implement processes and procedures that improve workflow management, create efficiencies and advance departmental strategies.
• Work closely with the legal leadership team and stakeholders from across the business to identify operational challenges and priorities.
• In partnership with our IT team, developing and managing roadmap for legal technology across all legal practice groups, including new tools and enhancements to existing tools.
• Design and facilitate training and enablement sessions for Legal team members, ensuring effective adoption of new technology and processes.

What we are looking for

• Strong collaboration skills, with ability to build relationships within the team and across other departments
• Good business judgment and sound decision-making
• Minimum 5 years of progressive legal operations experience, with at least 3 years experience within an in-house legal department,
• Experience leading transformation activities, including facilitating training
• Demonstrated project management / process improvement experience
• Proven experience implementing new technology, processes, and procedures within a legal department to meet strategic objectives.
• Superior ability managing and prioritizing workloads in an environment of ongoing urgency, ambiguity, and change
• Highest standards of ethics, professional integrity and confidentiality
• Bachelor’s degree or relevant equivalent experience
• Advanced analytical, problem solving, and critical thinking skills with the ability to coordinate input from multiple sources to develop impactful recommendations to achieve results for the business.

What we have to offer

• Challenging Work - We love solving highly complex problems. And as the global leaders in our industry, we never stop innovating—our work is never “done. That’s because across our teams and in all roles, every employee is empowered to bring their best ideas forward and to jump in and solve the problems they’re passionate about.
• Great People - We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously! It’s in our DNA to celebrate, laugh, and have fun. We are stronger, together, when we are open, honest, and above all, real. Every person is valued here and plays an important role in our shared success.
• Global Impact - As a global team spanning continents, boundaries, and cultures, every day we are inspired by the impact our work has on our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world at large.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Diversity, equity and inclusion are more than words to us. They are the guiding principles for building a culture where we celebrate each others’ differences, continuously strive for equality and recognize that inclusion makes us stronger as individuals, a company and a global citizen.

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com/ .
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