About:
Our client is a sophisticated asset management office managing a diverse portfolio of businesses, assets, investments, and development projects.
Their environment is fast-paced, sophisticated, and highly collaborative. The legal team supports a broad range of matters – from complex financings and commercial transactions to real estate development, corporate governance, hospitality, portfolio companies, and strategic business initiatives. They value thoughtful legal judgment, practical problem-solving, and exceptional execution.
Why this role matters:
Our client is seeking a Manager of Legal Operations to play a foundational role in enhancing its legal function. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, this person will be a true partner and force multiplier for the legal team, implementing AI-driven systems and workflows from scratch and helping the organization scale through its next phase of growth.
This is not a traditional support role, but a highly visible, ground-floor opportunity. You’ll be the person who keeps projects moving, ensures nothing falls through the cracks, and helps evaluate how AI and legal technology should be incorporated into the department’s workflows. The ideal candidate is exceptionally organized, analytical, and energized by building new processes.
What you’ll do:
- Department Operations
- Technology & Process
- Evaluate and help select and implement legal technology platforms
- Determine how AI can be responsibly incorporated into legal department workflows
- Build scalable, self-service processes and templates that broader business teams can use
- Improve operational efficiency across the department
- Department Management
- Own department metrics and reporting
- Manage legal department budgets, invoices, outside counsel spend, and billing policies
- Track and report on legal spend
- Help structure the department for long-term scale as the team grows
- Cross-Functional Support
- Support the team through periods of heavy regulatory and compliance work
- Partner closely with the General Counsel to prioritize and organize incoming work
- Serve as a trusted operational partner across a lean, fast-moving legal function
What you’ll bring:
- Experience in legal operations, ideally supporting a family office, investment firm, in-house legal department, or similarly fast-paced, lean environment
- Demonstrated ability to build operational structure and processes from the ground up
- Strong project management skills; highly organized with excellent attention to detail
- Comfort evaluating and implementing legal technology and AI tools
- Analytical mindset with experience owning metrics, reporting, and budgets
- Exceptional judgment and discretion in handling confidential matters
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work closely with and support senior legal leadership
- Team-oriented approach and an ability to thrive on a small, high-trust team
Bonus points for:
- Experience supporting a single-family office or principal’s office
- Familiarity with regulatory or transactional filings, including M&A-adjacent compliance work
- Experience building self-service templates or playbooks across multiple business entities
Compensation:
- The compensation range for this position is $200,000 – $220,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and the level at which they are hired.
Our client has exclusively engaged Kerwin Associates to conduct this search. Interested candidates should contact Spencer Britschgi (spencer@kerwin.com) at Kerwin Associates.