# Head of Legal Operations

**Company**: Dow Jones
**Location**: NYC - 1211 Ave of the Americas
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $180,000 - $205,000 + Bonus
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Media & Entertainment

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## Description

The Legal department at Dow Jones is seeking a Head of Legal Operations to establish and lead the Legal Operations function. The successful candidate will report to the General Counsel and join the Legal leadership team.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Build a Legal Operations Function: Develop a clear multi-year strategy for the function and serve as the first head of Legal Operations.

- Strategic Planning & Execution: Assist in various key projects across the department, track department goals, and manage the legal roadmap.

- Financial Management: Assist with the legal budget, including outside counsel spend management and finding value-based fee arrangements.

- Technology & Data: Serve as the manager and visionary for the tech stack, optimizing tools to drive global legal team transformation and provide data-driven insights.

- Global Operational Scaling & Change Management: Partner with a globally distributed legal team to harmonize processes and drive adoption of new technologies.

- Vendor Management: Oversee relationships with law firms and ALSPs, running RFPs when needed and holding partners accountable.

- Project Management: Assist with various projects throughout the department, providing structure to free up time across the department.

- Knowledge Management: Help the Legal team build and maintain internal core contract templates, playbooks, and training materials.

- M&A/Integration: Work closely with the M&A team on possible M&A opportunities and integration efforts.

**Requirements:**

- Minimum of 12 years of operations experience, with at least 5 years specifically within a Legal Operations function.

- Experience building a Legal Operations function from inception is strongly preferred.

- A Law Degree (JD), MBA, or commensurate experience is valuable but not required.

- Deep experience with Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) software, AI-powered legal solutions, agentic tools, and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platforms is a plus.

- Experience in the Media/Entertainment or Tech sectors is a plus.

- Willingness to work in the Midtown Manhattan office 3 days a week.

**Benefits:**

- Comprehensive Healthcare Plans

- Paid Time Off

- Retirement Plans

- Lifestyle Programs & Wellness Resources

- Education Benefits

- Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support

- Commuter Transit Program

- Subscription Discounts

- Employee Referral Program

- Financial Health Programs

- Cybersecurity Protection

## Skills

### Required
- Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) software
- AI-powered legal solutions
- agentic tools
- Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platforms
- project management
- operational excellence

### Nice to have
- Media/Entertainment
- Tech
- Legal Operations

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