Legal Operations Lead

56 Minutes ago • All levels • Legal

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Job Description

The Legal Operations Lead at Epic Games will oversee a team of four, reporting to senior legal leadership. Responsibilities include coordinating with cross-functional teams (IT, finance, security, etc.), establishing team roles and responsibilities, analyzing data to improve department efficiency, implementing process improvements and automation, managing projects, and overseeing knowledge management (documentation, training, etc.). The ideal candidate possesses proven Legal Operations leadership experience, a strong technology background, and a proactive problem-solving approach. They should be comfortable with ambiguity, possess strong communication skills, and embody Epic's core principles.
Must have:
  • Proven Legal Operations leadership
  • Experience managing support teams in a fast-paced tech company
  • Proactive problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication and project management skills
  • Data analysis and process improvement expertise
Good to have:
  • Experience with legal technology solutions
  • Knowledge of knowledge management best practices
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, vision
  • Long-term disability and life insurance
  • 401k with competitive match
  • Robust mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO and sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

LEGAL

What We Do

Epic's multi-specialized team of attorneys and legal professionals partner across our organization to provide legal solutions as well as consult and inform on the products we build and games we develop. 

What You'll Do

In this role, you’ll oversee the Legal Operations team, reporting directly to a senior member of the Legal Department and meeting frequently with the leadership of the legal organization. You’ll provide world-class support to a dynamic, ambitious, and fast-paced video game and software development company. You’ll leverage your management and project management skills, subject matter expertise and independent judgment to identify, assess and implement ways to achieve the goals of the Legal Operations team. You’ll have independence to pursue goals set by legal leadership and your lead and be responsible for identifying efficient, cost-effective solutions for the team.

In this role, you will

  • Take over leadership of a recently centralized Legal Operations team of four
  • Coordinate cross-functionally with other teams at Epic, including but not limited to IT, accounts payable, finance, account and information security, regarding Legal Operations matters
  • Clearly establish roles and responsibilities for individual members of the Legal Operations team, assess gaps in coverage and ensure defined lines of responsibility for tasks
  • Oversee identifying, collecting and analyzing data and insights about the Legal Department, including team performance, client satisfaction, productivity, benchmarking and costs, and apply insights from that data to recommend improvements
  • Work to continuously make the Legal Department more efficient by improving processes and automating tasks, keeping abreast of developments in legal technology, identifying and evaluating technology and infrastructure solutions and overseeing their implementation and maintenance
  • Provide project management services for the Legal Department
  • Oversee knowledge management for the Legal Department, document policies and procedures, conduct trainings and disseminate and maintain institutional knowledge.

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience in the Legal Operations leadership environment
  • Prior experience in managing support teams at a fast-paced technology company
  • Highly internally motivated, with the ability to ensure team members are fully engaged and used at capacity even in the absence of leadership instruction
  • Passionate about proactively identifying problems and proposing solutions independently of management direction
  • A quick and flexible learner. Intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, highly practical, comfortable with ambiguity, and truly motivated by dynamic change
  • Technical ability to understand and compare technology solutions and understand how these systems may meet or fail to meet needs
  • Confidence in being a primary point of contact for a wide range of internal stakeholders
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills, sound judgment, and excellent multi-tasking and time management abilities.
  • Pragmatism and exercise of sound judgment under ambiguous circumstances, coupled with ability to identify and escalate key issues when warranted.
  • Embody and demonstrate Epic’s principles: Do the Right Thing, Get Things Done, and Own the Outcome.

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

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About The Company

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.

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