The opportunity
Datadog is seeking an experienced Legal Operations Manager to join our Legal Operations subgroup. In this role you’ll partner with stakeholders across the organization to scale, modernize, and continue to automate how our global legal team operates including driving the adoption of AI-powered tools and workflows.
What you'll do
Own and continuously improve legal processes end-to-end, partnering with: legal and non-legal process owners to drive improvements, optimization, and automation
Liaise with technical and cross-functional teams to implement solutions,: integrate systems, and troubleshoot issues reported by the legal team
Create and manage SOPs and collaborate with legal and non-legal colleagues on cross-functional projects
Analyze and use data, including AI-generated insights and dashboards, to: drive initiatives, support forecasting and planning, and deliver reporting to legal leadership and other stakeholders
Manage technology used by the legal team (current tools include Brightflag,: Salesforce, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity) and become a superuser of new tools
Champion new systems and emerging AI capabilities
What they're looking for
- Support the legal team’s outside counsel operations
- Continuously cross-train across to operate as a flexible member of a shared: services model, enabling coverage, resource-sharing, and consistent process standards
- An experienced legal operations or program manager with at least 6 years of: contract, program, or project management experience, ideally within a SaaS or technology company
- Familiar with program management tools and techniques, including breaking: down tasks, roadmapping, assigning owners with timelines, and reporting
