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Responsibilities span financial and spend management support, contracting operations, knowledge management, process improvement, and technology implementation. The successful candidate will balance detailed execution with broader operational priorities and bring practical experience using technology, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve how work gets done.\nOperational Leadership: Partner with the Head of LCARS Operations to coordinate day-to-day execution across the team’s portfolio. Translate departmental priorities into actionable plans, manage competing demands, and balance immediate needs with longer-term improvements.\nProject & Program Management: Lead cross-functional initiatives from planning through implementation. 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Simplify intake, approvals, tracking, and reporting through effective use of Salesforce and workflow tools where applicable.\nKnowledge Management: Maintain frameworks for organizing, accessing, and sharing information across LCARS, with clear content ownership, maintenance practices, and appropriate access controls.\nPerformance Metrics & Reporting: Define operational metrics and develop dashboards and reporting tools with relevant stakeholders. Promote data quality, analyze trends, and recommend improvements to resource allocation, service delivery, and performance.\nProcess Analysis & Optimization: Assess and document processes, identify bottlenecks and team member pain points, and streamline workflows. Establish baseline measures and track improvements in efficiency and consistency.\nTechnology, Automation & Applied AI: Evaluate and implement technology, automation, and AI solutions that support LCARS priorities, including building or configuring AI agents for repeatable workflows. Translate business needs into requirements, lead pilots, assess quality and business value, and partner with IT and relevant stakeholders on implementation. Support adoption through rollout planning, training, and user support, and measure ongoing effectiveness.\n Intern & Co-op Program Management and Talent Development: Own the LCARS intern and co-op program, including interviewing and selecting candidates, onboarding, assigning projects, balancing workloads, and evaluating performance. Coordinate with stakeholders to provide meaningful assignments aligned with departmental priorities. Supervise and mentor participants through regular check-ins and constructive feedback, and support the development of junior team members.\n 7+ years of relevant operations experience, preferably within a corporate or in-house legal department. Candidates with demonstrated success in project and program management and process improvement, including Lean Six Sigma or comparable methodologies, will also be considered.\nA contracting operations background and familiarity with Salesforce, CLM platforms, and workflow tools are highly preferred.\nStrong financial acumen and prior responsibility for supporting budgeting, forecasting or reforecasting, expense tracking, and financial reporting. 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