Legal Operations Specialist

Job description

**A World-Changing Company** Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. **The Role** Palantir’s in-house Legal team works to proactively address legal issues and enable the growth of our business so that Palantir can continue to drive positive impact in the world. Legal Operations is the backbone of the Legal team and is key to fulfilling Palantir’s mission. In that pursuit, we strive to cultivate Palantir's philosophy, develop relationships across the company, and operate with a service mindset. We develop a strong understanding of business strategy and have a passion for helping others, making us an invaluable resource. We’re a team that values both creativity and teamwork - whether operating solo or collaboratively, we endeavor to achieve great results. As a Legal Operations Specialist, you will be the initial point of contact for operational questions and requests, providing guidance where appropriate and coordinating with the right Legal stakeholders. You will be responsible for executing on workflows as well as streamlining strategic processes and operational functions of the Legal team. You will also work closely with other Legal Operations teammates to help implement key systems, optimize processes, manage projects, and create objectives and performance metrics. You will partner your colleagues across Legal to understand the needs and develop and execute solutions that scale alongside the business. This position requires a combination of execution skills, project management, and process optimization. Our ideal candidate will take initiative, operate with discretion and resourcefulness, and thrive off of executing on and supporting the processes, systems and platforms of the Legal team. Most importantly, they have a true desire to be helpful and go above and beyond to solve challenges. ### Core Responsibilities - Execute legal operational workflows and procedures as a first point of contact, looking for ways to continuously improve and drive efficiency - Support execution of legal requests, including coordinating approvals, signatures, documentation, and other operational follow-through - Manage and triage incoming requests and correspondence for the Legal team, ensuring items are appropriately prioritized, routed, tracked, and resolved - Scale the operations, systems, and ongoing innovation of the Legal team in partnership with existing Legal Operations leaders and teammates - Craft and implement processes to reduce friction and enable team members, leaders, and business counterparts to spend time on what they do best ### What We Value - Passion for legal operations and learning enterprise technology; energized by the challenges of serving a growing a team in a dynamic, fast-paced environment - Demonstrated experience identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve processes and tools to enhance efficiency and drive results - Experience building cross-functional relationships with key resources and business partners across a legal team, advising, influencing decisions, managing change, and balancing multiple business function priorities - Extraordinary judgment and composure in high-pressure situations - A creative approach to project management centered around lightweight frameworks that enable rapid iteration and low-overhead methods ### What We Require - 3+ years of operational experience, preferably in a fast-paced or dynamic legal team environment - Experience with technical tooling and data analysis project management software - Meticulous attention to detail, including maintaining accurate records and diligently tracking key project metrics