Legal Operations Manager Job at Verkada (San Mateo)

Legal Operations Manager

Verkada

Location:
United States , San Mateo

Category:
Legal

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

120000.00 - 180000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

We’re looking for a legal operations rockstar to join our fast-growing legal team and serve as the financial and operational backbone of Verkada’s legal function. This role is primarily focused on legal spend management, budgeting, forecasting, vendor oversight, and financial operations across the entire Legal organization. This includes fiscal year planning, outside counsel legal fees, software, professional services, headcount, travel, and other operating expenses. Secondarily, we are looking for someone with strong operational skills, who is highly organized, analytically strong, and comfortable owning complex, cross-functional workstreams.

Job Responsibility:

Own end-to-end management of the entire budget for Verkada’s legal team, including outside counsel, software, professional services, headcount, travel, and other opex
Partner closely with Verkada’s finance team on budgeting, accruals, variance analysis, and fiscal year planning
Manage our legal billing platform, including invoice review workflows, vendor compliance, matter budgeting, reporting, and ongoing process optimization
Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting that provide legal leadership with clear visibility into current spend, forecast accuracy, trends, and risks
Lead vendor and outside counsel management workflows, including outside counsel billing policies, spend expectations, and budget discipline
Drive operational initiatives that improve how the Legal team functions, including creating and maintaining processes and structural support around internal and external workflows, team record-keeping standards and systems, and file organization systems
Support and refine eDiscovery, legal hold, and document management processes using department tools and systems
Identify opportunities to automate manual work and streamline operations through the use of AI, tooling, integrations, or process redesign
Provide operational support across the contracting lifecycle, including optimizing our CLM system

Requirements:

3–8+ years of experience in legal operations, legal financial management, paralegal work, or a comparable in-house role with ownership of complex workflows
Deep experience with budgeting, forecasting, accruals, spend management, vendor oversight, and eBilling platforms
Strong experience with CLM and eDiscovery/legal hold tools and processes
Proven ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and move work forward without detailed instruction
Exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
Clear, confident written and verbal communication skills
Familiarity with Google Workspace (including advanced use of Google Sheets), SimpleLegal, MS 365 (Word and Excel), Pigment, Logikcull, Ironclad, DocuSign, Slack, Monday
Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new tools and systems
Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with evolving needs
Must be independently authorized to work in the U.S.

What we offer:

Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet personal health and financial well-being needs
Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
Expanded mental health support
Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
Paid holidays
Firmwide extended holidays
Flexible PTO
Personal sick time
Professional development stipend
Wellness/fitness benefits
Healthy lunches provided daily
Commuter benefits

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 10, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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