Legal Operations Manager

Box Box · Enterprise · Redwood City, CA · Legal

This role is for a Legal Operations Manager at Box, an AI-first company. The manager will oversee legal spend, budgeting, forecasting, and vendor management using their e-billing platform. They will also drive operational improvements through process design and automation, including AI-enabled efficiencies. The role requires experience in legal operations, financial management, and e-billing platforms, with a focus on driving efficiency and compliance within the legal department.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage day-to-day operations of our e-billing platform (Brightflag), including matter setup, user management, invoice workflows, and integrations.
  2. Own the end-to-end Legal budget across outside counsel, software, professional services, travel, and operating expenses; lead annual planning and monthly forecasting.
  3. Build and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and reports to track spend, forecast accuracy, trends, and risks; translate insights into actions for Legal leadership.
  4. Oversee the full law firm lifecycle—from onboarding and billing guidelines to performance management, rate benchmarking, and savings enforcement.
  5. Implement best practices for invoice review, accruals, and global billing compliance; partner with AP, Tax, and Procurement to streamline payment procedures.

Skills

Required

  • legal operations
  • legal financial management
  • budgeting
  • forecasting
  • accruals
  • spend management
  • vendor oversight
  • e-billing platforms (Brightflag or similar)
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • Microsoft 365
  • process design
  • automation
  • integrations
  • scalable systems

Nice to have

  • Airtable
  • e-signature tools
  • Zip
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • advanced degree
  • relevant certifications

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-enabled efficiencies