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, utilizing e-billing platforms and driving operational improvements through process design and automation, including AI-enabled efficiencies. The role requires experience in legal operations, financial management, and proficiency with e-billing systems and Excel.

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

  • 3+ years in legal operations, legal financial management, paralegal, or comparable in-house role with ownership of complex, cross-functional workflows.
  • Deep experience in budgeting, forecasting, accruals, spend management, vendor oversight, and e-billing platforms (Brightflag or similar).
  • Advanced Excel skills for modeling and reporting; familiarity with Microsoft 365, Airtable, e-signature tools, Zip, Jira, and Slack.
  • Proven ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and deliver with exceptional attention to detail in a fast-paced SaaS environment.
  • Strong communicator who can influence stakeholders, translate financial data into business insights, and drive alignment across Legal and Finance.
  • Process-minded operator with a track record of implementing automation, integrations, and scalable systems that improve efficiency and compliance.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience required

Nice to have

  • advanced degree or relevant certifications are a plus

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-first company
  • AI-enabled efficiencies