Legal Operations Specialist - California

Title: Legal Operations Specialist - California Location: US - US - San Francisco

Join Our Team as a Legal Operations Specialist at Axiom

Location: Remote

We are currently seeking a Legal Operations Specialist, with experience designing and implementing strategic solutions and improvements across our clients' legal departments. This is an existing vacancy.

Responsibilities:

• Manage client's legal operations processes and perform new process mapping.
• Build out new processes and design roadmaps for implementation.
• Helping clients vet potential CLM tools across a broad array of tools such as Ironclad, Agiloft, ContractPod, Luminance.
• Implementing AI tools and increasing usage within the legal team/ use new AI features of existing tools.
• Create and maintain resource materials on operational processes.
• Plan and implement improvements to contracting systems, including developing and uploading templates.
• Assist with project coordination and process management.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience as a legal operations professional optimizing in-house legal workflow with contract, performance, vendor, and financial management work.
• Familiarity with legal department KPIs.
• Experience managing budget & spend management such as e-billing experience.
• CLM implementation experience.
• AI experience.
• Comfortable with software implementation and experience implementing new systems and incorporating existing workstreams.
• Robust experience with legal operations technology and related software.
• Experience with CLM tool Ironclad is preferred.

Compensation:

The estimated total compensation for full-time Axiom attorney roles is $104,500-325,000 per year and for non-attorney roles is $71,250-309,750 per year. Compensation decisions are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, certifications, location, and business needs.  Employees may be eligible for additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance; paid holidays and PTO; flexible work arrangements; and professional development opportunities and tools.

About Axiom:

For over 25 years, Axiom has pioneered the alternative legal services industry, now serving more than 1,500 legal departments globally with our unique blend of world-class legal talent and advanced AI tools, delivering innovative solutions ranging from that combine top-tier talent with cutting-edge technology. We tackle complex legal matters across 12 practice areas for clients ranging from Fortune 100 to SMBs, empowering our legal professionals to engage in meaningful work that advances their careers. Our Talent NPS score of +71% and our Client NPS score of +64% highlight our commitment to excellence (Reported scores were Axiom’s average for 2025 – the legal industry average NPS score is +35%). Join our forward-thinking community where you’ll keep your career dynamic and multi-faceted, be part of a company that values agility, collaboration, and excellence, and love both the law and your life.

Learn more about life at Axiom.

Axiom is the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in class alterative legal services.

Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender identity status, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

Axiom respects your privacy. For an explanation of the kind of information we collect about you and how it is used, our full data privacy notice is available here.

Employment with Axiom may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, providing proof of identity, and possessing the necessary legal authorization to work. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, NY Fair Chance Act, and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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