Legal Operations Manager (Vendor & Spend Management)

Join Coinbase as a Legal Operations Manager, where you'll lead vendor management and spend optimization for the Legal, Policy, and Compliance departments. You'll drive operational excellence through standardized processes, e-billing systems, and data-driven budget management. Your role will directly influence how Coinbase manages tens of millions in annual legal spend and ensure the department operates efficiently at scale.

• Assumer la responsabilité de la gestion des dépenses et de l'optimisation des coûts pour les départements juridique, politique et conformité de Coinbase.
• Diriger le programme de facturation électronique juridique de bout en bout, y compris l'intégration des fournisseurs et des entrepreneurs, l'application des directives de facturation et la révision des lettres d'engagement.
• Établir et maintenir un programme de panel d'avocats de premier ordre et une stratégie d'optimisation des dépenses, y compris l'évaluation des tarifs de facturation et la négociation d'arrangements tarifaires alternatifs.

• Deep vendor and law firm spend management experience, including hands-on experience with e-billing platforms, law firm panel programs, and negotiating alternative fee arrangements
• Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience at a comparable in-house legal practice, preferably at a high-growth technology company
• Proven ability to design, implement, and improve operational processes at scale, including vendor onboarding workflows, billing guidelines, and reporting frameworks
• Experience building reports and dashboards that translate spend data into actionable insights for legal leadership decision-making
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
• Demonstrated experience independently managing legal budgets, accruals, and forecasting processes in partnership with FP&A, including driving high law firm compliance rates for monthly accruals (e.g., 95%+ adoption targets) and implementing automated variance analysis to improve accuracy and reduce manual effort