Legal Operations Director

<div class="content-intro"><h2 data-pm-slice="1 1 []">About Crunchyroll</h2> <p>Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.</p> <p>Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!</p></div><h2>About the role</h2> <p>We’re looking for a Legal Operations Director to serve as a high-impact&nbsp;individual contributor who serves as the strategic partner and operational lead to the General Counsel. This role drives the effectiveness and evolution of the Legal function across strategy, AI, technology, operations, and financial management.</p> <p>You will translate the General Counsel’s vision into clear priorities, scalable systems, and measurable outcomes, serving as a force multiplier for the Legal leadership team and a key connector across Legal, Finance, Technology, and People teams.</p> <p>This role is ideal for you if you’re highly analytical, execution-focused, and able to influence at the executive level in a fast-moving, complex environment</p> <p data-start="994" data-end="1012"><strong data-start="994" data-end="1012">What You’ll Do</strong></p> <ul data-start="1014" data-end="2276"> <li data-section-id="w71iva" data-start="1014" data-end="1209">Partner with the General Counsel to define and execute Legal’s strategy, priorities, and operating rhythms (OKRs, business reviews), driving alignment, accountability, and measurable outcomes</li> <li data-section-id="1wkilb" data-start="1210" data-end="1346">Prepare executive materials and surface key risks, opportunities, and insights to inform senior leadership and board-level decisions</li> <li data-section-id="fn5pdw" data-start="1347" data-end="1500">Define and implement Legal’s AI strategy, including tool selection, governance, and responsible adoption to improve efficiency and insight generation</li> <li data-section-id="p6dg0o" data-start="1501" data-end="1609">Own Legal tech (including CLM), driving roadmap, system performance, and adoption in partnership with IT</li> <li data-section-id="1levgus" data-start="1610" data-end="1742">Lead budget planning, forecasting, and vendor strategy, including outside counsel management, performance, and cost optimization</li> <li data-section-id="3a7b4" data-star