Senior Manager, Legal Operations

Who We Are:

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems, PC, and Mobile, including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.

While our offices (physical and virtual) are casual and inviting, we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity, innovation and efficiency, and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced, providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills. We work hard, but we also like to have fun, and believe that we provide a great place to come to work each day to pursue your passions.

 

The Challenge

The selected candidate will serve as the Senior Manager of Legal Operations in Take-Two offices in New York, and open to remote. This individual will support the global legal team and will be key in creating processes and practices to improve the day-to-day efficiency and effectiveness of the legal team, facilitating change, and controlling costs. This individual will drive the implementation and use of proper systems, processes, and tools to deliver legal services in the most efficient and cost-effective manner, including supporting both internal and external resource management.

 

What You’ll Take On

Legal Technology - Enhance existing and develop new tools to enable streamlined team collaboration and workflow automation within the legal team and among business partners

• Lead optimal utilization of technology by the Legal team, though planning, selection, procurement and/or development, training, and adoption of key technology resources.
• Manage system deployments, enhancements, and related process guidelines
• Improve data integrity and analytical reporting capacity
• Troubleshoot equipment/systems issues with technology teams
• Champion the usage of technology

Outside Counsel / External Resource Management - Facilitate the management process for sourcing, negotiating, selecting, and managing law firms and external service providers through defined processes and reporting

• Develop and enforce processes and policies to manage outside counsel usage and spend
• Champion planning and implementation of strategic outside counsel initiatives and support active law firm management
• Manage law firm matter budget review process
• Provide analysis and recommendations with respect to alternative fee arrangements
• Manage reporting and analyses of legal services spend
• Manage RFPs and competitive bidding process
• Develop and oversee process and policies to manage other external resources, such as consultants, and vendors

Financial Planning - Prepare accurate legal budgets, forecasts, and monitor spend

• Assist with the development of the legal budget, business cases and other funding requests for Legal Department initiatives
• Capture full matter costs to aid in active spend management and monitor operational costs for improved budget forecasting accuracy
• Identify and track metrics, KPIs, and legal operations reporting to better inform decision-making, including matter and work product analyses

Knowledge Management - Facilitate transparent and accessible legal process and operations information to support legal team

• Develop an efficient and effective information governance program for all legal content and information
• Create processes for capturing, distributing, and effectively using legal knowledge and information, from work products (such as legal memos, emails, and contracts) to ensure efficient use of prior experience.
• Assist legal team with Continuing Legal Education resources
• Manage legal knowledge subscriptions and professional association memberships
• Track trends in in-house legal department best practices, and collect relevant benchmarking to inform department initiatives

Project & Process Management - Manage Legal Department projects from inception to completion

• Define and drive strategic and operational initiatives with on-time and on-budget results
• Directly manage identified projects to support the strategic objectives of the Legal Operations function.
• Collaborate with cross-