Legal Operations Manager, Outside Counsel and Spend Management

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not provided

This role will support Palo Alto Networks’ legal department by optimizing outside counsel management and spend. The individual will manage outside counsel engagements, including selection, onboarding, performance evaluation, and billing review. They will also maintain legal technologies and processes for e-billing, matter management, and spend analytics. This role will report into the Director, Head of Legal Operations and collaborate with internal legal teams, finance, and outside counsel.

Your Impact

• Oversee quarterly and annual budget planning with Finance across legal practice areas.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to forecast and budget legal spend.
• Develop and implement strategies to reduce outside counsel spend while maintaining quality.
• Implement a top-tier law firm panel program (preferred vendor panel) and a spend optimization strategy with outside counsel.
• Manage onboarding for new firms, selection, and performance evaluation of outside counsel.
• Negotiate and manage outside counsel billing rates and alternative fee arrangements.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with legal operations and spend management
• Understanding of legal processes and outside counsel engagements
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Manage outside counsel engagements (selection, onboarding, performance evaluation, billing review).
• Maintain legal technologies and processes for e-billing, matter management, and spend analytics.
• Collaborate with internal legal teams, finance, and outside counsel.
• Participate in budget planning and forecasting legal spend.
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize legal spend.
• Manage law firm panels and spend optimization strategies.
• Negotiate and manage outside counsel billing rates.

Company Information

Our Mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before.

Who We Are: We are relentless in protecting our customers and believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Benefits:

• FLEXBenefits Wellbeing Account: Offers over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees.
• Mental and Financial Health Resources
• Personalized Learning Opportunities