Manager, Legal Operations

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Job Summary

Plays a critical role in supporting the Legal department’s operational efficiency, financial management and strategic initiatives. This position serves as a bridge and liaison between Legal, Finance, Procurement and other business units in the Giant Eagle footprint, ensuring that Legal operations align with broader organizational goals.

THIS POSITION IS A HYRID WORK MODEL, REQUIRED TO WORK ON SITE 3 DAYS IN OFFICE AT OUR CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP HQ.

Job Description

Competencies Required:

Experience Required: 5 to 10 years in Legal Administration, Procurement, Compliance, Corporate Operations or related field
Education Desired: Bachelors Degree

Experience highly preferred: Previous implementation of CLM / or other Legal technology & demonstrated Technical Aptitude

Experience highly preferred: Project & Process Management skills

Experience highly preferred: Working autonomously, taking ownership over projects and being resourceful

Experience highly preferred:  Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders and deadlines

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct spend analysis on outside counsel cost to identify cost-savings opportunities;
• Monitor outside counsel spend and manage billing processes in coordination with Finance;
• Prepare regular reports on legal spend; and provide data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making
• Leverage and support the adoption of AI-powered CLM platforms to automate contract intake, clause extraction, risk scoring and compliance monitoring.
• Implement, maintain and optimize legal technology tools in matter management, e-billing, CLM to perform and improve workflow automation, AI-enabled analytics, status tracking objectives.
• Assist in the adoption and integration of AI solutions to enhance efficiency in drafting, summarization and repository management.
• Partner with IT and procurement to ensure CLM data governance, integration with ERP/Finance systems and compliance with security and privacy standards.
• Develop playbooks, templates and reporting dashboards within the CLM system to support consistency and maintain department policies, procedures and workflows
• Use AI and CLM-generated data to benchmark contract terms, identify negotiation trends and to drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance legal service delivery.
• Lead or support cross-functional projects involving Legal and business teams.
• Track milestones, manage resources and ensure timely delivery of Legal initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal and external legal counsel to draft and negotiate a wide range of contracts, including services, marketing, licensing, non-disclosure and other commercial agreements.
• Understand the Giant Eagle structure, its products, programs and services offerings to identify risks, develop salutation, mitigation and negotiation strategies.
• Perform risk analysis review for all contractual documents and recommend mitigation options to business stakeholders.
• Create and maintain relationships with vendors, customers and internal business units to fulfill the contract management function.
• Maintain deadlines on review deliverables and communicate on an on-going basis with business partners, vendors and internal clients about contractual issues.
• Ensure that contracts and proposals are properly entered into organizational and management databases and securely maintained.
• Prepare and provide various reports related to the contracting function, including performance reports of contracting tools and status of reviews.
• Monitor critical contract obligations to assess and consider for modification, close-out, extensions and/or renewals.
• Assist business teams with and draft change control notices, addendums and amendments to existing agreements, as needed.

About Us

At Giant Eagle, we believe in nourishing life’s moments, big and small, because they matter. We strive to lead the way in quality, service, and everyday value. Most importantly, the compassion, care, and respect our Team Members show to each other and in our communities is what truly sets us apart. Here, you’ll find a place to win, grow, and be better together. If you want to make a real impact, belong to a supportive community, and build a meaningful career, we invite you to grow your future with us — because you matter.

The hiring range for this position is $77200.00– $90100.00 per hour/year. This range represents the anticipated base pay for this role. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, education, and location. Eligible employees may be offered health, vision, and dental insurance, personal/sick paid time, 401(k) retirement savings plan, bonus potential, paid bereavement, vacation and paid holidays.