Legal Operations Manager

Legal Operations Manager, POZNAŃ

Role overview

Are you a strategic thinker motivated by enhancing operational excellence in legal functions?

Carlsberg is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Legal Operations Manager to shape and enhance the operations of our Global Legal and Compliance function. With a presence in over 30 countries, our goal is to be recognized as one of the best legal and compliance organizations—operating cohesively as one team, earning trust across the business, and ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in all our endeavors.

This pivotal role offers the opportunity to manage the transformation of our legal operations, streamlining and optimizing key processes to bolster overall efficiency. The position is based at our Shared Services Centre in Poznan and reports directly to the Group General Counsel.

What you’ll be doing

• Overseeing and manage the legal operations function within Carlsberg’s Legal and Compliance department, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic objectives.
• Facilitating a 3-year transformation initiative aimed at refining legal and compliance processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the global function.
• Developing and implementing efficient processes for the legal department to manage operations and reduce costs.
• Overseeing the legal & compliance function’s management of internal and external cost, including tracking and analysing expenditures to ensure cost-efficiency and value for money.
• Handling vendor management and contract negotiations, ensuring the legal team has access to necessary resources and services.
• Supporting in implementing and managing legal technology solutions to enable the team to optimize use of resources.

What we’re looking for:

• A university degree in law, business administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience; legal operations experience in a law firm or an international company.
• Full professional proficiency in English (both verbal and written).
• Advanced organizational and project management abilities, with attention to detail and the capacity to handle multiple legal projects concurrently.
• A versatile mindset with high self-motivation, capable of advancing in an unpredictable environment.
• Proficient analytical and problem-solving skills to identify potential risks and implement effective controls.
• A commercially aware and digitally skilled professional with profound business acumen.
• Skilled communication and stakeholder management abilities, with the capacity to work cross-functionally and elucidate complex legal concepts to non-legal team members.
• Motivated to working with tight deadlines and building a collaborative work environment

What you can expect

We’re asking for a lot, but you’ll be well-rewarded with:

• Flexible working hours
• Working in a hybrid mode (min. 2 days in the office per week)
• Private health care, accident insurance, and MyBenefit system at your disposal
• Annual bonus
• Holiday benefit “Wczasy pod Gruszą”
• Christmas gift & MyBenefit points
• Additional holiday for Birthday & job anniversary
• Internal trainings
• Periodical beer allowance & 0% beer available at the office
• Co-financed lunch
• Well-being platform
• Social events such as e.g. Thursday Bars in the office
• Employee Referral Program
• Bike parking space
• Modern ergonomic office space with a chillout zone
• Exciting growth and development opportunities within the organization
• Working in a passionate, international environment.

Interested?

We read applications continuously and vacancies may be filled anytime.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Carlsberg Group: Brewing for a better today and tomorrow

For us success has always been in the diverse mix of our people, our beers and our brands. At Carlsberg, we want to recruit and develop people with a global mindset, cultural understanding, and international experience to ensure that our organization stays agile, inclusive and prepared for future growth. Only by acknowledging and harvesting from different perspectives and experiences, will we gain competitive advantage and leverage the effect of diversity for business growth. Carlsberg aims to create equal access to opportunity regardless of social identity, and we encourage everyone to apply regardless of gender, nationality, race, religion or any other characteristics protected by law.