Director, Legal Operations

Location: Chicago, IL

The Marmon Group LLC

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

The Director, Legal Operations leads Marmon Legal’s operations, data, and technology functions, and takes operational and coordination work off Marmon’s attorneys. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the Director’s primary focus is M&A due diligence and integration coordination, management of the Legal Department’s key initiatives (including the upcoming CLM implementation), and ownership of the legal operating model — freeing Marmon's attorneys to focus on legal analysis and judgment.

The role requires proven program-management and continuous-improvement skills, together with enough technical understanding to guide how Legal’s software, systems, and data fit together and connect to the rest of Marmon. The Director uses Legal’s data to focus attorney and outside counsel time on highest-value work (the 80/20 rule) and to improve the return on legal spend and legal technology.

The Director, Legal Operations will manage a team of 4 direct reports plus contractors as appropriate, including members of Marmon’s Global Innovation Center (GIC) dedicated to specific Legal projects and technology.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• M&A Project Management (Due Diligence & Integration)
• Manage the M&A process for acquisitions and divestitures from due diligence through closing and integration, so attorneys can focus on legal analysis rather than deal administration
• Run diligence request lists, trackers, and status reporting, and coordinate Legal, Finance, Tax, Treasury, HR, IT, and Compliance to keep deliverables on schedule, using the Data Analytics team’s exposure analysis to flag risks
• Manage post-closing integration, including legal-entity integration, contract assignment, records and data transfer, and compliance onboarding
• Build and maintain reusable M&A playbooks, checklists, templates, and a diligence knowledge base so each transaction does not start from scratch
• Maintain a clear division of labor: the Director runs the process; attorneys retain all legal judgment, risk assessment, and negotiation