About the Role
Oversees key areas of the legal operations function, owning moderately complex initiatives, supporting department and division priorities, and contributing to process improvement and change management efforts.
Responsibilities
- Manages litigation project portfolio, triaging litigation ideas, updating SharePoint and Jira, and seeing them through resolution.
- Applies project management and change management concepts to drive adoption of new processes, tools, and workflows.
- Identifies operational gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities, implementing practical solutions.
- Drives and facilitates the adoption of new and updated processes, workflows, tools, and vendor solutions.
- Communicates effectively with attorneys, legal staff, litigation leadership, vendors, and business partners while safeguarding confidentiality.
- Schedules, prepares agendas for, and facilitates meetings related to projects and project portfolio management.
- Prepares reports, analyses, and presentations for leadership audiences.
- Partners with Claims Law and Subrogation Law leadership to facilitate discovery, document business needs, and translate operational requirements into actionable project, process, technology, and change initiatives.
- Coordinates project management activities across litigation operations, including facilitating monthly project meetings, tracking progress, helping prioritize work, and identifying and resolving roadblocks.
- Partners with internal stakeholders such as IT, strategic sourcing, facilities, finance, and other business functions to support cross-functional initiatives.
- Leads key litigation operations projects directly.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Typically, a minimum of 8 years of relevant legal, legal operations, or litigation operations experience.
- 3–4 years of people leadership or supervisory experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing operational functions and supporting cross-functional initiatives.
- Advanced knowledge of legal concepts, terminology, and procedures relevant to legal or litigation support functions.
- Strong understanding of law office and litigation office administration, facilities management, budgeting, purchasing, and legal technology.
- Working knowledge of legal operations, litigation operations, project management, financial management, and process improvement concepts.
- Demonstrated ability to manage people, prioritize competing demands, and operate with limited direction.
- Proven ability to analyze issues, develop solutions, and support implementation.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and matter or case management systems; ability to prepare reports and analyses.
- Ability to lead meetings and collaborate across functions.
- Litigation operations experience within a law firm, staff counsel organization, or insurance company.
- Experience supporting attorneys, paralegals, and legal support staff in a litigation environment.
- 3–4 years of people leadership or supervisory experience.
- Experience preparing presentations and documenting workflows using PowerPoint or similar tools.
- Knowledge of change management or project management methodologies.
- Experience supporting multiple law offices or geographically dispersed teams.
- Experience leading moderately complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
- Actively shapes company culture (e.g., supporting employee resource groups, mentoring employees, volunteering, joining cross-functional projects).
- Champions cultural norms (e.g., willing to have cameras when it matters: helping onboard new team members, building relationships, etc.).
- Demonstrates a company ownership mindset, thinking beyond boundaries of their own area.
- Travels as needed for role, including divisional / team meetings and other in-person meetings.
- Fulfills business needs, which may include investing extra time, helping other teams, etc.
- Applicants must have authorization to work indefinitely in the US.
- Does not provide visa sponsorship for this role.
Skills
- Project management
- Change management
- Process improvement
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Matter or case management systems
- PowerPoint
Location
- California - Home Teleworkers
- Alabama - Home Teleworkers
- Arizona - Home Teleworkers
- Arkansas - Home Teleworkers
- Colorado - Home Teleworkers
- Connecticut - Home Teleworkers
- Delaware - Home Teleworker
- District of Columbia - Home Teleworkers
- Florida - Home Teleworkers
- Georgia - Home Teleworkers
- Idaho - Home Teleworkers
- Illinois - Home Teleworkers
- Indiana - Home Teleworkers
- Iowa - Home Teleworkers
- Kansas - Home Teleworker
- Kentucky - Home Teleworkers
- Louisiana - Home Teleworkers
- Maine Home Teleworkers
- Maryland - Home Teleworkers
- Massachusetts - Home Teleworkers
- Michigan - Home Teleworkers
- Minnesota - Home Teleworkers
- Mississippi - Home Teleworker
- Missouri - Home Teleworker
- Montana - Home Teleworkers
- Remote anywhere in the United States (exceptions: Hawaii and Alaska)
Work Type
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior Consultant
- 8 years of relevant legal, legal operations, or litigation operations experience
- 3-4 years of people leadership or supervisory experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Paralegal certification or other relevant professional certifications
- Change management, project management and/or process improvement certification
Salary/Compensations
- $80,865.00-$107,900.00
- Annual discretionary bonus of up to 12% of eligible pay
Benefits
- Total compensation package
- Annual bonus eligibility for most roles
- 401(k) with a company match
About the Company
- CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG), a AAA insurer, is one of the leading personal lines property and casualty insurance groups in the United States.
- We build innovative, human-centered solutions that help AAA members prevent, prepare for, and recover from life's uncertainties.
- Join a collaborative, inclusive culture where strengths have room to grow and ideas can drive real impact.
- Contribute to our shared success through meaningful work.
- Mission-driven organization proudly committed to empowering our members, our employees, and our communities to thrive.
- Believes in growth for everyone, with leaders and mentors partnering with employees to align interests, unlock development opportunities, and support long-term success.
- Embraces a remote-first culture through our Flexible Workplace, empowering employees to balance remote work with intentional in-person moments.
- Fosters an inclusive and welcoming workplace where people feel valued and heard, deepening the ability to understand and meet the unique needs of members.
- Takes bold action to build more resilient communities and reduce environmental impact.
Equal Opportunity
- CSAA Insurance Group is an equal opportunity employer.
- CSAA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities or other limitations.
