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About the Role

Pattern Energy is seeking a Senior Manager of Legal Operations to build and manage the operational infrastructure of an approximately 40-person department supporting a growing renewable energy platform. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role working directly with the Chief Legal Officer to modernize how legal work gets done.

Responsibilities

• Execute a full program reset for the legal team’s CLM platform (Agiloft).
• Evaluate platform capabilities, map cross-functional workflows, and drive end-to-end implementation.
• Build a scalable, automated system for incoming legal work.
• Drive visibility into supply vs. demand and identify skillset bottlenecks.
• Transition the department from manual staffing tracking to a data-driven model.
• Lead teams in bottom-up project planning and manage competing priorities to deconflict resources.
• Own functional scorecards, KPIs, and department goals.
• Build executive dashboards to measure velocity, capacity, and risk reduction.
• Ensure strategic continuous improvement goals are well-defined.
• Facilitate Root Cause Analyses (RCAs), Kaizens, and Problem-Solving Reports (PSRs).
• Author and refine standard operating procedures, embedding continuous refreshes and lessons learned.
• Act as a key operational advisor to the CLO, identifying risks and directing leadership attention.
• Oversee the department’s portfolio of strategic initiatives.
• Represent the legal function in cross-company workouts and navigate matrixed teams.
• Own tracking, forecasting, and reporting for the legal budget.
• Establish clear guidelines for conferences, memberships, and professional development.
• Oversee outside counsel engagement, billing guidelines, and performance evaluations.
• Work toward an automated e-billing model.
• Accelerate the creation of deal summaries and standard negotiation guides for contract staff.
• Expand coverage to complex agreements to enable business self-service.

Requirements

• 7+ years in legal operations, with demonstrated ownership of programs rather than participation in them.
• Hands-on experience implementing or resetting a CLM platform (Agiloft, Ironclad, Conga, Salesforce, or comparable).
• Experience managing legal department budgets and outside counsel billing.
• Track record of building metrics programs and using data to drive decisions.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and change.

Skills

• Strong project management discipline.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to make decisions with incomplete information.
• Communication style that works with lawyers, IT teams, and business leaders equally well.
• Ability to see broken workflows as puzzles to solve.
• Familiarity with the energy industry and energy industry contracts (PPAs, PSAs, commercial agreements) is a plus.

Location

• United States

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior Manager

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree required
• Paralegal Certificate or JD a plus

Salary/Compensations

• $118,000.00 - $146,000.00 USD

Benefits

• Bonus structure for full-time employees
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Life insurance
• Voluntary benefits
• Family care benefits
• Employee assistance program
• Paid time off
• Bonding leave
• Paid holidays
• 401(k)/RRSP retirement savings plan with employer contribution
• Employee referral bonuses

About the Company

• Pattern Energy is a leading renewable energy company that develops, constructs, owns, and operates high-quality wind and solar generation, transmission, and energy storage facilities.
• Our mission is to transition the world to renewable energy through the sustainable development and responsible operation of facilities with respect for the environment, communities, and cultures where we have a presence.
• Our company values of creative spirit, pride of ownership, follow-through, and a team-first attitude drive us to pursue our mission every day.
• Our culture supports our values by fostering innovative and critical thinking and a deep belief in living up to our promises.
• Pattern has a global portfolio of more than 30 power facilities and transmission assets, serving various customers that provide low-cost clean energy to millions of consumers.

Equal Opportunity

• Pattern Energy Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.