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About the Role

Lyft is seeking a high-impact Legal Operations Program Manager to manage mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and post-close integration activities. This role serves as the operating backbone for Legal in strategic transactions, owning legal integration execution and managing the intake and governance layer connecting the Legal team to deal work. The ideal candidate is tech-savvy, detail-oriented, proactive, and can drive outcomes across multiple concurrent transactions in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end legal integration across global acquisitions, from integration strategy during diligence through post-close, in partnership with Corporate Development’s Integration Management Office (IMO).
Build integrated legal roadmaps with clear dependencies and critical path, and stand up governance, reporting, and escalation frameworks for each transaction.
Prepare and lead leadership readouts on the legal integration status of deals in scope.
Implement value-realization and risk-retirement tracking, and codify repeatable legal integration playbooks to improve speed, quality, and predictability.
Act as the control tower across concurrent transactions and initiatives, ensuring legal work is resourced, sequenced, and prioritized appropriately across teams.
Build and manage integrated plans, milestones, and KPIs, and drive execution across multiple complex, cross-functional workstreams simultaneously.
Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, holding teams accountable while maintaining strong cross-functional relationships.
Maintain high-quality documentation, decision logs, and scalable processes.
Partner across Corporate Development, Finance, People, Tax, Security & Privacy, and the business to understand deal and product integration plans and identify impacts on Legal processes, systems, and organization.
Support diligence and signing-to-close workstreams, including data room logistics, tracking conditions to close, and managing transaction document repositories.
Coordinate a hub-and-spoke model that maps acquired legal teams and matters to the appropriate Lyft Legal functional owners, surfacing risks and tradeoffs early.
Work cross-functionally with Legal, Procurement, and Accounting to manage outside counsel and vendor relationships for deal and integration matters, including engagement agreements, alternative fee arrangements, associated budgets, compliance with billing guidelines, and related internal and external communications.
Manage multi-jurisdictional and cross-border engagements (including U.S., UK, EU, and Nordic counsel), partnering closely with our Legal Operations eBilling Specialist on e-Billing, matter management, and platform optimizations.
Support legal entity integration, registered agent and entity management, corporate housekeeping, and governance harmonization for newly acquired entities.
Partner with Corporate, Tax, and Finance to maintain accurate entity records and ensure post-close compliance and reporting obligations are met.
Help stand up and evolve the Legal integration operating model, defining best practices for integration governance, intake, and cross-functional operating rhythms — introducing structure without slowing teams down.
Own the intake and prioritization layer for Legal integration work, defining criteria (impact, risk, effort, strategic alignment), providing pipeline visibility, and facilitating prioritization discussions with Legal leadership.
Onboard acquired entities, matters, and spend into Lyft’s matter management, eBilling, and contract management platforms, leading the associated change management.
Develop, implement, and iterate on metrics, benchmarking, and dashboards that measure integration progress, legal spend, and the Legal team’s performance and efficiency.

Requirements

At least 5-7 years of experience in legal operations, BizOps, program management, or consulting, with direct experience in M&A integration, large-scale program management, or strategic initiatives.
Excellent written and communication skills, with executive presence and the ability to drive clarity across senior stakeholders.
Understanding of financial management principles, including deal budgets, integration cost tracking, and value realization.
Experience supporting corporate transactions, due diligence, or post-close integration, ideally in partnership with an Integration Management Office (IMO).
Familiarity with cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters; European experience a plus.
Ability to operate in ambiguity and drive outcomes in high-stakes, fast-moving environments.
Strong systems thinking — understanding how processes, systems, and people connect.
Strong business partnering skills with a commitment to professionalism, collegiality, and transparency.
Proactive entrepreneurial approach to recognizing needs, solving problems, anticipating issues and developing solutions.
Sense of ownership and exceptional follow through skills are absolutely essential.
Experience implementing and managing legal technology solutions, including change management.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage several projects and concurrent transactions simultaneously.
Comfortable facing new challenges, ambiguity, and changes in direction; flexibility in embracing frequent change.

Skills

M&A integration program management
Program leadership across concurrent initiatives
Cross-functional and deal team engagement
Outside counsel and vendor management across jurisdictions
Legal entity management and governance
Building repeatable operating models
Tech-savvy
Detail-oriented
Proactive
Collaborative and transparent approach
Onit
Legal Tracker
Ironclad
Evisort
Tonkean
Google Suite

Location

New York City area

Work Type

Hybrid
In-office 3 days per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays)
Flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year

Experience Level

5-7 years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferred

Salary/Compensations

$132,000 - $165,000

Benefits

Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
Mental health benefits
Family building benefits
Child care and pet benefits
401(k) plan with company match
Discretionary paid time off (salaried)
15 days paid time off (hourly)
18 weeks of paid parental leave
Subsidized commuter benefits
Monthly Lyft credits
Complimentary Lyft Pink membership

About the Company

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Equal Opportunity

Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.