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About the Role
We are seeking a Legal Operations Specialist - Employment (Contract) to support our employment legal team. This role focuses on building efficient, scalable operations for employment litigation, disputes, and investigations, including managing legal holds, e-discovery, and tracking claims. You will report to the Assistant General Counsel - Employment and collaborate with legal team members and cross-functional stakeholders. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is a proactive problem-solver with strong organizational skills.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and support legal operations infrastructure, with a focus on employment litigation, disputes, and investigation workflows.
- Lead investigatory research for sensitive employment matters, connecting information across internal systems to uncover key facts and inform litigation strategy.
- Coordinate internal employment litigation and discovery needs, including case management, legal hold issuance and tracking, data collection and processing, and document review and production.
- Serve as a liaison between internal stakeholders and outside counsel for active employment litigation, arbitrations, and agency charges, driving information gathering and follow-through.
- Create and drive processes around employment legal compliance, including auditing key training and employment document execution and partnering with the legal and recruiting teams on other employment document needs.
- Develop, implement, and continually improve employment legal operations policies, processes, and procedures.
- Design and build systems that turn employment matter data into actionable insights, helping the team identify trends, anticipate risks, and prioritize resources.
Requirements
- 3–5+ years of experience in legal operations, litigation support, legal assistant, or paralegal roles, including experience supporting employment litigation or disputes.
- A combination of in-house technology company and law firm experience is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex litigation processes, including familiarity with e-discovery tools and case tracking platforms.
- Experience with employment agency charges and arbitrations is a plus.
- Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Sound judgment and discretion in handling sensitive employment matters and confidential information.
- Team player who takes initiative and demonstrates curiosity about how our company and business work.
- Entrepreneurial mindset, self-starting, and comfortable working in a highly dynamic environment.
- Sense of humor!
Skills
- e-discovery tools
- case tracking platforms
- employment agency charges
- arbitrations
- legal operations
- litigation support
- legal assistant
- paralegal
Location
- US-based
Work Type
- Contract
- Office-based
Experience Level
- 3-5+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
Benefits
- Reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities
About the Company
- Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture.
- For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.
Equal Opportunity
- Rippling is an equal opportunity employer.
- We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics.
- Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process.