Palantir’s in-house Legal team works to proactively address legal issues and enable the growth of our business so that Palantir can continue to drive positive impact in the world. Legal Operations is the backbone of the Legal team and is key to fulfilling Palantir’s mission. In that pursuit, we strive to cultivate Palantir's philosophy, develop relationships across the company, and operate with a service mindset. We develop a strong understanding of business strategy and have a passion for helping others, making us an invaluable resource. We’re a team that values both creativity and teamwork - whether operating solo or collaboratively, we endeavor to achieve great results.
As a Legal Operations Specialist, you will be the initial point of contact for operational questions and requests, providing guidance where appropriate and coordinating with the right Legal stakeholders.
What you'd do
- Execute legal operational workflows and procedures as a first point of contact, looking for ways to continuously improve and drive efficiency
- Support execution of legal requests, including coordinating approvals, signatures, documentation, and other operational follow-through
- Manage and triage incoming requests and correspondence for the Legal team, ensuring items are appropriately prioritized, routed, tracked, and resolved
- Scale the operations, systems, and ongoing innovation of the Legal team in partnership with existing Legal Operations leaders and teammates
- Craft and implement processes to reduce friction and enable team members, leaders, and business counterparts to spend time on what they do best
- Passion for legal operations and learning enterprise technology; energized by the challenges of serving a growing a team in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated experience identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve processes and tools to enhance efficiency and drive results
- Experience building cross-functional relationships with key resources and business partners across a legal team, advising, influencing decisions, managing change, and balancing multiple business function priorities
- Extraordinary judgment and composure in high-pressure situations
- A creative approach to project management centered around lightweight frameworks that enable rapid iteration and low-overhead methods
What they want
- 3+ years of operational experience, preferably in a fast-paced or dynamic legal team environment
- Experience with technical tooling and data analysis project management software
- Meticulous attention to detail, including maintaining accurate records and diligently tracking key project metrics
What you get
- Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
- Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
- 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
- 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
- Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
- Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
- Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child