Join Coinbase as a Legal Ops Associate to optimize outside counsel management and drive operational excellence in a dynamic environment.
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs.
Requirements
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Legal Ops Associate at Coinbase, the individual will focus on developing and managing automated systems for outside counsel spend and legal operations. Key skills include experience with legal e-billing platforms, data analysis, and project management, particularly in a high-growth tech environment. This position is ideal for someone with a background in legal operations and a strong grasp of financial processes, who thrives in a fast-paced, results-driven setting. The team emphasizes operational excellence and leverages technology to enhance efficiency.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
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Quick facts
- Is the Legal Ops Associate role remote?
- It's hybrid — Coinbase expects some on-site time in Remote - USA.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists $99,365–$116,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Legal Ops Associate role.
- Where is the role based?
- Coinbase is hiring for this position in Remote - USA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Brightflag, Excel, Google Sheets, Looker, SQL, Snowflake.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Legal Ops Associate role at Coinbase.
From the original posting
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
As a Legal Ops Associate, OC Management on the Legal Operations team, you'll build and run the systems and processes that power Coinbase's outside counsel spend and management program. This team drives operational excellence across the Legal department by leveraging technology, automation, and AI-first workflows to manage vendors, budgets, and e-billing at scale. You'll partner closely with the Sr. Manager, Outside Counsel Spend & Strategy to optimize how Coinbase engages, evaluates, and pays outside counsel, directly impacting cost efficiency and program effectiveness.
What you'll do:
- Build and enhance automated, AI-first processes for legal e-billing and outside counsel management, driving operational excellence across the program.
- Drive implementation of OC spend strategy, including reviewing and benchmarking law firm billing rates and fee structures against industry standards and peer companies.
- Own the monthly accruals process and legal vendor onboarding workflows, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in close partnership with FP&A.
- Administer and maintain the legal e-billing system (Brightflag), serving as the team's resource for system optimization and stakeholder training.
- Analyze OC spend data to produce reports, scorecards, and actionable insights that inform program improvements and leadership decisions.
- Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Sourcing, and EAA to enhance program effectiveness and align on budgets, forecasting, and vendor strategy.
- Own and manage onboarding of law firms
Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of outside counsel management experience at an in-house legal practice, preferably at a high-growth technology company.
- Demonstrated experience managing legal accruals, forecasting inputs, and month-end financial processes in partnership with FP&A.
- Hands-on experience with legal e-billing platforms (Brightflag or comparable) and proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets, including formulas, data manipulation, reconciliation, and building trackers and analyses.
- Proven ability to project manage operational initiatives from inception to execution, including process design, tool implementation, and vendor onboarding workflows.
- Experience with data tools (SQL, Snowflake, Looker, or similar) for building reports and dashboards that drive spend visibility and decision-making.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
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