Legal Ops Associate, OC Management

About the role

This role focuses on enhancing Coinbase's legal operations through effective management of e-billing and outside counsel. The associate will build and improve automated, AI-driven processes for billing and vendor management, with a key objective of driving operational excellence. This involves reviewing and benchmarking law firm rates against industry standards to ensure cost efficiency and strategic alignment.

A significant part of the work involves financial processes, including owning the monthly accruals and legal vendor onboarding. This requires close partnership with the FP&A team to ensure accuracy and timeliness. The associate will also administer and maintain the legal e-billing system, acting as a primary resource for system optimization and training internal stakeholders.

Success in this position means leveraging data to inform decisions and improve the program. The associate will analyze outside counsel spend data to create reports, scorecards, and actionable insights for leadership. Cross-functional collaboration with FP&A, Sourcing, and EAA is essential for aligning on budgets, forecasting, and overall vendor strategy, ultimately enhancing the program's effectiveness.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $99,365 to $116,900 USD, with the exact amount varying by location.

Skills that matter here

• legal operations: This role is central to improving and automating processes within the legal operations function, particularly for e-billing and outside counsel management.
• e-billing: The associate will administer the legal e-billing system, optimize its use, and manage related financial processes.
• data analysis: Analyzing outside counsel spend data to generate reports, scorecards, and insights is a core responsibility for informing program improvements.
• project management: The role requires managing operational initiatives from start to finish, including process design and tool implementation.
• AI: The associate will build and enhance automated, AI-first processes for legal e-billing and outside counsel management.
• Brightflag: Direct experience with this specific legal e-billing platform is highly valued, as the associate will administer and maintain it.

Who this role suits

• Someone with at least three years of outside counsel management experience in an in-house legal practice, ideally at a technology company.
• An individual who is proficient in managing legal accruals, forecasting, and month-end financial processes.
• A candidate who can effectively project manage operational initiatives and implement new tools and processes.
• A person who is adept at using data tools to build reports and dashboards, driving spend visibility and informed decision-making.

From the employer

• 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.

• 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.

• Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $99,365—$116,900 USD.
• Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.