TikTok · 1 month ago
Legal Vendor Management Lead
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$125K/yr - $236K/yrTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Legal Vendor Management Lead to guide a high-performing team responsible for managing relationships with outside counsel and legal service providers. This role will drive accountability, cost-effectiveness, and service excellence across the Company’s law firm engagements while partnering closely with senior leaders across various business areas.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
Lead the strategic vision and execution of the Legal Vendor Management team to build a scalable, efficient, and high-performing team
Provide strategic support to the Global Legal team to ensure law firm performance, service levels, and spend meet organizational expectations and competitive benchmarks
In partnership with key stakeholders, develop and maintain outside counsel terms of engagement, billing guidelines, secondment agreements, and other documentation to ensure law firm adherence with Company requirements
Own the company’s process for onboarding and off-boarding legal service providers, including conflict and security review
Supervise billing review team to ensure law firm billing accuracy, compliance with guidelines, and budget alignment
Lead development, administration, and enforcement of outside counsel rate structures, including annual rate review and negotiation cycles
Partner with Finance to develop and maintain reporting, cost benchmarking, and spend analytics
Drive cross-functional initiatives to continuously improve law firm management processes and metrics
Establish and maintain training programs to enable team development and growth
Qualification
Required
Proven success managing law firm and legal service provider relationships
Experienced with legal technology (e.g., e-billing, matter management, vendor evaluation tools)
Strong analytical, financial, contract negotiation, and problem-solving skills
Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and influence organizational strategy through coalition building
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, attorneys, and external partners
Preferred
Global perspective and experience managing globally distributed teams
JD or MBA is a plus, but not required
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) savings plan with company match
Paid parental leave
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
10 paid holidays per year
10 paid sick days per year
17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)
Company
TikTok
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
Founded in 2003
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
N Ali Mohamed
CEO
Blake Chandlee
VP Global Business Solutions
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