Legal Operations Manager

Join to apply for the Legal Operations Manager role at CMR Surgical. CMR Surgical has the second highest market share in the global surgical robotics industry, one of the fastest growing areas of medical technology. We believe that patients should be receiving the highest quality of care. We think robotics is a solution to bringing minimal access surgery to more people. With our Versius surgical robot, our goal is to empower surgeons to transform how surgery is performed across the world.

Purpose of Role

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic company and legal/compliance team, which is helping to transform surgery, for good. This role reports to the Chief Corporate Strategy & Chief Legal Officer and is critical to ensuring the department delivers its objectives to the business. CMR’s rapid growth trajectory and its innovative technology provide a unique platform for impactful and professional growth, where legal expertise can directly contribute to the company's goal to transform surgery and position the right candidate for long-term success in a rapidly evolving sector. This is a generalist role that involves managing and supporting projects across the full range of subject matters supported by the Legal & Compliance team. You must be able to adapt to changing priorities and business needs, and must be proactive in identifying areas in need of improvement, or where alternative processes may increase efficiencies and generate appropriate action plans. The role will entail meticulous management and coordination of legal and compliance operational tasks, ensuring efficient support for a globally active and agile Legal team.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning and Management: Developing and implementing strategies to improve legal department operations, including optimising processes, policies, and procedures.
• Financial Management: Managing the legal department's external legal spend, including monitoring budget, forecasting budget needs, and implementing cost‑saving measures.
• Technology Management: Evaluating, implementing and managing legal and compliance technology solutions to improve department efficiency, e.g. contract management tool.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Working closely with other departments to ensure the legal team is aligned with the broader business goals and participating in cross‑functional projects and initiatives.
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Analysing legal data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and preparing reports for senior management to aid in decision‑making.
• Legal Project Management: Overseeing legal and compliance projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget, and aligning them with the organisation's strategic goals.
• Company Secretarial: Support and help facilitate the operational elements of company secretarial work, for example board meeting preparation and follow‑up, work with Companies House filings, etc.
• Providing agile readiness to consistently support at Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel level, globally, including organisation of the Legal & Compliance team meeting cadences, minute‑taking, efficiently managing the inbox, creating and updating folders, navigating the document management system, creating an effective and efficient environment.
• Management of learning activities; externally with colleagues outside of the team and internal continuous development opportunities.

About You

• Demonstrable communication skills as a team player and collaborator who partners well with other groups to obtain stakeholder buy‑in and drive change.
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels and provide succinct reports and recommendations.
• Confidently able to use judgement, discretion and strong decision‑making skills within an agile and fast‑paced environment.
• Highly motivated with strong personal ethics, demonstrating a positive attitude and operational rigor with a “can do” approach.
• Outstanding organisational skills, able to manage and prioritise a range of complex matters with competing deadlines and different stakeholders.
• Competent and able to work on own initiative, be comfortable with change and able to deliver results when working with ambiguity.
• Ideally will have experience working across or on projects within a scale‑up and/or PE‑backed business.
• A builder mindset to develop and implement new processes, policies and procedures, from the ground up.
• Demonstrable experience in managing budgets and metrics, including forecasting, financial analysis, vendor & law firm management, reporting & metrics and accounting.
• Robust and mature use of technologies such as PowerPoint, Excel, the use of GAI and other such systems, including prior experience of implementing, maintaining or improving legal management systems and able to identify solutions and resolve technical issues.
• Demonstrable knowledge of company secretarial processes, corporate governance, and statutory compliance is an advantage.
• Evidential experience in driving initiatives that promote cross‑functional communication, team working and knowledge sharing.
• Robust experience in developing best practice in area of expertise to positively impact the work of others and the results of the firm.
• An evident understanding of legal contracting and compliance processes.

Why Join Us?

We offer a competitive salary and a great benefits package including a bonus, pension, healthcare, annual personal day for every employee to use however they wish and enhanced global parental leave pay. Interested? We’d love to hear from you! This role requires candidates to have eligibility to work within the UK. Strictly no agencies.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Legal and Administrative
• Industries: Medical Equipment Manufacturing, Manufacturing, and Legal Services

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