Data Analytics Lead- Legal Operations

About the position Position Overview: We are seeking a Data Analytics Lead to join our global legal operations team. This role, based in our San Mateo office, will lead in the designing and building pf the data analytics function within legal operations for a global legal team from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Build and Execute Legal Data and Analytics Strategy: Play a key role in setting up data and analytics strategy from the ground up for SIE's legal function. The role will own enabling legal leadership and finance teams with creating data enabled frameworks with dashboards, designing and reporting key metrics for various sub-functions and reporting the progress on various initiatives through dashboards on pre-determined frequencies to legal and business leaders as part of MBRs and QBRs.
• Data Analysis: Gather, interpret and analyze complex legal data (spending, tracking against PCP target budgets/contracts data analysis) to generate insights and support decision making at all levels with the Legal Group. In collection of data, this role will work with colleagues from legal and legal operations team globally to build APIs/webhooks based reporting.
• Process Improvement through Data lens: Identify opportunities/gaps in our current processes (legal operations and the larger Legal team) from the lens of data - i.e., measuring and reporting inefficiencies through data and establishing desired outcomes at program level through data and related reporting.
• Reporting/Visualization: Partner with Finance team on their strategic business/digital transformation projects, including building data lakes in Snowflake, to build dashboards from all legal data that would flow into Snowflake. The role will also work on creating a centralized dashboard from across all legal systems to reporting to SLT and will own the reporting piece.
• Close Alignment with Finance: Work on a day-to-day basis for data collection, reporting, analysis and dashboards.
• Training/Change Management: Lead creating and imparting trainings for story-telling through use of data based insights to Legal and Legal Operations teams using creative story telling strategies.
• Special Projects: Lead special projects for the Director, Legal Operations and act as our interim PMO function.

Requirements

• Analytical & Technical Skills: Strong analytical, problem-solving skills, deep proficiency with data analysis/visualization tools like Power BI, Tableau and familiarity with legal/privacy/compliance best in class applications (Simple Legal, Agiloft, Vantage, Ironclad, ServiceNow, NetDocs, eDiscovery, entity management RFP tools); Familiarity with data structures, file formats and programming languages (SQL or Python) and dashboard applications such as Tableau or PowerBI.
• Data Management Skills: Experience with data collection, data transfer, maintaining data integrity and security standards in line with Sony Group and SIE requirements and market best practices.
• Program Management/Project Management Skills: Added incentive for a PMP or Lean Six Sigma Project certification and experience in working or leading large scale business transformation/change management projects.
• Legal Operations: Strong foundation in legal technology, legal operations, and working in a global matrixed large legal department.
• Excellent Understanding of evolving global benchmarks in Legal Operations: Deep understanding, interest and work/contributions in global data benchmarking initiatives in Legal Data, Legal Operations, Compliance, Privacy and related functions.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• matching 401(k)
• paid time off
• wellness program
• employee discounts for Sony products
• bonus package

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