What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Operations Assistant position at PRETIUM?
Launch Your Legal Career Inside a Corporate Legal Department
Are you highly organized, detail-driven, and looking to grow inside a corporate legal environment? This is your opportunity to join a fast-paced in-house Legal team where you’ll play a key role in contracts, compliance, litigation tracking, and executive-level legal operations.
This position is ideal for someone who enjoys structure, managing legal workflows, supporting attorneys, and building efficient processes across a corporate organization.
Why This Role Stands Out
- Work directly with corporate legal leadership
- Exposure to contracts, litigation tracking, compliance, and board materials
- Hybrid or remote flexibility
- High visibility across executive stakeholders
- Opportunity to grow into Legal Operations or Paralegal career path
- Fast-paced corporate environment with real impact
What You’ll Do
You’ll serve as the operational backbone of the Legal Department, supporting day-to-day legal workflows and helping maintain organized systems across contracts, compliance, and litigation.
Key responsibilities include:
- Support contract lifecycle management (CLM) intake, tracking, and workflow coordination
- Maintain contract repository and assist with review coordination
- Administer legal e-billing and invoice tracking
- Track insurance claims, litigation, and settlements
- Monitor real estate leases and key contractual deadlines
- Support employment-related claims documentation
- Coordinate materials for executive compliance and board meetings
- Maintain legal compliance calendars and trackers
- Conduct basic audits of legal and compliance processes
- Provide administrative and operational support to the Legal Department
What We’re Looking For
Required:
- 1–3 years in legal assistant, paralegal, or legal operations support
- Strong organization and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Independent, proactive work style
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree (Legal Studies, Paralegal, Business, or related)
- Experience supporting in-house legal teams
- Exposure to CLM, compliance tracking, litigation support, or e-billing
- Experience supporting executive-level reporting
Technical Skills
- Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- SharePoint experience
- Contract tracking and reporting tools
- ContractWorks and SimpleLegal (preferred)
Ideal Candidate
You are:
- Highly organized and process-driven
- Comfortable working with confidential legal information
- Analytical and detail-focused
- Professional interacting with executives
- Self-motivated in a hybrid or remote environment
- Eager to grow within corporate legal operations
Work Environment
- In-house corporate legal role
- Hybrid in Aurora, Illinois OR remote depending on candidate
- Periodic in-person meetings for executive or board activities
Ready to Grow Your Legal Career?
If you're looking for an opportunity to step into a corporate legal environment and gain exposure to contracts, compliance, litigation tracking, and executive-level operations — this is your chance.
Apply today and become a key part of a high-impact Legal team.