Senior Principal, Legal Operations

Senior Principal, Legal Operations

This role is a new opportunity within Entegris' highly regarded Law Department. The successful candidate will serve as an operational leader responsible for designing, building and continuously improving the systems, processes, and infrastructure that enable our high performingcounselsto provide best in class legal servicesatscale. This is not a legal advisory role. The Director will be expected to identify strategic operational opportunities, build business cases, projectmanageimplementations, and deliver measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• LawDepartment Operations Leadership:Own and continuously improve the end-to-end operating model for theLawDepartment, ensuring efficient, scalable delivery of legal services across the organization.

• Outside Counsel and Vendor Management:Drive outside counsel and vendor strategy, including e-billing administration, invoice review workflows, accruals, matter budgets, and spend forecasting; manage relationships with external firms and service providers, establish guidelines and performance metrics, and lead continuous improvementto maximizequality and cost-effectiveness.

• IP Operations:Oversee intellectual property operations, including coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel on invention disclosures, patent/trademark filings, maintenance, and IP docketing.

• Contract Operations (NDA, Sales, and Procurement):Manage the contract intake and execution process for core commercial and procurement agreements (including NDAs, customer/sales agreements, and vendor/procurement agreements), partnering withteam membersand the business to drive cycle-time improvements, playbooks, templates, and approval workflows.

• Reporting & Analytics:Enhancea reporting frameworkthat gives Law Department and executive leadershipactionable visibility into operational performance, resource allocation and service delivery.Build and maintain dashboards and recurring reporting for legalspend, matter/portfolio health, contract volumes and cycle times, and IP activity; define KPIsdesigned to enhance Law Department engagement and service.

• Technology, Systems & Process Improvement:Own theLawDepartment's technology stack (e.g., CLM, matter management, e-billing, IP docketing, e-learning/knowledge tools), including requirements, vendor management, configuration, adoption, integrations, and data quality.

• AI Strategyand Implementation:Driveand executetheAI strategy for the Law Department, which will include evaluatingand deployingAI and automation tools across the legal functionanddevelopingappropriategovernance protocols and usage guidelines.

• Cross-Functional Partnership:Lead through influence-partner closely with IT, Finance, Procurement, and other functions to implement and govern processes that support business objectives and meet applicable privacy/security requirements.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading Legal Operations or law department business operations as an individual contributor or leader, with end-to-end ownership of core operational functions (e.g., billing/e-billing, vendor management, reporting/analytics, and legal technology).

• Bachelor's degree with 15+ years of experience or Master's/Doctoral/JDdegree with10+years experiencein legal operations, corporate legal management, or related field; experience owning programs and driving outcomes in a complex, cross-functional environment.

• Strong experience with legal spend management, including outside counsel management, budgeting/forecasting, accruals, and invoice review processes.

• Experience supporting IP operations (e.g., working with IP counsel, docketing systems, portfolio reporting, and process management) isstronglypreferred.

• Experience supporting contract operations across common agreement types (including NDAs, sales/customer agreements, and procurement/vendor agreements), including intake workflows, templates/playbooks, and CLM administration.

• Proven track record implementing and optimizing legal systems (e.g., CLM, matter management, e-billing, IP docketing) and driving adoption through training and change management.

• Excellent project management, organizational, and analytical skills; ability to define KPIs, build reporting, and communicate insights to leadership.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment; experience insemiconductor or technology companiesis a plus.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively across Finance, Procurement, IT, and business stakeholders.