Niantic's Legal Team is seeking a Corporate and Commercial Program Manager to help increase the Legal Team's effectiveness as we scale our augmented reality games and platform. This is a great opportunity for someone who likes to work with cross-functional partners and who enjoys the challenge of making things run very well. This is a generalist role that involves supporting a broad range of issues, including legal operations; commercial, corporate and employment practices; and vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Manage legal department technology solutions and related processes, including:
• Contract Management (Ironclad).
• Billing (SimpleLegal).
• Document Management (Google Drive).
• Intranet/Knowledge Management (Confluence).
• Identify and drive strategic opportunities to streamline existing processes and workflows (e-billing, electronic signatures, managing form templates and playbooks, etc.).
• Manage external legal vendors, including development of cost and performance related KPIs and cost-efficient billing processes.
• Manage self-service tools, reference documents and training programs for internal clients; create and implement new tools on an as-needed basis.
• Triage or complete incoming internal legal requests with support from counsel; track various metrics and provide administrative support to commercial, corporate and employment counsel.
• Maintain library of legal handbooks and policies.
• Support cross-functional team responsible for international corporate compliance; manage corporate compliance calendar.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to cultivate strong working relationships with project team members, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.

Qualifications

• You have a minimum of 4 years of experience with legal project management.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills as well as organizational skills.
• Effective, clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• You love expanding your skill set, and you can prioritize and efficiently project manage in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• You have the judgment and experience to spot issues and work independently, and to consult with others as necessary.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
• Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including synchronous interactions with others.

Plus If...

• You have substantial Ironclad and/or SimpleLegal experience.
• You have confidence and the ability to work with senior executives, internal clients, external vendors and partners, and colleagues in a professional and positive manner.
• You have a great sense of humor.

The total compensation package for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $107,000 - $124,950 + bonus + equity + benefits.

Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process. An overview of benefit offerings for your location can be found on the careers page.

Join the Niantic team!

Join the Niantic team! Niantic is the world's leading AR technology company, sparking creative and engaging journeys in the real world. Our products inspire outdoor exploration, exercise, and meaningful social interaction.

Originally formed at Google in 2011, we became an independent company in 2015 with a strong group of investors including Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners. Our current consumer titles include pioneering global-control game Ingress, record-breaking AR game Pokémon GO, and Pikmin Bloom. In November 2021, we launched our developer platform, Lightship, enabling creators to build immersive AR experiences around the globe. Niantic is an Equal Opportunity employer.

We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.

Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in person interaction and collaboration is good for Niantic's culture, and critical to our future success as a company. We support flexibility and know new ways of working are here to stay.

We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving! We have growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bellevue, Los Angeles, New York, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, and Zurich. #LI-HYBRID