Director, AI Operations at Microsoft
Redmond, WA
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Aug 13, 2026
Redmond, WA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a people-management role leading a legal technology team (CPS) within a large, matrixed organization, likely a major tech company's legal/corporate affairs division. The manager sets strategy and operating-model direction, directly manages a Legal Engineer and Content Lead, and steers virtual cross-functional teams delivering connected legal services. The role blends legal operations, technology program ownership, and executive stakeholder management, with a strong emphasis on AI tool adoption.
Senior level · 8+ years · Bachelor's required
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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Why we read it this way (7)
SOC classification is genuinely ambiguous: the role is primarily a people-management and strategy position (pointing to 11-3021) but sits squarely in legal operations/technology rather than a traditional IT management function. non-technology is a plausible alternative given the legal-ops and business-operations framing.
The degree requirement is a minimum of a Bachelor's degree (with 8+ years experience); a Master's with 12+ years or a Bachelor's with 15+ years are listed as alternative senior-track paths — the minimum hard gate is a Bachelor's or equivalent experience. Because 'or equivalent experience' is offered, the degree requirement is set to Bachelors as the stated floor, though the 'or equivalent' qualifier makes this borderline None.
The 10+ years in legal operations/legal technology is stated as a preferred/additional qualification block rather than the primary minimum-qualifications block, but given the specificity and the role's core focus, it is treated as a meaningful gate.
'Harvey or Copilot' and vendor/SSPA experience appear in what reads as a preferred/additional qualifications section and are marked accordingly.
People management (5+ years) is a hard requirement stated in the qualifications but names no specific technology, so it is captured in the overall years minimum context rather than as a named skill.
No compensation, remote status, or employment type is stated in the posting.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): legal operations, vendor management.
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