Senior Legal Operations Manager

At Boehringer Ingelheim we develop breakthrough therapies that improve the lives of both humans and animals. Founded in 1885 and family-owned ever since, Boehringer Ingelheim takes a long-term perspective. Now, we are powered by 52,000 employees globally who nurture a diverse, collaborative and inclusive culture. We believe that if we have talented and ambitious people who are passionate about innovation, there is no limit to what we can achieve.

As Senior Legal Operations Manager in Corporate Legal Contracting Services, you will take on a key role in transforming, shaping, and driving the evolution of Boehringer Ingelheim's legal support model for contracting. This position offers you the unique opportunity to actively contribute to the future-proofing strategy of our Legal Function. Empowered by your expertise, creativity, and forward-thinking mindset, you will have the chance to reimagine contracting processes and develop innovative models for delivering legal services.

• You will contribute to the implementation of a value-driven and effective legal service delivery model for contracting, leveraging the entire bandwidth of delivery models.
• Your focus will be on identifying opportunities to enhance operational excellence through standardization, lean process design, and automation.
• By evaluating existing structures, you will explore the potential for globalizing or regionalizing legal support to further streamline and synchronize Boehringer Ingelheim's legal support framework.
• Through the integration of innovative technologies, you will help evolve our legal support model into a system-enabled and future-ready solution.
• Taking the lead on global initiatives, you will provide guidance and expertise to drive operational excellence across the organization.

• Master's degree (or equivalent) with several years of relevant experience, or Bachelor's degree with long-term experience, in Law, Economics, Data Science, Informatics, Information Management, or related business fields
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic, global environment with a proactive and collaborative work ethic
• Interest in and experience with legal operational topics (operational excellence, process design, data-driven assessment & judgement, challenge the status quo)
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to analyze, design and implement effective processes
• Ability to collaborate effectively, proactively and pragmatically and maintain an optimistic outlook
• Excellent communication skills, with fluency in English and the ability to influence across functions and cultures

Step 1: Online application - The job posting is presumably online until July 31st, 2025. We reserve the right to take the posting offline beforehand. Applications up to July 17th, 2025 are guaranteed to be considered.
Step 2: Virtual meetings: Mid of July until mid of August
Step 3: On-site interviews: Mid until end of August

With us, you can grow, collaborate, innovate and improve lives.

We offer challenging work in a respectful and friendly global working environment surrounded by a world of innovation driven mindsets and practices. In addition, learning and development for all employees is key, because your growth is our growth.

Boehringer Ingelheim is an equal opportunity global employer who takes pride in maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture. We embrace diversity of perspectives and strive for an inclusive environment, which benefits our employees, patients and communities.

Want to learn more? visit https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com

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Nice-to-have skills

• Communication
• MS Outlook
• Data Science
• Implementation
• Automation
• Automation
• Project Management
• Analytical Skills

• Ingelheim am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Work experience

• Legal

Languages

• English