Legal Operations Specialist

Our client, an innovative technology company, is seeking a Legal Operations Specialist to provide short-term support to its Privacy, Product, and Marketing Legal team with the processing and coordination of Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs). The Legal Operations Specialist will support privacy-related legal workflows by coordinating with outside counsel and internal stakeholders, organizing and tracking information and documentation, managing follow-up items and deadlines, and helping requests progress efficiently through established processes. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience supporting in-house legal, legal operations, privacy, or compliance functions and be able to quickly learn new processes and independently manage detailed, time-sensitive work with limited ramp-up. While the ability to report onsite in San Francisco is preferred, our client is open to remote candidates for this 2–3-month contract need.

Responsibilities

• Support the intake, processing, tracking, and completion of Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs).
• Coordinate with outside counsel and internal stakeholders throughout the DSAR process.
• Gather, organize, and maintain information and documentation associated with privacy requests.
• Track requests, deadlines, outstanding items, stakeholder responses, and required follow-up through completion.
• Communicate with appropriate internal teams to obtain information and keep requests progressing within established timelines.
• Maintain accurate and organized records of requests, communications, documentation, and completed work.
• Support privacy and compliance workflows involving sensitive personal and confidential information.
• Identify missing information, discrepancies, or outstanding action items and coordinate appropriate follow-up.
• Manage multiple concurrent requests and priorities while maintaining accuracy and consistent follow-through.
• Learn established legal processes, systems, and workflows quickly and independently manage assigned responsibilities.
• Escalate substantive legal questions and issues requiring attorney review to the appropriate members of the legal team. 

Qualifications:

• Experience supporting an in-house legal department, legal operations team, privacy function, compliance function, or similar corporate legal environment.
• Experience supporting privacy, data protection, regulatory compliance, or other legal matters involving sensitive or confidential information.
• Familiarity with privacy and data protection requirements, including GDPR and/or CCPA/CPRA.
• Experience coordinating structured, deadline-driven legal or compliance workflows involving multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working with attorneys, internal business stakeholders, and/or outside counsel.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple requests, deadlines, documentation, and follow-up items simultaneously.
• Experience gathering, organizing, tracking, and maintaining information and documentation throughout established legal or compliance processes.
• Ability to quickly learn new processes, systems, and workflows and become productive with limited ramp-up time.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally across legal and business teams.
• Strong attention to detail and experience handling confidential or sensitive information.

Preferred Experience

• Direct experience processing Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs), Data Subject Rights requests, or similar privacy requests.
• Experience supporting privacy counsel or a dedicated privacy legal function.
• Experience supporting privacy operations within a technology company or other fast-paced corporate environment. 

Compensation

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