Legal Technologist, Document Automation Specialist (Real Estate)

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team of Legal Technology Product Managers and Technologists, assisting with finding creative methods for both legal technology and document automation to improve our delivery of services to clients. The ideal candidate will have experience in legal technology and document automation, and experience working with legal departments / law firms leveraging various technology tools to drive efficiencies in attorneys' workflows, processes, and document drafting.

Responsibilities

Document Automation

• Intake and translate document requirements from partners and associates into clear, logical frameworks for automated document templates.
• Use document automation technologies (e.g. Contract Express, HotDocs, Avvoka) to auto-mate legal documents, including creation of new templates, updates to existing templates, creation and maintenance of attribute libraries.
• Design logic and conditionality to handle the insertion of different outputs into documents based on pre-defined scenarios. This includes manual programming for complex requirements.
• Develop, maintain and apply comprehensive system-wide libraries to standardize and optimize the efficiency of the automation system.
• Implement efficient and reusable code for legal document automation, prioritizing code clarity, maintainability.
• Train associates and paralegals on Document Automation tool
• Identify automation opportunities to improve processes and enhance efficiencies
• Provide regular reports to team and stakeholders on status of automation projects
• Serve as the automation expert for the US Real Estate Practice.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the automated templates to support efficient updates and future development, ensuring ongoing adherence to automation and document standards.
• Acquire and maintain a comprehensive knowledge of relevant technology products supported by the team and provide creative suggestions to enhance the quality and efficiency of support provided to stakeholders.

Assist Legal Technology Product Manager in :

Education

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Salary Information

NY Only : The estimated base salary range for this position is $115,000 to $150,000 at the time of posting.

The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and / or from which they will be performing the job. This role is exempt meaning it is not overtime pay eligible.

Simpson Thacher will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Simpson Thacher will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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