Legal Operations Assistant - Palantir

Job Title: Legal Operations Assistant
Job Location: London, United Kingdom
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/palantir/f9d5d76c-2531-40c0-8511-bc9374571ad1
Job Description: A World-Changing Company

Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

The Role

Palantir’s dynamic in-house legal team works to proactively address legal issues so that Palantir can continue to drive positive impact in the world. We are deeply embedded in Palantir’s mission and culture, take time to connect with folks across the global Palantir community, and are viewed across the company as key to Palantir’s success. Legal Operations is the organisational backbone of the legal team at Palantir. Legal Operations is a mission-focused team that strives to support and execute on critical initiatives across the Legal team.

As a Legal Operations Assistant supporting our Legal team, you will be handling a variety of professional and personal responsibilities, including expenses, travel, and calendaring. You are very organised and thrive off of enabling the people you support to be as productive and impactful as possible. You’ll leverage your excellent communication skills, and exercise tact and diplomacy in helping to manage relationships with stakeholders both internal and external to Palantir. In this role, you'll also demonstrate good judgment and strategic thinking by understanding competing priorities and prioritising accordingly.
Core Responsibilities
Provide administrative support to the Legal team at Palantir, including support for complex calendaring, travel arrangements, and expenses
Triage and execution of legal workflows in issue and project tracking software
Provide in office support including arranging any couriers, fillings, maintaining and organising team resources
Help plan, support, and execute office events and external gatherings
Work both autonomously and in collaboration with teammates, colleagues, and external contacts
What We Value
Ability to pivot quickly, anticipate needs, and execute autonomously, with strong attention to detail
Ability to multi-task, prioritise, and have a high sense of urgency
Excellent communication skills and perceptiveness
Ability to interact with a wide range of teams internally and externally with thoughtfulness and tact
High level of professionalism, confidentiality, and discretion in both internal and external interactions
Willingness to proactively engage and learn new processes
A “no task too big, no task too small” mentality
Ability to work a varied schedule, including outside standard business hours, based on the needs of the team
Experience with working with a global team preferred
What We Require
At least two years of previous administrative or personal support experience, preferably in a fast-paced environment and/or in support of a legal team
Excellent computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
Experience with scheduling complex international and domestic travel itineraries