Legal Operations Enablement Manager - Chicago, IL

Legal Operations Enablement Manager - Chicago, IL

THE ROLE AT A GLANCE
ADM is creating a Legal Operations Enablement Manager role to lead the next evolution of administrative support across the Legal Affairs Risk & Compliance (LARC) organization. This is not a traditional administrative role. It is a high-impact operational position focused on coordinating work, improving how support is delivered, and transforming administrative support into a more specialized, technology-enabled, and self-sufficiency-oriented function.
 

The Manager is responsible for the flow of administrative work across the support team, ensures the right work reaches the right resource, and eliminates unnecessary manual effort through clearer processes, better tools, automation, and training. The ideal candidate is organized, process-minded, and energized by making work simpler and more effectively keeping daily work moving while spotting patterns, fixing friction, and raising the standard for support delivery.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate administrative work: Route and balance incoming requests by priority, complexity, and capacity; maintain clear boundaries across support, self-sufficiency, and escalation; serve as the coordination point between Legal Operations, administrative staff, LARC professionals, and business partners
• Coordinate and supervise administrative staff
• Improve processes: Identify tasks to simplify, automate, redirect, or eliminate; redesign workflows to reduce duplication, improve turnaround; convert recurring issues into practical improvements, routing rules, self-sufficiency tools
• Build SOPs and operating standards: Develop and maintain SOPs, job aids, templates, and “how do I” resources; define quality standards, escalation paths, and handoffs; keep documentation current as tools and needs evolve
• Enable and upskill the support team: Shift the team toward a specialized, empowered model; build targeted training in intake, workflow routing, and department systems; coach on prioritization and consistent execution
• Drive automation and enablement: Enable automation for LARC professionals to handle routine needs independently and promote adoption of standardized tools and processes
• Support visibility and continuous improvement: Maintain trackers and dashboards on workload trends and capacity; use data to recommend changes; prepare operational updates and support pilots and new initiatives
• Coordinate LARC Chicago Events: Work with stakeholders to ensure all approvals and processes are followed

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Administrative support delivered with greater consistency, transparency, and speed
• Reduced manual labor and improved workload distribution and coverage
• Stronger SOPs, job aids, and self-sufficiency resources, with a more capable support team
• Friction identified early and converted into practical process improvement — a support model that is easier to use, manage, and aligns to high-value legal work

IDEAL CANDIDATE
Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; 3+ years in legal, business, or professional-services operations, or administrative/project coordination
• Strong organizational skills, a process-oriented mindset with SOP and workflow documentation experience, and solid Microsoft 365 fluency (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Clear communicator, detail-oriented, sound judgment, and comfort with confidential information

Preferred:

• Experience supporting corporate legal, compliance, or complex corporate function; familiarity with legal service intake, matter management, vendor/invoice workflows, or ticketing systems (Onit a plus); experience creating training and job aids; and interest in automation
• AI-enabled productivity, and operational excellence

Key capabilities:

• operational judgment, process discipline, technology fluency, training and enablement, team coordination, and a continuous-improvement mindset

WHY IT MATTERS

• ADM’s LARC Operations team is building a more scalable, technology-enabled operating model for support, and this role makes that model real.
• It sits at the center of how administrative work is requested, routed, completed, improved, and taught — directly shaping how the LARC team uses its time, how administrative talent is developed, and how routine work is redesigned for efficiency.
• For a candidate who wants to move beyond task execution and help build a better operating system for support, it is a meaningful opportunity.

Excited about this role but don’t think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check. 

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About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.

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Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM’s efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments — environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.

We welcome everyone to apply. We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, language, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law

Benefits and Perks

Enriching the quality of life for the world begins by taking care of our colleagues. In addition to competitive pay, we support your diverse needs with a comprehensive total rewards package to enhance your well-being, including:

• Physical wellness – medical/Rx, dental, vision and on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable).
• Financial wellness – flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan, discounted employee stock purchasing program, life insurance, disability, workers’ compensation, legal assistance, identity theft protection.
• Mental and social wellness – Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares).

Additional benefits include:

• Paid time off including paid holidays.
• Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
• Tuition assistance.
• Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs.

*Benefits may vary for bargained locations, confirm benefit eligibility with your recruiter.


Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The pay range for this position is expected to be between: