Legal Engineer

The Position

As a Legal Engineer (Senior Legal Operations Manager) in Corporate Legal Contracting Services, you will play a pivotal role in transforming and operating Boehringer Ingelheim’s global legal support model for contracting. With a primary focus on global contract template harmonization, you will drive the standardization and structured design of legal content and help build scalable, technology-enabled and AI-ready contracting solutions. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape future-ready legal service delivery by combining legal operations, legal engineering and pragmatic implementation.

This position has a hybrid setup with approximately 2-3 days per week on site.

This position is part time eligible with min. 80 %.

Please note that the internal position title for this role is Senior Legal Operations Manager.

Tasks & responsibilities

• In your new role you will drive operational excellence through standardization, lean process design, automation and AI-enabled ways of working.
• With a focus on global contract template harmonization, you will support the standardization, harmonization and structured design of templates to enable scalable contracting, automation and AI-ready use cases.
• By identifying opportunities to globalize legal support, you will help further streamline and synchronize Boehringer Ingelheim’s legal support model.
• Design and implement technology-enabled contracting solutions in close collaboration with Legal, business and technology stakeholders.
• Finally, you will lead and advise on global initiatives to enhance operational excellence.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) with several years of relevant experience in Legal, or Bachelor’s degree in Law, Economics, Data Science, Informatics, Information Management or related business fields with long-term experience
• Strong background in legal operational topics (operational excellence, process design, data-driven assessment & judgement, challenge the status quo)
• Proven experience in legal engineering and AI readiness, with the ability to translate legal requirements into structured templates, scalable processes, data structures, templates, automation and AI technology-enabled use cases solutions
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to analyze, design and implement effective processes
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic, global environment with a proactive and collaborative work ethic
• 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

As part of our commitment to transparency and fairness, salary information will be shared during the recruitment process. We also offer a comprehensive benefits and wellbeing package.

Applications from persons with severe disabilities are warmly welcomed. In cases of equal qualifications, such applicants will be given preferential consideration in the selection process.

Ready to contact us?

If you have any questions about the job posting or process - please contact our HR Direct Team, Tel: +49 (0) 6132 77-3330 or via mail: [email protected]

Recruitment process:

Step 1: Online application - The job posting is presumably online until "October 28th, 2026". We reserve the right to take the posting offline beforehand. Applications up to "October 21st, 2026" are guaranteed to be considered.

Step 2: Virtual meeting in the period from beginning till end of November

Step 3: On-site interviews beginning of December (CW49)