Legal Business Manager

Join a team that values your ambition and empowers your growth

At Corient, we help high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families to enjoy a full life, while enabling them to preserve their wealth for future generations, and provide for the people, causes and communities they care about. We focus on exceeding expectations, simplifying lives, and establishing legacies that last for generations. We are always looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our team. If you want to work for a company that values your contributions and supports your growth, we would like to meet you.

About the Role

The Legal Business Manager serves as a strategic and operational partner to the General Counsel, helping ensure the Legal team is aligned with business priorities and positioned to support the company's continued growth.

This role sits at the intersection of Legal, Finance, Technology, Compliance, and business leadership. You'll help drive key initiatives, support planning and decision-making, and bring structure to the work that enables the Legal function to operate effectively and scale with the business.

The ideal candidate is a strong relationship builder and problem solver who is effective at building alignment across teams and influencing outcomes. They are resourceful, adaptable, and energized by the opportunity to help scale a growing function within a dynamic organization.

This position reports to Corient's General Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to the General Counsel, helping define priorities, drive execution, and align Legal initiatives with broader business objectives.
• Help shape the Legal function's strategy, priorities, and ways of working to support company growth, innovation, and risk management.
• Lead and coordinate high-priority initiatives across Legal and key partner functions, including Finance, Technology, Compliance, and business teams.
• Support strategic planning, budgeting, resource allocation, and vendor management for the Legal function.
• Prepare executive-level presentations, analyses, and briefing materials for leadership meetings, Board discussions, and key business reviews.
• Collaborate with Technology teams to improve legal operations, reporting capabilities, and the use of technology across the function.
• Drive process improvements that enhance efficiency, scalability, and collaboration across the Legal function.
• Act as a liaison between Legal and key business partners, helping align priorities and ensure effective execution of strategic initiatives.
• Partner across business functions to understand emerging needs and help ensure the Legal team is positioned to proactively support the organization.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of experience in business management, strategy, consulting, chief of staff, business operations, legal operations, or related fields.
• Experience supporting senior executives and operating effectively in complex organizations.
• Experience working within or closely supporting Legal, Compliance, Risk, Finance, or other corporate functions is preferred.
• A legal background is not required; however, familiarity with legal organizations, legal operations, or regulated environments is a plus.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect functional priorities to enterprise-wide objectives.
• Exceptional organizational and project leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills; experience with reporting, analytics, and business intelligence tools is a plus.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex issues into clear recommendations for senior leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to influence, build relationships, and drive outcomes without direct authority.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or other relevant advanced degree preferred.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Thinking. Understands the broader business landscape and identifies opportunities for the Legal function to enable growth, manage risk, and create value across the organization.
• Executive Partnership. Builds credibility with senior leaders and serves as a trusted advisor who helps translate priorities into action.
• Enterprise Mindset. Looks beyond functional objectives to understand organizational implications, competing priorities, and opportunities for alignment.
• Influence & Collaboration. Works effectively across departments and leadership levels, building consensus and moving initiatives forward in complex environments.
• Ownership & Initiative. Takes accountability for outcomes, anticipates challenges, and proactively advances priorities with minimal direction.

Physical Requirements

• This position requires the physical capabilities to work in an office environment, which may include prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Corient seeks to make reasonable accommodations that enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties when possible.
• This position may require the ability to lift up to 15 pounds.
• This position is required to work onsite 4 days per week.

U.S. Eligibility Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States. For U.S. employment opportunities, Corient hires U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Exceptions to these requirements will be determined based on shortage of qualified candidates with a particular skill. Corient will require proof of work authorization.
• Corient participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
• Must be willing to execute Corient’s Employee Agreement or Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement, which require, among other things, post-employment obligations relating to non-solicitation, confidentiality, and non-disclosure.

What You Can Expect from Us

Our dedication to the Employee Experience at Corient is aimed at supporting, empowering, and inspiring our talented team through:

• 401(k) Plan with Employer Matching 
• Four Medical Plan options that is generously subsidized by Corient
• Employer paid Dental, Vision & Life and AD&D Insurance 
• Employer paid Short-term & Long-term Disability  
• Paid Maternity & Parental Leave 
• Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Accounts
• Dependent Care FSA 
• Commuter & Transit FSA 
• Corporate Discount Program - Perkspot 
• Training Reimbursement  
• Paid Professional Designations  
• Giving back to the community - Volunteer days

Corient is the world’s largest multi-family office and non-bank wealth manager focused on serving ultra-high- and high-net-worth clients. As the industry’s only global professional services partnership, we combine the personal service and objectivity of a boutique with the scale and resources of a global institution. Our partnership model fosters collaboration over competition, bringing together the collective expertise of Corient to each relationship to deliver a transparent, client-first experience. As a fully integrated global firm, we deliver comprehensive solutions across investment management, wealth strategy and family office services to help clients simplify their lives, manage their wealth and establish lasting legacies.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All candidates will be recruited and, if applicable, selected and employed without regard to sex, race, religion, marital status, veteran status, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, creed, ancestry, disability, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by law.

This position description is intended to provide a general overview of the expectations and responsibilities of this position and may not include all tasks that may be assigned. As the nature of business demands change, so may the functions of this position. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned with or without notice.

Corient refers to the separate but affiliated entities under common control of Corient Holdings Inc. Client assets include all assets of Corient Holdings Inc., including majority- and minority-owned businesses.