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Legal Operations Professional

Humana · IL · Remote available · $53,700–$72,600 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 22, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you found an error in an invoice or a data set that others had missed. What did you do?

What they are checking: Attention to detail paired with the judgment to raise a problem tactfully with the people who own it.

Describe a report or presentation you made that changed a decision. How did you decide what to leave out?

What they are checking: Whether they shape analysis for a busy decision maker rather than dumping every number they have.

Much of this work follows documented procedures. Tell me about a time a procedure didn't fit the situation in front of you.

What they are checking: Whether they know when to ask for guidance versus improvise, which matters in a precedent-driven role.

What would you do

An attorney keeps approving invoices that break our billing guidelines. How would you handle that?

What they are checking: Whether they can enforce a policy with senior lawyers without damaging the working relationship.

Leadership asks why legal spend went up 15 percent this quarter. How would you go about answering that?

What they are checking: Whether they break a variance into drivers like volume, rates and specific matters before offering an explanation.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd build a dashboard showing outside counsel spend by firm and matter type for the General Counsel.

What they are checking: Whether they know which spend cuts leadership actually acts on, not just how to make a chart.

A law firm proposes a fixed-fee arrangement for a group of employment matters. How would you model whether that saves us money compared to hourly billing?

What they are checking: Whether they can compare an alternative fee arrangement against realistic hourly history instead of guessing at savings.

How would you set up a rate benchmarking comparison across our panel firms when partner titles and seniority mean different things at each firm?

What they are checking: Whether they normalize messy data before comparing it, so a negotiation is not built on apples and oranges.

What e-billing or matter management systems have you worked in, and what did you do to keep the data in them clean?

What they are checking: Whether they treat data hygiene as daily work, since every report depends on matters being coded correctly.

How would you evaluate a prompt pay discount or a volume discount offered by a firm? What would make you say it is not worth it?

What they are checking: Basic financial reasoning about discounts, including the cash flow and volume assumptions hidden behind them.

How do you track outside counsel performance beyond cost? What would you measure?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that value includes outcomes, budget accuracy and responsiveness, not only the lowest rate.

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The full job description

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Become a part of our caring community The Legal Operations Professional collects, organizes, and analyzes law department data, including matter management metrics, outside counsel spend, and operational benchmarks. Your work assignments are often straightforward and of moderate complexity. Job Responsibilities: • Help with the administration and maintenance of legal technology platforms such as e-billing, matter management, and knowledge management systems • Assist with vendor management coordination, including tracking outside counsel performance, processing invoices, and maintaining vendor records • Help prepare reports, dashboards, and presentations on law department metrics, spend trends, and benchmarking data to inform leadership decision-making • Conduct financial analysis of law department spend data, including reviewing and evaluating law firm and legal service provider pricing structures • Helps create financial models to analyze law firm alternative fee arrangements (AFAs), prompt pay discounts, volume discounts, and other fee structures to identify cost savings and optimize outside counsel spend • Support the preparation of law firm and legal service provider pricing reviews, including rate benchmarking, fee arrangement comparisons, and value assessments to inform negotiation strategies • Work is managed and often guided by precedent and/or documented procedures/regulations/professional standards with some interpretation. Use your skills to make an impact Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree • 1+ years experience working in legal operations, legal support, knowledge management, or a related professional services environment • Experience collecting, organizing, and analyzing data to support operational reporting and decision-making • 1+ years of experience with financial analysis, including building financial models, analyzing fee structures, and preparing pricing reviews or cost assessments • Excellent organizational skills, written and oral communication skills • Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate alternative fee arrangements, discount structures, and cost-benefit analyses • Excellent Microsoft Office skills (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint), with advanced Excel proficiency for financial modeling and data analysis Preferred Qualifications • MBA, paralegal certification, or an advanced degree in a related field (e.g., business, information management, library science, or legal studies) • Familiarity with the CLOC Core 12 competency framework or ACC Legal Operations resources • Experience analyzing law firm billing data, rate structures, or outside counsel fee arrangements • Financial background, including experience with budgeting, forecasting, or legal spend analytics Additional Information Candidates for this role must live within commuting distance of one of Humana's offices. These offices are located in Louisville, KY; Washington, DC; or Chicago, IL. We will require occasional in-office attendance. Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Pay Range The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc. $53,700 - $72,600 per year Description of Benefits Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities. About Us About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com. ​ Equal Opportunity Employer It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.

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