Full-Time
Director, Legal Operations
Scopely
1,001-5,000 employees
Global mobile-first game developer and publisher
Compensation Overview
$160k - $176k/yr
Culver City, CA, USA
Hybrid
Hybrid position in the Culver City hub.
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- 7-10+ years of experience in Legal Operations, legal technology, business operations, process transformation, consulting, or a related field, with clear progression in scope, responsibility, and organizational leadership.
- Demonstrated experience leading or building a Legal Operations function within a high-growth technology, gaming, entertainment, digital media, or similarly complex global company.
- At least 3-5 years of experience managing, coaching, and developing professionals, including setting priorities, delegating ownership, giving feedback, and building team capability.
- Experience establishing a Legal Operations strategy, operating model, roadmap, budget, governance framework, and performance-measurement program.
- Significant experience with enterprise contract lifecycle management programs, including Ironclad or a comparable platform, with sufficient technical depth to evaluate platform architecture, workflow design, data governance, integrations, controls, and adoption.
- Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, negotiate with vendors, assess technology investments, and measure realized value.
- Experience overseeing legal technology portfolios beyond contract lifecycle management, such as knowledge management, e-billing, matter management, contract analytics, automation, compliance, or artificial-intelligence-enabled tools.
- Proven ability to build or mature a knowledge management function and translate institutional knowledge into structured, searchable, reusable content.
- Experience evaluating, implementing, governing, or scaling artificial intelligence and automation tools in a professional-services, legal, technology, or corporate environment.
- Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills, with the ability to identify patterns, diagnose root causes, and design solutions that scale.
- Excellent executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior Legal and business leaders and translate technical or operational issues into clear business decisions.
- Strong project and change-management skills, including the ability to lead complex initiatives across multiple teams with competing priorities.
- A highly collaborative, practical, and service-oriented leadership style, with the judgment to balance user experience, business enablement, risk management, and operational discipline.
- Comfort operating with significant autonomy in a fast-paced, evolving environment and the ability to create clarity, structure, and momentum amid ambiguity.
- The attached résumé or curriculum vitae must be written in English.
- Partner directly with Legal leadership to define and execute a multi-year Legal Operations strategy aligned with business priorities and growth.
- Translate Legal department priorities into an integrated roadmap covering technology, process improvement, data, knowledge management, automation, training, and organizational capability.
- Establish annual and quarterly priorities, success metrics, resource plans, and sequencing recommendations for the Legal Operations team.
- Advise Legal leadership on tradeoffs among business impact, risk, cost, speed, and available team capacity.
- Develop the Legal Operations budget, oversee spend, build business cases for new investments, and manage vendor and renewal strategy.
- Identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and simplify Legal processes across Commercial, Corporate, Employment, Product Compliance, and other Legal functions.
- Directly manage, coach, and develop the Senior Manager, Legal Operations.
- Serve as the executive owner of the Legal technology portfolio and establish an architecture and investment strategy across contract lifecycle management, knowledge management, matter management, e-billing, contract analytics, automation, and related tools.
- Own the Legal technology roadmap, including technology selection, implementation sequencing, integration priorities, system rationalization, and long-term scalability.
- Oversee Ironclad contract lifecycle management as a critical Legal and business system, ensuring appropriate direction, resources, governance, and stakeholder alignment.
- Establish governance standards for workflow design, metadata, templates, permissions, approval logic, integrations, repository integrity, data retention, change management, and system access.
- Review and approve significant platform changes while balancing user experience, business needs, control requirements, data integrity, and long-term maintainability.
- Partner with Information Technology, Information Security, Privacy, Procurement, Finance, and external vendors on architecture, security, integrations, implementation, support, and risk management.
- Lead or oversee system migrations, data consolidation efforts, post-acquisition integrations, and other technology transformation initiatives.
- Establish the strategic vision and operating model for Legal knowledge management, including content architecture, taxonomy, ownership, curation, searchability, version control, and access governance.
- Ensure Legal institutional knowledge is captured, structured, maintained, and accessible to support self-service, consistency, and future artificial intelligence applications.
- Develop a portfolio of practical artificial intelligence and automation use cases for Legal with Legal leadership, Information Technology, and relevant business stakeholders.
- Oversee implementation and responsible adoption of artificial-intelligence-enabled tools, including chatbots, knowledge-based assistants, workflow automation, contract analytics, and other emerging technologies.
- Direct the Senior Manager's execution of knowledge management and artificial intelligence initiatives, including platform configuration, testing, content population, user feedback, optimization, and rollout.
- Define success metrics for artificial intelligence and automation initiatives, including adoption, response quality, time saved, reduced repetitive inquiries, and improvements to the Legal user experience.
- Stay current on legal technology and artificial intelligence developments and make informed recommendations regarding opportunities, risks, and investment priorities.
- Serve as a strategic partner to Legal leadership, Procurement, Finance, Information Security, Information Technology, People, Product, and other stakeholders to improve contracting and the Legal support experience.
- Establish scalable intake, triage, and routing models that direct work to the appropriate Legal or business resource and minimize unnecessary attorney involvement.
- Use qualitative and quantitative data to identify recurring friction, diagnose root causes, and implement structural solutions rather than one-off fixes.
- Support Legal leadership in defining and adopting practical playbooks, self-service resources, approval frameworks, and standardized workflows.
- Partner with Commercial Legal to design and monitor metrics such as contracting cycle times, intake volumes, routing accuracy, self-service rates, workflow adoption, support trends, system reliability, automation impact, and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Establish a Legal Operations performance framework measuring the efficiency, quality, adoption, capacity, and business impact of Legal services and systems.
- Create executive-ready dashboards and reporting for Legal leadership, highlighting trends, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
- Use data to support capacity planning, prioritization, investment decisions, vendor management, and continuous improvement.
- Experience leading Legal Operations in a gaming, interactive entertainment, digital media, or consumer technology company.
- Direct experience with Ironclad, contract analytics, legal knowledge platforms, or similar tools.
- Experience with post-acquisition Legal technology integrations, data migrations, or operating-model integration.
- Experience managing outside counsel, legal vendors, e-billing, matter management, or Legal department spend.
- Experience developing responsible-use standards or governance frameworks for artificial intelligence in a Legal or regulated environment.
- Experience partnering with geographically distributed teams and supporting global Legal operations.
Scopely creates and publishes mobile-first interactive entertainment by developing games in-house, partnering with external studios, and pursuing acquisitions, with titles like MONOPOLY GO!, Star Trek Fleet Command, Stumble Guys, and Yahtzee With Buddies that are free-to-play and earn money through in-app purchases. Its games are live, ongoing experiences on mobile and web that receive regular updates and events, monetized through optional in-app purchases. The company combines self-developed titles, co-development partnerships, and acquisitions to maintain a steady stream of live operations and features, setting it apart from peers. Its goal is to grow a global catalog of mobile-first entertainment by expanding popular franchises, enhancing live operations, and scaling through partnerships, acquisitions, and substantial financial backing.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$998.8M
Headquarters
Culver City, California
Founded
2011
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What believers are saying
- Scopely earned 2026 GamingonPhone nominations for Pokémon GO and MONOPOLY GO! on August 24.
- Pokémon GO's August 12, 2026 Explorer Gadget increases engagement without hardware friction.
- MARVEL Strike Force's July 30, 2026 Spider-Man event proves recurring franchise monetization.
What critics are saying
- Scopely reorganized Stumble Guys on July 16, 2026, signaling portfolio pruning and layoffs.
- Pokémon GO privacy backlash intensified after July 2026 scan-sharing reports tied player data to drones.
- Heavy dependence on MONOPOLY GO! and Pokémon GO creates existential concentration risk if either peaks.
What makes Scopely unique
- MONOPOLY GO!'s July 29, 2026 Looney Tunes event shows blockbuster licensed-live-ops muscle.
- Scopely Explore's July 6, 2026 Pokémon GO rebrand locks in Niantic's AR expertise.
- Savvy Games' 2023 $4.9 billion acquisition funds aggressive partnerships and long-term content.
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↑ 0%Pokemon GO leak suggests new in-game auto-catching item is in development. Pokemon GO dataminers have discovered code for an Explorer Gadget, an in-game item that automatically catches Pokemon and spins PokeStops even when the app is closed, though it would be limited to one use per day and may be locked behind paid content. No official confirmation from Scopely has been made. Discover more Track Business News Download Video Games action rpg A new leak from reliable Pokemon GO dataminers PokeMiners has revealed that Scopely may be working on a brand-new in-game item that could allow players to automatically catch Pokemon and spin PokeStops - no external hardware required. Discovered buried in the game's code, the item is called the "Explorer Gadget" and is described as "A gadget that automatically throws Pokeballs and spins PokeStops for you while exploring." What sets it apart from existing accessories is its ability to function even when the Pokemon GO app is closed, a feature that could prove enormously appealing to players who want to make progress on the go without actively using their phones. There is a notable catch, however. Unlike the Pokemon GO Plus+, the popular $100 physical accessory launched in 2023 that can be used multiple times throughout the day, the Explorer Gadget would be limited to a single use per day. The Plus+ also carries the added benefit of pairing with Pokemon Sleep, giving it a broader utility that the Explorer Gadget may not match. Discover more Play PC Games digital games Join PlayStation Plus The Explorer Gadget's distribution method remains uncertain, but early speculation points to it potentially being locked behind paid passes or sold exclusively through the in-game shop. That prospect has already drawn concern from the community, particularly in light of the Gold Bottle Caps released in June 2025, which were only accessible through a premium limited-event pass, effectively locking free-to-play players out entirely. The leak arrives during Pokemon GO's current Memories in Motion season, which has brought a range of additions including Daily Discoveries and increased shiny encounter rates from Raids and Eggs. With Pokemon GO Fest 2026 on the horizon and the game rapidly approaching its 10th anniversary since its 2016 launch, anticipation around new features is running high. In the nearer term, players have a packed schedule ahead. Tinkatink's first-ever Community Day is set for April 11, featuring the Charged Attack Gigaton Hammer. The following week brings Sustainability Week from April 14 to 20, during which Gen 8 Pokemon Silicobra will make its Pokemon GO debut. A Hatch Day event on April 18 will let players hatch Riolu from 2km Eggs at half the usual distance. Flittle and Espathra are also expected to join the game in the coming months, though no official release dates have been announced. The Memories in Motion season itself wraps up on June 2. Discover more Video Games Download Platform Games No official word from Scopely has confirmed the Explorer Gadget, and as with all datamined content, its release is not guaranteed. Your email won't be published Discover more Access Premium News Compare Smart Gadgets No comments yet. Be the first to comment!
Pokémon GO brings back Armored Mewtwo for September 2026. Pokémon GO is getting one amazing send-off for GO Fest 2026: Mega Finale, as the devs are adding Armored Mewtwo back into the game. Published Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:13:09 -0500 Article summary. * Pokémon GO is bringing back Armored Mewtwo for the first time since 2020 during GO Fest 2026: Mega Finale. * Armored Mewtwo will appear in five-star raids on September 5 and 6, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time. * Scopely revealed the Armored Mewtwo return during PokémonXP and the 2026 Pokémon World Championships. * Shiny Armored Mewtwo will not be available, making this limited Pokémon GO raid return all about the standard form. Yesterday evening, during PokémonXP and the 2026 Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco, Scopely made a major announcement that sent the crowd reeling, as Armored Mewtwo is returning to Pokémon GO for a limited-time event. This is the first time the character will appear in the game since 2020, as the devs have kept this one under lock and key for special occasions only. And with this being the 10th Anniversary of the mobile title, it seems like this might be one of those occasions. Armored Mewtwo will appear in five-star raids during Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Mega Finale, which is set to take place on both Saturday, September 5, and Sunday, September 6, 2026, running from 10 am to 6 pm local time, wherever you may happen to live. You should take this as your one and only shot to contend with this character ever again, as Bleeding Cool is sure Bleeding Cool won't see them for several more years after this. Bleeding Cool has a few more details and the teaser trailer for you here, as Bleeding Cool wish you luck this coming weekend. Armored Mewtwo, as seen in the movie Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (released in 2019), is a version of Mewtwo whose power is suppressed and held back by armor. Even so, Armored Mewtwo possesses overwhelming strength that surpasses other Pokémon. Adventure Effects for Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y. Mewtwo will also be able to use unique Adventure Effects when it first learns these moves. Mega Mewtwo X will be able to use Dynamic Punch+ and Mega Mewtwo Y will be able to use Future Sight+. Once unlocked, Mewtwo will also be able to use these Adventure Effects when it isn't Mega Evolved. Trainers will need to use Mega Energy and Candy to activate these effects. Dynamic Punch+ Adventure Effect. Activate Mega Mewtwo X's Adventure Effect to increase your Pokémon's damage against Mega-Evolved Pokémon in Mega Raids and Super Mega Raids. In Super Mega Raids, this Adventure Effect will also allow Trainers to break two shields at once instead of one. Future Sight+ Adventure Effect. Activate Mega Mewtwo Y's Adventure Effect to see into the future and reveal Pokémon that will appraise as three-star or higher when entering a Pokémon encounter. Upon entering an encounter with a Pokémon while the Future Sight+ Adventure Effect is active, the encountered Pokémon will glow if it has high stats.
Scopely wins Best Publisher at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2026. Monopoly Go, Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom and more make for one strong portfolio August 26, 2026 * Scopely won Best Publisher at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2026. * The ceremony took place in Cologne, Germany on August 25th. Scopely has won Best Publisher at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2026 in association with Samsung Gaming Hub. Celebrating mobile game makers from around the globe, PocketGamer.biz hosted this year's awards ceremony in Cologne last night. Taking place during Gamescom week, the show served as a celebration of the creators, game makers, movers and shakers keeping mobile hot and happening in 2026. We spent the night cheering on finalists across more than 20 categories, which began with nominations from the industry before the public voted on a shortlist. Best Publisher Scopely swept up three wins at this year's Mobile Games Awards, named as Best Publisher and Company Culture Champion, as well as earning Best Forever Franchise with Monopoly Go. The goliath of a game has kept on engaging players and winning their wallets ever since its 2023 release, well worth the wait after eight years of development. And development certainly didn't end there. In the past year, the game's seen a wide range of in-game events and seasons ranging from a Simpsons crossover to a real-world community event at Dough Fest. It's even taken community interaction to an unprecedented high with Pets Season reimagining real players' animals as in-game stickers. Then there's Monopoly Go Chat, which released globally on March 31st and has exceeded even Scopely's high expectations. This companion messaging app to Monopoly Go surpassed 25 million messages and 6.5m groups within two months of global launch. Beyond Monopoly Go, Scopely's publishing prowess also now extends to some of the biggest names in the geolocation genre - and they're only getting more successful after that $3.5 billion deal with Niantic. Pikmin Bloom, for example, has skyrocketed to record revenue with a 902% Taiwanese spending surge, helping global monthly player spend peak at more than double its previous record. Meanwhile, this summer has seen Pokémon Go celebrate its 10th anniversary, a major achievement in the world of mobile games. The first free Go Fest alongside the anniversary helped make July one of the game's most lucrative periods in history. With a portfolio like this, it's easy to see how Scopely scooped up Best Publisher. Honourable mentions go to SayGames and Unico Studio. Check out the full list of winners here.
Pocket Gamer mobile games awards 2026 winners revealed. August 25, 2026 * Loom Games is the story of the night, sweeping Best Developer, Game of the Year (Pixel Flow!) and Rising Star. * Arknights: Endfield wins People's Choice and AudioVisual Excellence. * Scopely completes a treble: Best Publisher, Best Forever Franchise and Company Culture Champion. * María Sayans is named Mobile Legend. Held during Gamescom week, the ceremony brought the best of the mobile games business back to the Gürzenich Köln venue in Cologne for its ninth edition. The big winners. Istanbul studio Loom Games was the story of the night, named Best Developer as its debut title Pixel Flow! took both Game of the Year and Best Game Innovation. The Rising Star award also went to Loom Games co-founder and CEO Kübra Gündoğan - the driving force behind that same Pixel Flow! success. The hybrid-casual puzzler launched in 2025, raced past 10 million players and prompted Scopely to buy a majority stake in the studio at a $1 billion-plus valuation. Elsewhere, Arknights: Endfield won the Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award. Hypergryph's 3D open-world spin-off from the studio's hit tower-defence series launched back in January off the back of more than 30 million pre-registrations. The game also won AudioVisual Excellence. Scopely, meanwhile, was named Best Publisher, on a strong night that also saw it lift Best Forever Franchise for Monopoly GO! and Company Culture Champion. The Mobile Legend award went to María Sayans, CEO of ustwo games and chair of UK trade body Ukie. This lifetime achievement award recognises Sayans' extensive career spanning more than two decades, including senior roles at EA's DICE, Fenris Creations and ustwo games. Here are all the winners from the night. Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award 2026. Winner: Arknights: Endfield Honourable mentions: Neverness to Everness; Racing Master Best advertising & UA service. Winner: adjoe Honourable mentions: Almedia; Exmox Best Game Innovation. Winner: Pixel Flow! Honourable mentions: Arknights: Endfield; Mindset GO! Best analytics / data tool. Winner: Sensor Tower Honourable mentions: GameAnalytics; Ktrl by Kohort Webstore of the Year. Winner: Supercell Store (Supercell) Honourable mentions: June's Journey (Wooga); Monopoly GO! (Scopely) AudioVisual Excellence. Winner: Arknights: Endfield Honourable mentions: Hatch Dragons; Star Trek: Fleet Command Best support tool. Winner: AmberMark by Amber Honourable mentions: Metaplay; PlaytestCloud Best development partner. Winner: Amber Best web game. Winner: Imagine Island Honourable mentions: Deadly Descent; Dig Out of Prison Best Developer. Winner: Loom Games Honourable mentions: SciPlay; Snowprint Studios Best payment service provider. Joint winners: Appcharge and Xsolla Honourable mention: Tebex Rising Star. Winner: Kübra Gündoğan (Loom Games) Best use of IP or licence. Winner: Free Fire x NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Chapter 2: Ninja War Honourable mentions: Monopoly GO! x Hello Kitty and Friends; RAID: Shadow Legends x Alien & Predator Best marketing campaign. Winner: Jackpot Party x Carnival: Cruise A Day (SciPlay) Honourable mentions: MARVEL Strike Force 'Isn't That Fantastic?' (Scopely); Toon Blast x Giancarlo Esposito (Peak) Best trending AppGallery game. Winner: Petal Paws Honourable mentions: Last Asylum: Plague; MapleStory R: Evolution Leading app Store experience. Winner: HUAWEI AppGallery Honourable mentions: Epic Games Store; Samsung Galaxy Store Best indie Developer. Winner: Tech Tree Games Honourable mentions: Itatake; Runaway Play Company Culture Champion. Winner: Scopely Honourable mentions: Geeklab; SciPlay Best Forever Franchise. Winner: Monopoly GO! Honourable mentions: CSR Racing 2; Pokémon GO Best use of AI. Winner: Meshy Honourable mentions: Amazon Game Studios / Amber; Layer.ai Best Publisher. Winner: Scopely Honourable mentions: SayGames; Unico Studio Game of the Year. Winner: Pixel Flow! Honourable mentions: Arknights: Endfield; Block Blast!; Kingdom Rush Battles Mobile Legend. Winner: María Sayans A huge congratulations to everyone who walked away with a trophy - and to every finalist who made the shortlists. Companies.
Pokemon Go reveals first Twilight Trails season details, including new Megas & long-awaited Gen 9 debut. August 25, 2026, 10:30am Today is shaping up to be a pretty big day for Pokemon Go fans. The latest in-game event has begun, bringing two new adorable costumed Pikachu to the game. But apparently that wasn't enough excitement for one day. Scopely Explore has also unveiled the first real details about the next new season in Pokemon Go. The Twilight Trails season begins on September 8th and runs through December 1st. It's going to bring some exciting new content to the long-running mobile game. While I'm sure there's plenty more to come, the first details for the next season include some great additions, including new Megas and at least one much-needed Pokemon debut. As is tradition at this point, Twilight Trails will usher in the latest seasonal GO Pass. Major milestones this time around include increased Gift limits, extended Adventure Incense duration, and added XP and Stardust from hatching eggs. Of course, Comicbook'll also have a seasonal change-up to the egg pool to go along with that bonus, so hatching eggs is about to feel exciting again. The new season will also bring more Mega Evolved Pokemon to Pokemon Go, including at least two confirmed additions from Legends: Z-A. But most important of all, at least for my fellow dog Pokemon enthusiasts, Comicbook is finally getting Paldea's goodest boy, Maschiff, and its evolutions. New mega-evolved Pokemon and confirmed debuts in Pokemon Go: Twilight Trails. Comicbook don't yet have exact dates for its latest debuts in Pokemon Go. However, today's reveal includes details about some of the new Pokemon and Mega Evolutions Comicbook can expect to see this season. In terms of new Megas, Comicbook is getting the debuts of Mega Staraptor and Mega Chandelure. The blog post also teases "and more," so Comicbook'll likely see some additional new Megas in Pokemon Go before the season ends. New Max Pokemon will also be headed to the game, including Dynamax Sneasel, Dynamax Rhyhorn, and Dynamax Sizzlipede. As for brand-new entries in the Pokedex, Scopely is being pretty tight-lipped on the whole. Thus far, they've confirmed just one new line headed to Pokemon Go during the Twilight Trails season. At long last, Maschiff and its evolutions will be available in Pokemon Go at some point this season. The season description teases more Pokemon originally from Paldea, so it's quite possible that Maschiff is just the beginning of its Gen 9 debuts for this season. All Community Day dates for the Twilight Trails season in Pokemon Go. Of course, a new season reveal isn't complete without those Community Day dates for its calendars. This season's community days will take place on the following dates: * September 12th: Community Day Classic * October 10th: Community Day * November 21st: Community day Thus far, Comicbook don't know which Pokemon will feature in these Community Days. That information is usually revealed a bit closer to the date, so stay tuned to see which Pokemon Comicbook'll be able to easily Shiny Hunt this month. The new season will also bring about a series of new events, plus other surprises to come. You can read the full details, including this season's updated egg pool, over at the official Twilight Trails seasonal landing page.