Legal Operations Analyst

Organization Summary

Cascade Asset Management Company (“Cascade”) is the private investment firm that manages a multi-billion-dollar portfolio on behalf of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation Trust. Cascade’s mission is to generate superior long-term returns to support and advance the vital work of Mr. Gates and the Gates Foundation.

Led by the same Chief Investment Officer for more than 30 years, Cascade has built a strong track record through a fundamental, long-horizon investment approach. Cascade invests across asset classes and geographies, primarily through direct investments, as well as a select group of funds and segregated accounts.

Cascade is headquartered in the Seattle, Washington area.

Team Description

Our 19-person legal and regulatory team prioritizes collaboration, creativity, and innovation. In addition to providing superb legal advice, our team focuses on building deep relationships to add value to our investment process.

Position Description

The Legal Operations Analyst will design, maintain, and enhance systems and tools that support legal operations, with a strong emphasis on data integrity, analytics and reporting, automation, generative AI, and process optimization. This role supports the legal and regulatory team’s work on trading, transactions, risk and assurance, and compliance matters related to our diverse public and private portfolio. This role bridges the gap between legal and technical domains and is ideal for someone who has worked inside legal workflows, is proficient in Power BI, and actively experiments with AI tools. The analyst will be responsible for developing and managing workflows, legal datasets, and scalable solutions that improve efficiency and support Cascade’s legal and compliance efforts. This role collaborates cross-functionally with legal, technology, and other investment operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

•Data & Reporting: Build and maintain Power BI dashboards, data models, and reporting that give the legal team and leadership visibility into legal, compliance, and risk and assurance data

•Legal Tech Systems: Oversee systems and processes for various legal data and workflows, including knowledge management, trade support, regulatory compliance, employee trading, vendor contracts, enterprise risk management, assurance, and more. Administer, populate, and report from multiple databases that capture information about our legal entities, investments, trading restrictions, counterparties, workflows, and other matters

•Process Optimization & Automation: Identify operational inefficiencies and propose and implement scalable, tech-enabled solutions; own and evolve workflows

•Enterprise Risk: Maintain dynamic risk assessment frameworks and tools to facilitate annual risk reviews, assurance activities, and reports to leadership

•AI Exploration & Implementation: Research and evaluate emerging AI tools relevant to legal and compliance functions, providing recommendations on adoption and designing and executing implementation plans. Configure and maintain AI capabilities such as review playbooks, custom skills and prompts, and contract intelligence repositories, testing and iterating on outputs with accountability for quality. Stay current on legal tech and AI trends to inform system enhancements and innovation opportunities

•Training & Adoption: Drive adoption of legal technology and AI across the legal and regulatory team through demonstrations, user guides, and feedback loops, and track and report adoption and outcomes

•Project Management: Participate in and manage legal and cross-department projects

How You'll Work

You will work on systems and projects end-to-end, from scoping through delivery. Much of your work may start out underspecified, as a problem with no established process, incomplete data, and no obvious owner, and you will be expected to figure out the path forward. We are looking for someone who:

•Can take a problem and run with it, applying genuine curiosity and practical judgment to make reasonable calls with sometimes imperfect information, while seeking guidance when required and escalating things that genuinely need escalating

•Stays with hard problems, finding a third approach when the first two fail rather than handing the problem back

•Commits to dates and hits them, and flags slippage early when a date is at risk

•Seeks out direct feedback and acts on it quickly

•Is comfortable working without a detailed roadmap in an environment where priorities shift

Skills and Qualifications

•Bachelor’s degree with strong academic credentials in a relevant field (e.g. pre-law, business analytics, computer science, or similar)

•Three to six years of experience in legal operations, legal technology, compliance operations, or a comparable analytical role, with direct exposure to legal or compliance workflows

•Strong Power BI skills preferred, including data modeling, DAX, and dashboard design, plus strong Excel skills and hands-on familiarity with Smartsheet; experience with SQL and Power Apps is a strong plus

•Experience with legal tools, such as GC AI, Harvey, Legora, CoCounsel, or comparable is a strong plus

•Hands-on experience with AI tools along with a demonstrated appetite for experimentation, and a practical understanding of where these tools succeed and where they fail

•Familiarity with data security, information governance, and compliance considerations for AI and legal technology is a plus

•Strong analytical and process improvement skills; ability to work with complex data and systems

•Meticulous attention to detail

•Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to present confidently and to lead demonstrations and training sessions for groups

•Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional environment with internal and external contacts at all levels, establishing credibility with senior stakeholders and translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences.

What We Offer

Cascade is committed to paying employees equitably for substantially similar work. Base salary for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple reasons, including but not limited to relevant experience, knowledge, education, and the degree to which a candidate meets the role requirements, current business needs, and market factors. A reasonable estimate of the current base salary range for this position will generally be between $120,000 to $140,000 per year, but the final salary offered may be outside this range based on these reasons and individual circumstances. Additionally, base salary is only part of the total compensation package as we believe that our employees are the reason for our success, and in recognition of their contributions, eligible employees may participate in a generous annual performance-based discretionary bonus program.

Cascade proudly supports our employees and their families with a comprehensive fully paid benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, long-term disability insurance, and a generous employer match to 401(k) retirement savings contributions. Employees are also eligible for 18 days of paid vacation each year for the first four years of employment, eight paid holidays, up to three floating holidays per year, up to 14 days of sick leave, and a generous paid parental and family leave program. Our benefits also include several employee wellness programs and mental health resources, a charitable giving match, and reimbursement for fitness, daycare, and/or commuter expenses. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t line up with every qualification, we encourage you to apply.

What We Value

Cascade is deeply committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants seeking employment. All employment decisions are based on a candidate’s or employee’s capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, national origin, citizenship, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Questions regarding accommodation requests due to a disability should be directed to Human Resources.

Employment Requirements

Upon hire, you are required to present proof of your eligibility to legally work in the U.S.