Legal Operations Program Manager, Integrations

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

We are looking for a high-impact Legal Operations Program Manager to join our expanding Legal Operations Team and sit at the center of our mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and post-close integration activity!

This is a strategy-to-execution role that serves as the operating backbone for Legal across our most strategic transactions — owning legal integration execution in partnership with Lyft’s Corporate Development Integration Management Office (IMO), and the intake and governance layer that connects the Legal team to deal and integration work.

The ideal candidate is tech-savvy, detail oriented, proactive, and able to drive outcomes across multiple concurrent transactions in ambiguous, high-stakes environments with a collaborative and transparent approach.

Some key areas include: M&A integration program management, program leadership across concurrent initiatives, cross-functional and deal team engagement, outside counsel and vendor management across jurisdictions, legal entity management and governance, and building the repeatable operating model that scales Legal integration with company growth.

This position reports to the Head of Legal Operations.

As the company scales, the volume and complexity of strategic transactions — M&A, cross-border expansion, and new market entry — continues to increase. This role establishes a centralized operating model for Legal integration that ensures:

Strategic transactions are executed with discipline, completeness, and a clear critical path

Legal is embedded early and effectively, with strong planning-to-execution across multiple teams to deliver strong business results and manage risk

The organization scales without accumulating operational, compliance, or technical debt

Responsibilities

M&A Integration Program Management

Own end-to-end legal integration across global acquisitions, from integration strategy during diligence through post-close, in partnership with Corporate Development’s Integration Management Office (IMO)

Build integrated legal roadmaps with clear dependencies and critical path, and stand up governance, reporting, and escalation frameworks for each transaction

Prepare and lead leadership readouts on the legal integration status of deals in scope

Implement value-realization and risk-retirement tracking, and codify repeatable legal integration playbooks to improve speed, quality, and predictability

Program Leadership & Execution

Act as the control tower across concurrent transactions and initiatives, ensuring legal work is resourced, sequenced, and prioritized appropriately across teams

Build and manage integrated plans, milestones, and KPIs, and drive execution across multiple complex, cross-functional workstreams simultaneously

Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, holding teams accountable while maintaining strong cross-functional relationships

Maintain high-quality documentation, decision logs, and scalable processes

Cross-Functional Engagement & Deal Support

Partner across Corporate Development, Finance, People, Tax, Security & Privacy, and the business to understand deal and product integration plans and identify impacts on Legal processes, systems, and organization

Support diligence and signing-to-close workstreams, including data room logistics, tracking conditions to close, and managing transaction document repositories

Coordinate a hub-and-spoke model that maps acquired legal teams and matters to the appropriate Lyft Legal functional owners, surfacing risks and tradeoffs early

Outside Counsel / Vendor Management

Work cross-functionally with Legal, Procurement, and Accounting to manage outside counsel and vendor relationships for deal and integration matters, including engagement agreements, alternative fee arrangements, associated budgets, compliance with billing guidelines, and related internal and external communications

Manage multi-jurisdictional and cross-border engagements (including U.S., UK, EU, and Nordic counsel), partnering closely with our Legal Operations eBilling Specialist on e-Billing, matter management, and platform optimizations

Entity Management & Governance

Support legal entity integration, registered agent and entity management, corporate housekeeping, and governance harmonization for newly acquired entities

Partner with Corporate, Tax, and Finance to maintain accurate entity records and ensure post-close compliance and reporting obligations are met

Operating Model, Technology & Reporting

Help stand up and evolve the Legal integration operating model, defining best practices for integration governance, intake, and cross-functional operating rhythms — introducing structure without slowing teams down

Own the intake and prioritization layer for Legal integration work, defining criteria (impact, risk, effort, strategic alignment), providing pipeline visibility, and facilitating prioritization discussions with Legal leadership

Onboard acquired entities, matters, and spend into Lyft’s matter management, eBilling, and contract management platforms, leading the associated change management

Develop, implement, and iterate on metrics, benchmarking, and dashboards that measure integration progress, legal spend, and the Legal team’s performance and efficiency

A bachelor’s degree or higher, preferred

At least 5-7 years of experience in legal operations, BizOps, program management, or consulting, with direct experience in M&A integration, large-scale program management, or strategic initiatives

Excellent written and communication skills, with executive presence and the ability to drive clarity across senior stakeholders

Understanding of financial management principles, including deal budgets, integration cost tracking, and value realization

Experience supporting corporate transactions, due diligence, or post-close integration, ideally in partnership with an Integration Management Office (IMO)

Familiarity with cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters; European experience a plus

Ability to operate in ambiguity and drive outcomes in high-stakes, fast-moving environments

Strong systems thinking — understanding how processes, systems, and people connect

Strong business partnering skills with a commitment to professionalism, collegiality, and transparency

Proactive entrepreneurial approach to recognizing needs, solving problems, anticipating issues and developing solutions

Sense of ownership and exceptional follow through skills are absolutely essential

Experience implementing and managing legal technology solutions, including change management

Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage several projects and concurrent transactions simultaneously

Comfortable facing new challenges, ambiguity, and changes in direction; flexibility in embracing frequent change

Experience with Onit, Legal Tracker, Ironclad, Evisort, Tonkean, or equivalent tools, and Google Suite, a plus

Benefits

Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled