Legal Business Analyst – ELM Platforms & Migration
Donato Technologies Inc
Sunnyvale, CA
Legal Business Analyst – ELM Platforms & Migration
Location: Sunnyvale, CA (Onsite)
Experience: 5–8 years as Business Analyst + 1–2 years in Legal Domain
Requirements Gathering & Documentation | Captures business needs accurately. |
ELM Platform Knowledge | Understands legal system capabilities. |
Legal Domain Knowledge | Understands legal workflows and terminology. |
Process Analysis & Workflow Design | Enables optimized future workflows. |
Project Coordination & Stakeholder Communication | Ensures smooth collaboration and delivery. |
About the Role
We are seeking a Legal Business Analyst to support our legal operations and enterprise legal management initiatives, including platform migrations and process optimization. This role focuses on understanding legal workflows, gathering business requirements, and partnering with IT and legal teams to deliver effective solutions across ELM platforms such as TeamConnect, Litify, Passport, Onit, or similar systems.
You will collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to assess requirements, design workflows, support platform transitions, and ensure that enterprise legal systems meet business needs effectively.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead requirement gathering, analysis, and documentation for ELM platform migrations and enhancements.
- Define future-state workflows, create process flows, use cases, and business specifications.
- Partner with legal operations, counsel’s office, and IT teams to translate business needs into system design and workflow solutions.
- Support the design, configuration, and implementation of enterprise legal management systems.
- Assist with User Acceptance Testing (UAT), track issues, and contribute to system validation and deployment readiness.
- Prepare documentation and reports for leadership, including status updates, risk assessments, and project summaries.
- Support the operations of deployed systems, including eBilling, IP portfolio management, matter management, and compliance workflows.
- Identify opportunities for process and system optimization to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Handle confidential and sensitive legal information with discretion and professionalism.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 5–8 years of experience as a Business Analyst in application development, process improvement, or system implementation projects.
- 1–2 years experience in the legal domain, preferably in legal operations or corporate legal teams.
- Familiarity with ELM platforms such as TeamConnect, Litify, Passport, Onit, or similar systems.
- Understanding of legal operations, including:
- Intellectual Property (IP) management
- Legal compliance
- Matter and case management
- eBilling and financial workflows
- Experience documenting business processes, creating requirements, and facilitating stakeholder alignment.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
Preferred Skills
- Exposure to data migration projects or platform transition initiatives.
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Awareness of emerging trends in enterprise legal management and legal operations.
Looking forward to hearing from you.