Title:

Paralegal

Job Description:

Job Overview

Paralegal /Operations professional will support a litigation heavy legal function spanning SBM Operations and Real Estate. This role requires an individual who can operate with urgency, discretion, and strategic judgment, while maintaining tight operational control over litigation activity and outside counsel spending.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone with a strong paralegal foundation, experience within a corporate legal department, and exposure to law firm environments.

Roles & Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.

• Support active litigation across business lines, including pleadings, discovery, motions, and filings.
• Track and manage critical litigation dates (e.g., summary judgment motions, hearings, trial preparation).
• Maintain real time awareness of case status and proactively prepare matter summaries and timelines.
• Serve as day-to-day point of contact for outside counsel, ensuring responsiveness, alignment, and accountability.
• Manage and analyze outside counsel spend, including invoice review, cost tracking, and reporting over time.
• Run and maintain legal operations reports related to litigation activity, costs, and vendor performance.
• Partner closely with legal leadership to support matter strategy and execution.
• Other administrative duties as assigned.

Qualification

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Education and/or Experience

5+ years of experience spanning paralegal and/or legal operations work.

Background in a corporate legal department, with law firm training or experience.

Strong litigation experience; comfortable supporting strategic motion practice.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Highly organized, proactive, and immediately responsive.

Trusted operator who can manage sensitive matters with discretion.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position carries no supervisor responsibilities.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is frequently required to walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Compensation: $80,000-$95,000 per year

Open to Remote Work

Benefits:

SBM offers comprehensive benefit packages. For information about SBM's benefits, please visit SBM's website at:

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