Modeled career paths · Legal operations

Where does a Senior Manager, Legal Operations go next?

What employers are asking a Senior Manager, Legal Operations for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Typical advancement

VP Legal Operations+43% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

84% of modeled moves out of Senior Manager, Legal Operations go here

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Higher-growth opportunity

Chief Compliance Officer+54% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Compliance. 4% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

VP Legal+43% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Managing Counsel. 3% joint modeled share

executive step100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Principal+37% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Engagement Manager. 2% joint modeled share

executive step100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Adjacent career

Director of Compliance+8% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Senior Manager, Legal Operations go here

lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there

Senior Litigation Support Manager-4% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Senior Manager, Legal Operations go here

lateral0% of modeled exits move upward from there

Engagement Manager-4% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Senior Manager, Legal Operations go here

lateral86% of modeled exits move upward from there

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