Senior Legal Specialist, Data Analyst/AI Specialist - Commercial Law Group

About the role

In this role, you’ll make an impact by collaborating with attorneys to design, develop, and manage BNY Legal’s custom-built AI solutions to modernize the Legal Department's operations, including developing an Agentic AI workflow to support contracting and negotiations. You’ll also support BNY’s firmwide AI governance efforts, perform data analytics and reporting to support transactional work, and communicate and coordinate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with attorneys to design, develop, and manage BNY Legal’s custom-built AI solutions to modernize the Legal Department's operations, including developing an Agentic AI workflow to support contracting and negotiations.
• Support BNY’s firmwide AI governance efforts, including intake triage, issue tracking, workflow coordination, and maintaining governance documentation.
• Perform data analytics and reporting to support transactional work, including extracting, analyzing, and presenting insights on contracts and trends, and partnering with attorneys and business clients to maintain and enhance datasets, dashboards, and reporting used for risk management and strategic decision-making.
• Support the administration, optimization, and adoption of legal technology platforms, including CLM systems, contract repositories, analytics tools, and custom-built AI solutions.
• Communicate and coordinate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including business teams, sourcing, and external counsel, to support contracting processes, vendor management, data quality, and related governance initiatives.

Requirements

• Experience in a paralegal, analyst, or legal operations role, preferably within a corporate or financial services environment.
• Strong data analytics skills, including experience working with structured and unstructured data, spreadsheets, reporting tools, dashboards, or legal analytics platforms.
• Demonstrated experience or strong curiosity in AI, automation, and legal innovation.
• A high degree of comfort working with technology platforms and digital workflows.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and a proactive mindset.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• An effective communicator and collaborator.
• Experience supporting contracting, negotiations, or third-party governance is beneficial.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking candidates with:

• Experience in a paralegal, analyst, or legal operations role, preferably within a corporate or financial services environment.
• Strong data analytics skills, including experience working with structured and unstructured data, spreadsheets, reporting tools, dashboards, or legal analytics platforms.
• Demonstrated experience or strong curiosity in AI, automation, and legal innovation.
• A high degree of comfort working with technology platforms and digital workflows.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and a proactive mindset.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• An effective communicator and collaborator.
• Experience supporting contracting, negotiations, or third-party governance is beneficial.

Skills

Skills required for this role include:

• Experience in a paralegal, analyst, or legal operations role, preferably within a corporate or financial services environment.
• Strong data analytics skills, including experience working with structured and unstructured data, spreadsheets, reporting tools, dashboards, or legal analytics platforms.
• Demonstrated experience or strong curiosity in AI, automation, and legal innovation.
• A high degree of comfort working with technology platforms and digital workflows.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and a proactive mindset.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• An effective communicator and collaborator.
• Experience supporting contracting, negotiations, or third-party governance is beneficial.

Benefits

At BNY, we offer highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

Pay

Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, the employee will be in an “at will” position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Schedule

Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, the employee will be in an “at will” position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.