Senior Specialist, Paralegal, Commercial Law Group

JOB DESCRIPTION

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Assisting with the design, testing, deployment, and ongoing management of digital employees and AI‑enabled tools that support legal workflows, including contracting and negotiations.
• Supporting enterprise AI governance efforts, including intake triage, issue tracking, workflow coordination, and the maintenance of governance documentation.
• Performing data analytics and reporting to support transactional work, including extracting, analysing, and presenting insights on contracts and trends, and partnering with attorneys and other stakeholders to maintain and enhance contracting‑related datasets, dashboards, and reporting used for management, risk, and strategic decision‑making.
• Supporting the administration, optimization, and adoption of legal technology platforms, including CLM systems, contract repositories, analytics tools, and AI‑driven legal solutions.
• Helping to develop, document, and maintain processes, controls, and playbooks relating to AI use, data governance, and legal operations.
• Communicating and coordinating 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.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• 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 interest in AI, automation, and advanced legal technology.
• Experience supporting contracting, negotiations, or third-party governance is strongly preferred.
• High degree of comfort working with technology platforms and digital workflows.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communicator and collaborator.
• Curious, proactive, and motivated to contribute to legal innovation.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. We’re proud to be recognized for our commitment to innovation, inclusion, and excellence - both as a firm and within our Legal department.

Legal Department Awards:

• FT Innovative Lawyers North America 2024 – Winner: Innovation in Operational Transformation (adoption of generative AI)
• Legalweek 2025 | ALM Law.com – Most Innovative Legal Department of the Year
• 2025 Pennsylvania Legal Awards – Winner: In-House Impact Award

Firmwide Recognition:

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

ABOUT US

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

ABOUT THE TEAM

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at BNY Newsroom & BNY LinkedIn

Here’s a few of our recent awards:

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers 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.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting.

Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. 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.