Legal Operations Program Manager, M&A Integrations

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. We are looking for a high-impact Legal Operations Program Manager to join our expanding Legal Operations Team and sit at the center of our mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity! This is a strategy-to-execution role focused on post-acquisition integration: bringing acquired companies’ legal teams, legal entities, contracts, litigation and matters, outside counsel relationships, and compliance obligations into the Lyft Legal organization. To be clear, this is a business and organizational M&A integration role, not a systems or technology integration role. You will serve as the operating backbone for Legal across our most strategic transactions, owning the legal workstream of M&A integration in partnership with Lyft’s Corporate Development Integration Management Office (IMO), along with the intake and governance layer that connects the Legal team to deal work. The ideal candidate is detail oriented, proactive, and able to drive outcomes across multiple concurrent acquisitions in ambiguous, high-stakes environments with a collaborative and transparent approach. Some key areas include: M&A integration program management, program leadership across concurrent deals, cross-functional and deal team engagement, outside counsel and vendor management across jurisdictions, legal entity management and governance, and building a repeatable M&A integration operating model that scales with company growth. This position reports to the Head of Legal Operations. As the company scales, the volume and complexity of strategic transactions — acquisitions, cross-border expansion, and new market entry — continues to increase. This role establishes a centralized operating model for the legal side of M&A integration that ensures: • Acquisitions are integrated into Lyft Legal with discipline, completeness, and a clear critical path • Legal is embedded early in each deal, from diligence through post-close, with strong planning-to-execution across multiple teams to deliver strong business results and manage risk • The organization scales without inheriting unmanaged legal, contractual, or compliance risk from acquired companies Responsibilities: • M&A Integration Program Management • Own the legal workstream of M&A integration across global acquisitions, from integration planning during diligence through post-close, in partnership with Corporate Development’s Integration Management Office (IMO) • Build legal M&A integration roadmaps with clear dependencies and critical path, covering people, entities, contracts, matters, and compliance obligations, and stand up governance, reporting, and escalation frameworks for each acquisition • Prepare and lead leadership readouts on the legal integration status of each acquisition in scope • Track the retirement of inherited legal risk and post-close obligations, and codify repeatable legal M&A integration playbooks to improve speed, quality, and predictability • Program Leadership & Execution • Act as the control tower across concurrent acquisitions, ensuring legal integration work is resourced, sequenced, and prioritized appropriately across teams • Build and manage integrated plans, milestones, and KPIs, and drive execution across multiple complex, cross-functional deal workstreams simultaneously • Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, holding teams accountable while maintaining strong cross-functional relationships • Maintain high-quality documentation, decision logs, and scalable processes • Cross-Functional Engagement & Deal Support • Partner across Corporate Development, Finance, People, Tax, Security, and the business to understand each deal’s integration plan and identify impacts on the Legal team’s people, processes, and organization • Support diligence and signing-to-close workstreams, including data room logistics, tracking conditions to close, and managing transaction document repositories • Coordinate a hub-and-spoke model that maps acquired legal team members, contracts, and matters to the appropriate Lyft Legal functional owners, surfacing risks and tradeoffs early • Support the organizational integration of acquired legal teams, including role mapping, reporting lines, onboarding, and adoption of Lyft Legal policies and ways of working • Outside Counsel / Vendor Management • Work cross-functionally with Legal, Procurement, and Accounting to manage outside counsel and vendor relationships for deal and post-acquisition matters, including engagement agreements, alternative fee arrangements, associated budgets, compliance with billing guidelines, and related internal and external communications • Rationalize the acquired company’s outside counsel and legal vendor relationships against Lyft’s panel and billing guidelines, and manage multi-jurisdictional and cross-border engagements (including U.S., UK, EU, and Nordic counsel) • Partner closely with our Legal Operations eBilling Specialist to transition acquired matters and spend onto Lyft’s e-Billing and matter management processes • Entity Management & Governance • Support legal entity integration, rationalization, registered agent and entity management, corporate housekeeping, and governance harmonization for newly acquired entities • Partner with Corporate, Tax, and Finance to maintain accurate entity records and ensure post-close compliance and reporting obligations are met • Operating Model, Technology & Reporting • Help stand up and evolve the Legal M&A integration operating model, defining best practices for integration governance, intake, and cross-functional operating rhythms — introducing structure without slowing teams down • Own the intake and prioritization layer for legal M&A integration work, defining criteria (impact, risk, effort, strategic alignment), providing pipeline visibility, and facilitating prioritization discussions with Legal leadership • Develop, implement, and iterate on metrics, benchmarking, and dashboards that measure integration progress for each acquisition, legal spend, and the Legal team’s performance and efficiency Experience: • A bachelor’s degree or higher, preferred • At least 6+ years of experience in legal operations, BizOps, program management, or consulting, with direct experience in post-merger / post-acquisition integration or large-scale M&A program management • Excellent written and communication skills, with executive presence and the ability to drive clarity across senior stakeholders • Understanding of financial management principles, including deal budgets and integration cost tracking • Experience supporting corporate transactions, due diligence, and post-close integration of acquired companies, ideally in partnership with an Integration Management Office (IMO) • Familiarity with cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters; European experience a plus • Ability to operate in ambiguity and drive outcomes in high-stakes, fast-moving environments • Strong organizational thinking — understanding how people, processes, and obligations connect when two companies come together • Strong business partnering skills with a commitment to professionalism, collegiality, and transparency • Proactive entrepreneurial approach to recognizing needs, solving problems, anticipating issues and developing solutions • Sense of ownership and exceptional follow through skills are absolutely essential • Experience leading change management for teams adopting new processes, policies, and tools • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage several projects and concurrent acquisitions simultaneously • Comfortable facing new challenges, ambiguity, and changes in direction; flexibility in embracing frequent change • Experience with Onit, Legal Tracker, Ironclad, Evisort, Tonkean, or equivalent tools, and Google Suite, a plus Benefits: • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled • Mental health benefits • Family building benefits • Child care and pet benefits • 401(k) plan to help save for your future • In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off • 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible • Subsidized commuter benefits • Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid The expected base pay range for this position in the New York City area is $132,000 - $165,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.