Location: China Mainland
State/Province/City: Shanghai
City: Shanghai
Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)
Time Type: Full-time
Senior Legal Operations Specialist
Description & Requirements
who we are
lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.
position
Senior Legal Operations Specialist, China
reports to
Senior Legal Counsel, China
location
Shanghai
about this team
We are self-described “legal outliers.” We love the pace and the work we do together in living our purpose, we leverage systems and tools to deliver high quality legal guidance, we partner with the business to enable pace while balancing risk
The work environment we have built is evidence of the fullness of our lives (we wouldn’t choose a legal career anywhere else!) We believe in “the sweat life” – sweat, connection & grow – and we live it every day.
A day in the life
Based in the China Store Support Centre in Shanghai, and reporting to China Senior Legal Counsel or Legal Counsel assigned, you will play a critical dual-role across legal ops and frontline legal support to Retail Ops/stores.
core responsibilities
- Legal Support to Retail Ops and Brick-and-Mortar Stores
- Act as Legal contact with Retail Ops and stores to:
- Review and monitor a variety of retail-related contracts, maintain legal templates, SOPs, checklists, and guidance.
- Respond to day-to-day legal enquiries from Retail Ops and Stores.
- Advise on guest complaints and disputes arising from daily store operations.
- Develop and deliver practical, business-oriented legal training and guidance to Retail Ops and store teams.
- Represent Legal in Retail-related cross-functional projects and group discussion.
- Corporate & License Governance
- Independently lead licensing processes for New Store Openings (NSO), store optimization projects, and corporate updates (e.g., WFOE changes), including business licenses, hygiene permits, and other required certifications.
- Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders, landlords, and external agencies to ensure timely and compliant license completion.
- Represent legal as the license owner in cross-functional O&O meeting, ensuring alignment and timely execution.
- Create new entity/branch/E-stamps into systems promptly, complete required actions in systems.
- Maintain accurate, complete, and audit-ready records of all corporate licenses and filings.
- Budget, Payment & Vendor Management
- Manage the legal team’s budget tracking, accruals, and forecasting in alignment with AOP planning and cadence.
- Oversee invoices, billing, payments, and reimbursement processes of legal team, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Manage and liaise with external vendors of legal team, help with engagement execution, projects coordination and service management.
- Team Engagement & Global Collaboration
- Serve as the key liaison between China Legal and Global/APAC Legal Ops teams.
- Lead and localize global legal ops initiatives in China, including legal team ojectives/ legal stratgies and digital transformation projects.
- Design and host team engagement or program for China Legal Team, from perspectives either culture, learning, personal development or team-work efficiency.
- Actively explore legal AI tools that can help improve the efficiency of legal team, freeing up team members from routine tasks and allowing them to focus on more valuable and strategic legal work.
- Other Legal Ops works；
- Maintain legal systems and platforms (e.g. China Legal Hub, BestSign, Store Portfolio TA data/ documents management platform, etc.), ensuring data accuracy, proper documentation management, and timely updates.
- Be responsible for contract filing of hardcopies and monitor execution of contract filing policy.
- Collaborate closely with legal ops team members on system maintenance, providing mutual backup and support as needed.
- Any ad-hoc tasks assigned by China Legal team from time to time.
qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in law.
- 3-5 years work experience, experience with retail industry is a plus.
- Fluent English and Mandarin written and oral skills required.
- Excellent skill in PPT, excel or technicial background would be a plus.
must haves
- Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
- Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
- Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
- Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
- Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
- Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take yourself too seriously.
additional notes
Authorization to work in China is required for this role.
workplace arrangement
Hybrid
In-person collaboration and connection is important to our culture. Work is performed onsite, minimum 4 days per week.
Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.
lululemon is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you would like someone from our team to contact you for individualized support, email us ataccommodations@lululemon.com. In your email, please include the position title, the location of the position and the nature of your request.