Sr. Legal Project Specialist – Hybrid based in Nashville, TN

About the job

The Sr. Legal Project Specialist works independently to help Tenet’s in-house legal counsel efficiently manage a growing portfolio of legal matters by (1) assisting in the management and administration of Tenet’s business relationships with outside law firms and legal vendors; (2) serving as an operational primary point of contact with those outside firms, and; (3) developing and driving business process improvements that help streamline the delivery of legal services.

Position is based in Nashville.  In office 2-3 days per week/work from home other days.

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer business relationships with outside law firms and legal service vendors.

• Assist in set up and updating of legal matters in Tenet’s enterprise legal management, e-billing, case tracking, and budgeting software platform (LegalTracker).

• Assist in billing-related functions, including reviewing and analyzing legal invoices, ensuring proper cost allocation and posting to the correct legal matter, and identifying opportunities for cost reduction.

• Primary point of contact for Tenet Legal operations team and law firm client relations representatives.

• Litigation Support

• Work with Tenet in-house counsel to develop and establish litigation priorities and calendar.

• Help ensure Tenet’s outside counsel timely receive documents and information from various Tenet business functions so they can prosecute and defend legal claims efficiently and effectively.

• Work with outside counsel and internal Tenet stakeholders to help facilitate reporting of legal updates including litigation status updates and legal cost and net recovery reporting.

• Other Administrative Support

• Maintaining and updating litigation calendar used by Tenet lawyers, business clients, and witnesses.

• Provide other administrative support as needed (occasional).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience.

• 3+ years of legal administrative support, paralegal, and/or project management experience is desirable.  Healthcare or litigation experience is a plus.

• MS Word and Excel competency.

• Ability to learn and use other tools.

• Inquisitive self-starter, who can utilize existing resources to track down answers even when not readily apparent.

• Highly skilled at planning, organizing, time/task/resource management.

• Strong attention to detail and written communication skills (email).

• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to get work done independently.

• Ability to work and manage across a wide range of business and executive team members without direction.

• Ability to work on a small but important team and willingness to pitch in as needed.

Additional Information

• Job Identification: 2603027323
• Job Category: Administrative Functions
• Posting Date: 2026-10-23
• Job Schedule: Full time
• Assignment Category: Full Time