Legal Operations Lead
- Salary
- $160K–$200K
- Moves you to
- United States
- Support
- Visa sponsorshipRelocation support
- Posted
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About the Role
Build and own the legal operating system at an early-stage AI infrastructure company. This hands-on role combines commercial contracting with the design of scalable workflows, helping the business manage growing legal needs while balancing risk, speed, and business priorities.
What You'll Do
Own legal intake, prioritization, contracting workflows, approvals, escalation paths, document management, and outside-counsel coordination.
Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, data licenses, SLAs, NDAs, vendor agreements, and partner contracts.
Create and maintain contract templates and negotiation playbooks for recurring issues such as data rights and usage restrictions.
Identify opportunities to streamline or automate high-volume legal workflows using software and AI, while preserving appropriate human review.
Set clear guidelines for what legal work is handled internally, standardized, automated, or escalated to leadership or outside counsel.
Scope outside-counsel work efficiently, manage legal spend, and reserve external support for specialist or high-value matters.
What We're Looking For
At least 5 years of experience in legal operations, contracts management, commercial operations, or transactional legal work at a fast-growing technology company.
A law degree, such as an LLB or equivalent, and hands-on experience with US commercial contracting conventions.
Strong skills drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial technology agreements, with sound judgment about when specialist advice is needed.
Experience with intellectual property law, contract workflows, intake systems, document management, approval frameworks, and outside-counsel relationships.
Experience creating templates and negotiation playbooks, and building or scaling legal operations or contract management functions.
Familiarity with legal technology, workflow automation, and AI, plus commercial judgment and experience with data licensing or other IP-intensive businesses.
Compensation & Benefits
Annual salary range: $160,000 to $200,000 USD, plus equity and comprehensive benefits. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are available for strong candidates.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, or Singapore. San Francisco is the primary location.