Senior Manager, Legal Operations & Contracts

Role overview Olema seeks a Senior Manager for its Legal Operations & Contracts team in San Francisco, California. This leadership role centers on strengthening legal workflows and managing contract processes throughout the organization. Key responsibilities Collaborate with teams across the company to maintain legal compliance and streamline contract-relate…

brainco seeks a part-time Legal Operations Specialist on a contract basis in the San Francisco Bay Area. This role centers on supporting the legal team and making daily operations more efficient. Role overview The Legal Operations Specialist will help refine legal processes and offer hands-on assistance to the legal department. The position is designed to improve workflow and ensure the team’s work proceeds without unnecessary obstacles. Key focus areas Streamlining and enhancing legal processes Providing direct operational support to the legal team Contributing to a smooth and organized work environment Location and schedule This is a part-time contract role based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Join Scopely as a Senior Legal Operations Manager, where you will play a pivotal role in streamlining legal processes and enhancing operational efficiencies. Your expertise will help us navigate the complexities of legal compliance and support our dynamic business environment. You will collaborate closely with various departments to ensure our legal operations align seamlessly with our strategic objectives, fostering a culture of compliance and innovation.

At Ripple, we are redefining the way value is transmitted globally, enhancing economic fairness and opportunity for individuals and businesses alike. Our innovative crypto solutions empower financial institutions, businesses, governments, and developers, creating a more equitable global financial ecosystem. Join us to make impactful contributions and develop your skills in a supportive environment where teamwork and collaboration are paramount.If you’re eager to make a significant impact and explore exceptional career development opportunities, we invite you to be a part of our journey in building real-world value.ROLE OVERVIEW:We are on the lookout for a Senior Legal Operations Manager who will architect and expand the operational framework of our global Legal Department. As the inaugural dedicated legal operations hire, you will report directly to the Deputy General Counsel. Your mission will be to evaluate our current operations, establish a forward-thinking operational model, and systematically implement processes and technologies that enable our legal, compliance, and policy functions to keep pace with our business growth. This role demands a strategic vision and robust operational acumen.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:Revise, implement, and enforce billing standards, oversee billing processes, and enhance cost efficiency across external legal expenditures.Conduct audits of existing technology tools, identify deficiencies, and develop a comprehensive multi-year legal technology strategy encompassing matter management, contract lifecycle management, e-billing, and AI-driven workflows.Champion initiatives that leverage automation, AI, and data insights to optimize our service delivery across the organization.Facilitate the Legal Department's annual planning process, including budget management and resource allocation.Create a legal operations dashboard to monitor metrics such as matter volume, cycle times, contract turnaround, and external counsel expenditures.Oversee the design, implementation, and management of our suite of legal systems, ensuring they are optimized, well-integrated, and aligned with business objectives.Manage relationships with external vendors and consultants to ensure successful partnerships and maximized ROI.Coordinate and manage initiatives that foster team culture and support the day-to-day operations of the Legal Team, including all-hands meetings, training resources, onboarding, and team-building activities.

At Superhuman, we embrace a dynamic hybrid working model for this position. This flexible arrangement allows our team members to benefit from both focused work time and in-person collaboration, nurturing trust, innovation, and a robust team culture.Candidates for this role must reside in the San Francisco Bay Area or the New York Metropolitan Area, with a requirement to collaborate on-site two days a week.About SuperhumanAs part of the Superhuman family, Grammarly contributes to our mission of unlocking the superhuman potential in everyone through our AI-driven productivity platform. Our suite includes tools that integrate seamlessly with over 1 million applications and websites, including Grammarly's writing assistance, Coda's collaborative workspaces, and Go, our proactive AI assistant that contextualizes and delivers timely help. Since our founding in 2009, Superhuman has empowered over 40 million users, 50,000 organizations, and 3,000 educational institutions globally to eliminate busywork and focus on what truly matters. Explore more about us at superhuman.com and discover our values here.The OpportunityAs we pursue our ambitious growth targets, we are seeking a Legal Operations Manager to join our Legal team. This role will concentrate on optimizing and scaling our established legal infrastructure, focusing on data, systems, and capacity planning to ensure the Legal team acts as a strategic business partner.In your capacity as Legal Operations Manager, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our legal operations function by collaborating closely with Legal leadership and cross-functional partners to boost efficiency, visibility, and predictability across legal workstreams. This hands-on position is ideal for someone who thrives on translating data into operational strategies and continually enhancing the delivery of legal services.

Join Our TeamBecome an integral part of Hinge Health as a Contracts Manager, playing a vital role in driving our commercial growth while safeguarding our legal interests. In this position, you will not only review contracts but also serve as a strategic ally to our Sales, Client Success, and Procurement teams. Your expertise will help ensure that our agreements, ranging from complex customer contracts to essential vendor partnerships, are executed swiftly and accurately. As we modernize our legal operations, you will leverage advanced AI tools and data to create a scalable, world-class contracting framework.Your Impact in the First YearFirst 3 Months: Get acquainted with our contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems and playbooks. Establish trust with the Commercial Legal team by independently drafting and negotiating standard agreements (NDAs, vendor contracts) while ensuring that 100% of new requests are tracked and managed efficiently.First 6 Months: Take ownership of the contract lifecycle for your designated business units, actively reducing turnaround times by identifying bottlenecks. Collaborate with attorneys on complex commercial negotiations and lead the update of our standard operating procedures (SOPs) to align with evolving business strategies.First Year: Serve as a subject matter expert in our contracting strategy, contributing to pivotal negotiations and strategic alliances. Lead the integration of new legal technologies, including AI, to automate routine tasks, enabling the team to focus on high-impact legal work.Your ProfileA Lifelong Learner: You have a solid grasp of contract law and are eager to expand your knowledge. You proactively research industry trends and new legal concepts to support the team.A Process Innovator: You don't just adhere to processes; you enhance them. You excel at identifying inefficiencies and possess the drive to implement scalable solutions through improved templates or technology.A Clear Communicator: You can distill complex legal risks into straightforward, actionable advice for business stakeholders, fostering alignment between Legal, Finance, and Sales.

Join Superhuman, where we embrace a hybrid work model that offers the best of both worlds: focused time and collaborative in-person interactions that foster innovation and a robust team culture.This role requires team members to be located in the San Francisco Bay Area or New York Metropolitan Area, with a commitment to collaborate in person at least two days a week.About SuperhumanSuperhuman, now integrated with Grammarly, is an AI-driven productivity platform dedicated to unlocking the full potential of individuals. Our suite of applications seamlessly integrates with over a million tools and platforms, enhancing productivity across various domains. Our offerings include Grammarly’s writing support, Coda’s collaborative workspaces, Mail’s inbox management, and Go, an intelligent AI assistant that proactively understands context to provide timely assistance. Since our inception in 2009, we have empowered over 40 million users, 50,000 organizations, and 3,000 educational institutions globally, enabling them to eliminate busywork and concentrate on what truly matters. Discover more at superhuman.com and explore our values here.The OpportunityWe are on the lookout for a Legal Operations Manager to join our expanding Legal team, tasked with optimizing and scaling our robust legal framework. This pivotal role emphasizes data management, system optimization, and capacity planning to ensure the Legal team remains a strategic partner within the organization.As the Legal Operations Manager, you will play an integral role in refining our legal operations, collaborating closely with Legal leadership and cross-functional teams to enhance efficiency, transparency, and predictability across legal workflows. This position is ideal for someone who thrives on translating data into actionable operational strategies and is committed to enhancing the delivery of legal services.In this role, your responsibilities will include:Designing legal operations processes that bolster a mature, high-growth legal environment.Overseeing and enhancing key legal technology systems, including Ironclad (for Contract Lifecycle Management) and Brightflag (for legal spend and matter management).Creating and maintaining dashboards and reports on contract cycle times, legal demand, workloads, and service-level agreement performance.Identifying and analyzing trends in legal demand and performance to guide staffing, budgeting, and process enhancements.Leading continuous improvement initiatives across legal workflows, intake processes, and knowledge management.

About Sigma Computing Sigma Computing is a San Francisco-based startup focused on changing how organizations use data analytics. The team values innovation, collaboration, and high standards. As Sigma grows, the company is seeking a Contracts Manager to strengthen legal operations and support ongoing expansion. Role Overview The Contracts Manager - Commercial Paralegal will manage the full lifecycle of commercial agreements, ensuring compliance and reducing risk. This role includes maintaining the contract database and improving contract management processes. What You Will Do Contract Management Maintain and organize the company’s contract database, following established contract management protocols. Track contract timelines, renewals, and commitments through the contract management system. Advise internal teams on contract terms and company policies. Legal Support and Operations Update contract templates and playbooks, looking for ways to standardize processes. Assist the General Counsel with projects such as tool selection, RFPs, and working with outside counsel. Maintain an effective intranet presence for the legal and compliance team. Create operational guides and other content resources. Support contract-related initiatives and process improvements within the legal department. Help track and manage legal department budgets. Set up systems to monitor KPIs and other key metrics for the legal team. Team Collaboration Work closely with internal teams such as finance and operations to provide legal support across the company. Coordinate with external counsel when needed. Location This position is based in San Francisco, CA.

Join our dynamic legal team as a Legal Operations Analyst at SquareTrade, Inc. As a pivotal member of our department, you will be responsible for streamlining legal processes, enhancing operational efficiency, and supporting the overall effectiveness of our legal strategies. You will collaborate closely with various stakeholders to ensure compliance, manage legal documents, and improve workflows.

Airtable is a leading no-code application platform that empowers individuals closest to the work to streamline and enhance their most critical business processes. With over 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, leveraging Airtable to revolutionize their workflow, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of innovation.The Airtable Legal team is dedicated to offering proactive, realistic, and strategic legal advice that maximizes business impact while embodying our core values of integrity, creativity, and ambition. We are excited to invite a talented Senior Contracts Manager, specializing in Procurement and AI, to join our dynamic legal team. This role provides an exceptional opportunity to lead and develop the vendor contracting function while enhancing skills across various legal domains, including commercial law, AI, privacy, and product compliance.

Join Hive as a Legal Operations Analyst and play a pivotal role in supporting our legal team. You will collaborate with executives and various departments to navigate commercial, regulatory, marketing, and policy decisions. Your expertise will drive legal research and compliance initiatives, focusing on both U.S. and international regulations that impact our operations and those of our clients. By enhancing our legal operations through effective tools and processes, you will contribute to contract management and legal education. We’re looking for a proactive individual who excels in research and reporting, is meticulous in creating legal documentation, and is eager to deepen their understanding of legal frameworks. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will work closely with our in-house legal team, ensuring they remain informed about legal changes and can disseminate guidance effectively across the organization, especially in collaboration with Sales, Marketing, and Engineering departments.

About the Role Cartesia is seeking a contract Transcription Operations Manager to oversee transcription workflows at our San Francisco headquarters. This role manages daily operations, leads a team, and works to improve efficiency while maintaining high quality standards.

About the Role Crusoe seeks a Legal Operations Specialist in San Francisco, CA. This role supports the legal team by improving workflows, organizing legal documentation, and helping maintain compliance with relevant regulations. What You Will Do Work alongside the legal team to refine and streamline legal processes Manage and organize legal documents Support efforts to ensure regulatory compliance Location San Francisco, CA - US

Why Join Harvey?At Harvey, we are revolutionizing the landscape of legal and professional services through a comprehensive approach. By leveraging cutting-edge agentic AI, an advanced enterprise platform, and extensive industry expertise, we aim to redefine how essential knowledge work is performed for generations to come.This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the establishment of a transformative company at a pivotal moment in its journey. With over 1,000 clients across 58 countries, a strong product-market fit, and exceptional investor backing, we are rapidly scaling and creating a new category in real-time. The ambition is high, the standards are elevated, and the possibilities for growth—personal, professional, and financial—are unparalleled.Our team is composed of sharp, driven individuals who are deeply committed to our mission. We operate with urgency and intensity, taking true ownership of the challenges we face—from initial concepts to long-lasting solutions. By collaborating closely with our customers, from leadership to engineers, we work together to address real issues with speed and care. If you excel in uncertain environments, strive for excellence, and aspire to help shape the future of work alongside equally ambitious individuals, we welcome you to join us in building this future.At Harvey, the future of professional services is being crafted today—and we are just getting started.Role OverviewWe are seeking a skilled lawyer and manager to join Harvey’s Legal Department to lead our Commercial Legal team. In this role, you will not only mentor a high-performing team but also engage directly in closing deals, embodying our “roll up your sleeves” culture. You will collaborate with our go-to-market, business, and cross-functional teams—including Engineering, Product, and Security—to facilitate the swift and efficient execution of our agreements with clients.Your ResponsibilitiesGenerative AI holds the potential to significantly alter how tasks are accomplished, and Harvey is at the forefront of this transformation. Our mission is to make generative AI actionable and beneficial for our clients. Operating in a dynamic environment (we are a start-up!), you will serve some of the world’s leading law firms and professional organizations, placing you at the heart of this action.In this role, you will:Lead and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a positive team culture.Draft, review, and negotiate commercial AI SaaS contracts and other technology and AI-related agreements.Provide training and develop resources to support our sales and other cross-functional teams.

Welcome to Planet. We harness the power of space to enrich life on Earth.Planet is at the forefront of satellite technology, operating the largest constellation of imaging satellites ever created. Our innovative cloud-based platform provides a rich dataset of empirical information that serves essential sectors, including commercial, environmental, and humanitarian fields. We seamlessly blend space and data expertise.Our clients and users worldwide leverage Planet's data to catalyze technological advancements, boost revenue, drive research, and tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing our planet.With control over hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a vibrant hub of diverse experts.We prioritize a people-centric culture and community, continuously evolving in a manner that prioritizes our team members and positions us for growth. Join Planet in our mission to transform perspectives on our world.Planet operates globally, with employees working remotely and from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.About the Role:We are on the lookout for a meticulous and organized Legal Administrator to join our committed in-house legal team at a rapidly growing public company in the space sector. Reporting directly to the Associate General Counsel, you will be the internal communication hub for all performance-related matters concerning top accounts, ensuring customer commitments are well understood, documented, and met on time. Additionally, you will support legal research and operational activities.The ideal candidate will possess experience in program or contract performance compliance, with a preference for backgrounds in manufacturing, space, government, or emerging technology sectors. This role is perfect for collaborative individuals focused on achieving business-first outcomes. Embrace this opportunity to thrive in a dynamic environment and make a tangible impact with your skills and passion.This is a full-time, hybrid position requiring attendance at our San Francisco HQ or Arlington Office three days a week.

Join CoreWeave as a Legal Operations Specialist!At CoreWeave, we are redefining cloud infrastructure for AI, offering an essential platform that empowers innovators to harness the power of AI with confidence. Established in 2017 and publicly traded as Nasdaq: CRWV since March 2025, our company is trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and enterprises worldwide. We pride ourselves on our robust infrastructure and technical expertise that accelerate innovation and transform compute into capability.Your Role:As a Legal Operations Specialist, you will collaborate closely with the Manager of Legal Operations to enhance and amplify the function within Legal and Government Affairs (LGA). Your contributions will be pivotal in transitioning strategies into effective operational frameworks, enabling LGA to work more effectively and deliver impactful results across the business.Key Responsibilities:Assist in designing, implementing, and governing enterprise legal workflows, ensuring efficient intake processes and metadata standards.Drive the adoption of scalable systems and standardized workflows to support LGA's priorities.Foster strong collaborative relationships with team members, leadership, and cross-functional partners.Utilize data-driven insights to enhance operational efficiency and expedite execution.This is an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a cutting-edge technology environment and make a significant impact on our operational success.

Role Overview Discord Inc. is seeking a Legal Vendor Program Manager to oversee and improve relationships with legal service providers. This role sits in the San Francisco Bay Area and focuses on managing vendor performance and integration. What You Will Do Work closely with legal and procurement teams to coordinate legal vendor activities. Monitor and assess vendor performance to support quality and compliance goals. Help streamline processes so legal service providers meet Discord's standards for effectiveness.

Astranis is at the forefront of satellite technology, developing advanced satellites that extend humanity's presence into the solar system. Our satellites deliver dedicated and secure network services to a diverse array of clients, including leading enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites currently in orbit and additional launches on the horizon, we are proud to manage a significant backlog exceeding $1 billion in commercial contracts.Astranis is recognized as the go-to partner for satellite communications, catering to customers who demand high uptime, data security, network transparency, and tailored solutions. Having raised over $750 million from prestigious investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, and Fidelity, our team of 450 engineers and innovators is committed to transforming global connectivity. Our operations are based out of a robust 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.Government Contracts ManagerWe are excited to invite a talented individual to join our nimble legal team, offering a unique chance to take on substantial responsibilities and gain invaluable experience supporting various business functions that are crucial to our mission of enhancing global connectivity during this phase of rapid expansion.This pivotal role will encompass both the Legal Team and the administration of US government contracts. You will play a key role in shaping the regulatory environment to align with Astranis' business objectives. The ideal candidate possesses a blend of legal expertise, business acumen, and customer-facing experience within the civil space sector, including interactions with NASA and the Department of Defense. This position involves direct communication with government program managers, senior decision-makers, industry partners, and stakeholder associations. You will frequently collaborate with senior management, program management, engineering, operations, and our legal team, reporting directly to the General Counsel.RoleSupport Astranis' compliance efforts by collaborating with internal teams and external consultants, managing the production and execution of necessary documents.Oversee US government contract administration, ensuring compliance with relevant FAR clauses, representations and certificates, and proposal submission requirements in close coordination with the Astranis Legal team.Facilitate monitoring and engagement with administrative proceedings across various US government and national agencies.Implement policy and regulatory strategies that support Astranis' business priorities.

Join Anthropic as a Legal Operations Specialist for Tooling & Enablement, where you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our legal operations. In this dynamic position, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and implement innovative tooling solutions that empower our legal department. Your expertise will contribute to streamlining processes, improving workflows, and ensuring compliance across various legal functions.

Role Overview OpenAI is seeking a Senior Legal Program Manager focused on Hardware Compliance to join the team in San Francisco. This position leads compliance efforts for hardware projects, working closely with colleagues across multiple disciplines. The role centers on maintaining regulatory standards and guiding hardware initiatives through complex compliance requirements. What You Will Do Drive hardware compliance programs from planning through execution Work alongside engineering, legal, and product teams to interpret and apply regulatory guidelines Monitor changes in relevant laws and regulations affecting hardware products Shape and refine compliance strategies as technology and requirements evolve Impact This role helps define how OpenAI approaches hardware compliance, supporting the development of products that meet legal and regulatory expectations. The Senior Legal Program Manager’s expertise ensures that hardware projects are built with compliance in mind from the start.