Ripple
Senior Legal Operations Manager
San Francisco, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$176k-$210kDetected 51 days ago
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odds of building a lasting career here
59Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role80
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
Level I$131,9551 entry
Level II$171,6422 entries
Level III$211,3283 entries
Level IV$251,0144 entries
Level III starts at $211,328 — $35,328 above the bottom of this range, and above its posted ceiling.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Managers, All Other (11-9199) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- It's big, it's bold, and we're already doing it.
- And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.
- Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, you will be the first dedicated legal operations hire in the organization.
Responsibilities
- Review, modify and enforce billing guidelines, manage billing, and drive cost rigor across external legal spend.
- Audit existing technology tools, identify gaps, and develop a multi-year legal technology roadmap covering matter management, CLM, e-billing, and AI-assisted workflows.
- Lead efforts that push automation, AI, and data-driven insights into how we deliver our work throughout the organization.
- Build a legal operations dashboard tracking matter volume, cycle times, contract turnaround, and outside counsel spend.
- Design, implement and be responsible for our suite of legal systems from legal intake process, templates and playbook library, and knowledge management system ensuring they're optimized, well-integrated, and aligned with business needs.
- Manage external vendors and consultants to ensure effective partnerships and strong ROI.
- Proven track record building or significantly transforming a legal operations function and a builder's mentality - this role requires writing the playbook, not following one
- Highly effective interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across all levels inside and outside the organization and a focus on building trusted relationships
- The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
- We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.
Compensation
- Help drive the Legal Department's annual planning cycle, including budget, and headcount.
- For positions that will be based in CA, the annual salary range for this position is below.
- CA Annual Base Salary Range
- $176,000 - $210,000 USD
- Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
Benefits
- This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions.
- A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact.
- A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
Company info
- Do Your Best Work
- A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
- Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
- In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
- Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
- We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!
- Take Control of Your Finances
- Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
- Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
- Employee giving match
- Mobile phone stipend
- Take Care of Yourself
- R&R days so you can rest and recharge
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- plicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, militar
This listing is sourced directly from Ripple's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.