Sei Labs
Legal Operations Associate
New York City · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 44 days ago
Node.jsDatabricksNegotiationM&ACorporate LawEmployment Law
About the role
- We're hiring a Legal Operations & Contracts Manager to be the operational backbone of our Legal function.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end contract lifecycle: intake, drafting, redlining, negotiation support, signature routing, and post-execution storage.
- Stand up and maintain our CLM. We're early - you'll have a meaningful hand in tool selection and implementation.
- Develop and maintain template libraries (NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, DPAs, grant agreements) with embedded fallback positions so the business can self-serve where appropriate.
- Build legal workflows that scale: matter intake, request triage, signature processes, retention and records policies.
- Lead efforts that push automation, AI, and data-driven insights into how we deliver legal work across the organization.
- Build a legal operations dashboard tracking matter volume, cycle times, contract turnaround, and outside counsel spend.
- Manage external counsel relationships, scoping, and budgets. Keep spend disciplined and matters moving on the clock.
- Review, modify, and enforce billing guidelines to drive cost rigor across external legal spend.
- Manage external vendors and consultants to ensure effective partnerships and strong ROI.
- Manage external counsel relationships, scoping, and budgets.
Requirements
- 5-8+ years in legal operations, contracts management, or senior paralegal / contract negotiator roles at a tech company, law firm, or financial services firm.
- Experience leading or supporting AI, automation, or data-driven transformation initiatives within a legal department.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity.
- You can summarize a 40-page agreement in five bullets and a recommendation.
- Familiarity with at least one CLM platform (Ironclad, LinkSquares, Agiloft, Evisort, or similar).
- Prior experience in crypto, fintech, or financial-services company.
- Experience supporting fundraising, M&A, or spinout transactions.
- Demonstrated ownership of the contract lifecycle end-to-end, including direct negotiation of commercial terms with counterparties.
- Proven track record building or significantly transforming a legal operations function - this role requires writing the playbook, not following one.
- Strong data and analytics skills
- ability to build dashboards and translate metrics into operational insights.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity. You build the system as you go and don't wait for someone to hand you a playbook.
- Capacity for managing budgets, timelines, and competing priorities with a sharp eye for detail and follow-through.
- Strong written communication. You can summarize a 40-page agreement in five bullets and a recommendation.
- Familiarity with at least one CLM platform (Ironclad, LinkSquares, Agiloft, Evisort, or similar). Preference for Ironclad.
- Working knowledge of US corporate, commercial, and employment law fundamentals. International exposure (EU, Singapore, Cayman, BVI) is a plus.
- Highly effective interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across all levels inside and outside the organization, with a focus on building trusted relationships.
Nice to have
- Working knowledge of US corporate, commercial, and employment law fundamentals.
- International exposure (EU, Singapore, Cayman, BVI) is a plus.
Compensation
- Support the Legal Department's annual planning cycle, including budget and headcount.
Company info
- You'll sit directly under our General Counsel and partner across the company - Engineering, Talent, Finance, BD, and our incubated spinout entities - to make Legal an enabler rather than a bottleneck.
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