Senior Manager/Director, Legal Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Act as the primary point of contact for the Legal team by managing intake, prioritizing, and directing requests, monitoring progress, and ensuring completion.

• Spearhead the implementation of Nex's inaugural Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, encompassing workflow design, template creation, approval routing, integration with finance and e-signatures, and reporting functionalities.

• Develop contract lifecycle processes for drafting assistance, redlining coordination, approvals, execution, document storage, and renewal tracking.

• Create libraries for templates and playbooks for frequently used agreement types.

• Set up signature and approval workflows, guidelines for delegation of authority, administer e-signatures, and coordinate notarization processes.

• Manage Nex's library of employment-related forms, ensuring templates are up-to-date.

• Assist with corporate governance tasks, including preparation of board and committee materials, minutes, written consents, minute books, equity documentation, and corporate records.

• Oversee legal aspects related to international entities, including formations, dissolutions, foreign qualifications, registered agents, and local filings.

• Manage trademark and brand licensing docketing while maintaining the trademark portfolio calendar.

• Facilitate relationships with vendors and outside counsel, including onboarding, monitoring billing, budget tracking, and performance evaluations.

• Develop legal knowledge management systems and document repositories while establishing a records retention policy.

• Create legal metrics and reports concerning request volume, cycle times, contract turnaround, and expenditures on outside counsel.

• Identify prospects for utilizing AI and automation in contract review, intake triage, and self-service functionalities.

• Collaborate across departments to streamline Legal operations.

• Assist in the operations of the Trust & Safety program, covering policy lifecycle management, project management, risk tracking, governance, metrics, documentation, vendor management, and coordination.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in legal operations, corporate/contracts paralegal work, or a comparable operational role.

• Ideally, experience should include time spent at a high-growth startup or in a consumer products/hardware company.

• Experience managing a CLM or similar workflow system, such as Ironclad, SpotDraft, DocuSign CLM, or an equivalent.

• Background in supporting corporate governance at a private company, preferably with multi-entity or international structures.

• Ability to engage in intake triage, contract drafting support, governance, entity management, insurance, and vendor management.

• Strong project management and organizational capabilities.

• Exceptional judgment and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential information.

• Excellent cross-functional communication abilities.

• A keen interest in leveraging AI tools within legal operations.

• Experience in consumer hardware, consumer electronics, gaming, or children's products is a plus.

• Familiarity with retail and distribution contracts, brand/IP licensing agreements, or international expansion and entity establishment is advantageous.

• Experience in supporting fundraising, board of directors, or investor reporting processes is beneficial.

• A Notary Public commission or willingness to obtain one is a plus.

• Exposure to privacy or children's data compliance frameworks, or product safety/import-export compliance, is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.

• Flexible working hours and vacation policy.

• A product-driven culture that values talent and personal growth.

• A front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies in the evolving gaming industry.