Member of Legal Staff, Corporate Counsel

Responsibilities

• Support venture financings, secondary transactions, board and stockholder approvals, and other corporate matters, including drafting documents and coordinating with outside counsel.
• Own transaction execution from signatures, checklists, and document circulation through closing sets and post-closing matters.
• Maintain the company's master data room and ensure corporate records remain accurate, organized, and current.
• Manage corporate governance and entity administration, including state filings, annual reports, minute books, organizational documents, and subsidiary records.
• Administer cap tables, equity plans, and equity grants, including grants, exercises, transfers, cancellations, and reconciliation of equity records.
• Independently draft and manage routine corporate and legal documents while exercising judgment regarding escalation and involvement of outside counsel.
• Design AI-enabled legal intake and triage workflows for a highly asynchronous and Slack-driven working environment.
• Build self-service tools, templates, playbooks, and automations for recurring legal processes such as NDAs, approvals, and signature requests.
• Identify repetitive legal work and develop systems that improve the speed, accuracy, and scalability of legal operations.

Skills

Requirements

• Significant experience supporting venture capital financings, M&A, or similar corporate transactions.
• Strong knowledge of corporate transaction documents, approvals, and closing processes.
• Strong experience with corporate governance, entity management, state filings, cap tables, and equity administration.
• Exceptional organization and attention to detail with the ability to independently manage matters from start to finish.
• Strong legal drafting, proofreading, project management, and communication skills.
• Genuine interest in AI, legal technology, workflow design, and automation.
• Strong professional judgment and ability to identify matters requiring escalation or outside counsel.
• Hands-on and collaborative approach across both legal and operational responsibilities.
• Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced and highly asynchronous environment.
• JD and at least 3 years of corporate counsel experience supporting venture transactions across law firm and in-house environments is preferred.
• Experience supporting venture-backed or high-growth technology companies is preferred.
• Hands-on experience building workflows with AI tools, automation platforms, Slack integrations, or contract management systems is advantageous.
• Experience improving or scaling legal processes through technology and automation is preferred.

Benefits

• Remote full-time opportunity with the option to work from the San Francisco office.
• $150,000–$180,000 annual base salary.
• Equity compensation eligibility.
• Potential performance-based bonuses.
• Up to 100% reimbursement for health insurance premiums.
• Paid time off.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Opportunity to build AI-enabled legal workflows and automation systems.
• Opportunity to support venture transactions, corporate governance, and legal operations within a technology-focused organization.