Member of Legal Staff, Corporate & Legal Ops Associate

Responsibilities

• Support venture financings, secondary transactions, board and stockholder approvals, and other corporate matters.
• Draft corporate documents and coordinate transactional matters with outside counsel.
• Own transaction execution from signatures, checklists, and document circulation through closing and post-closing activities.
• Maintain the company's master data room and ensure corporate records remain accurate and current.
• Manage corporate governance and entity administration, including state filings and annual reports.
• Maintain minute books, organizational documents, and subsidiary records.
• Administer cap tables, equity plans, and equity grants.
• Manage equity grants, exercises, transfers, cancellations, and reconciliation of equity records.
• Independently draft and manage routine corporate and legal documents.
• Exercise sound judgment when determining whether matters require escalation or outside counsel.
• Design AI-enabled legal intake and triage workflows for an asynchronous working environment.
• Build self-service tools, templates, playbooks, and automations for recurring legal processes.
• Automate workflows involving NDAs, approvals, signature requests, and other routine legal matters.
• Identify repetitive legal work and develop scalable systems to improve speed and accuracy.

Skills

Requirements

• Significant experience supporting venture capital financings, M&A, or comparable corporate transactions.
• Strong knowledge of transaction documents, corporate approvals, and closing processes.
• Experience with corporate governance, entity management, and state filings.
• Hands-on experience managing cap tables and equity administration.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to independently drive legal and corporate matters from start to finish.
• Strong legal drafting and proofreading capabilities.
• Strong project management and communication skills.
• Genuine interest in AI, legal technology, workflow design, and automation.
• Sound judgment and ability to recognize matters requiring escalation or outside counsel.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, highly asynchronous environment.
• JD with active U.S. bar membership and 3+ years of corporate experience at a leading U.S. law firm is preferred for attorney candidates.
• Alternatively, 8+ years of corporate paralegal experience supporting venture transactions across law firm and in-house environments is preferred.
• Experience supporting venture-backed or high-growth technology companies is a plus.
• Experience with AI tools, automation platforms, Slack integrations, or contract management systems is a plus.

Benefits

• Remote-first full-time opportunity
• Option to work from the San Francisco office
• $120,000–$150,000 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
• Work across corporate legal operations and high-growth technology matters