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Legal Operations Lead

San FranciscoFull-time$130,000–$225,0002026-10-06 → 2026-10-07

Core

Build and own the legal operating system for an early-stage AI infrastructure company, combining commercial contracting with workflow design to manage agreement volume while balancing legal risk and business speed.

Role type

Legal Operations Lead (Commercial Contracts & Workflow)

Builds

Legal operating system, contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and automated legal workflows.

Domain

AI Infrastructure / Technology

Required skills

Commercial contracting, legal workflow design, contract drafting and negotiation, legal technology and automation, outside counsel management, intellectual property law, data licensing, intake and document management.

Preferred skills

Experience in fast-growing technology companies, AI tooling for legal operations, data rights expertise.

Technologies

Legal technology, workflow automation tools, AI.

Responsibilities

Own legal workflows from intake through approvals and outside-counsel coordination; Draft, review, and negotiate commercial technology agreements (MSAs, SOWs, data licenses, SLAs, NDAs); Create and maintain contract templates and negotiation playbooks; Identify ways to streamline or automate high-volume legal work; Manage outside counsel by scoping work and controlling spend. (via careerplan.io/jobs/353e2012-378a-4541-8df1-515f6afb7cfa-legal-operations-lead-at-clera)

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC