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Senior Legal Project Manager

United States; Canada, San Francisco 142400.00 - 197800.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 14, 2026
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You’ll be joining our Legal Operations team as our very first Legal Project Manager. You’ll step in as a dedicated project partner, owning complex and cross-functional initiatives from start to finish. Expect lots of variety, a fast-moving environment, and plenty of opportunities to learn and grow.

Job Responsibility

  • Partner closely with attorneys to provide hands-on project management support across a wide range of legal areas, including corporate, litigation, IP, regulatory, product, privacy, commercial, and employment
  • Support day-to-day corporate work like entity management, board and stockholder matters, corporate records, and compliance
  • Help drive larger transactions and milestone moments
  • Own and help manage our patent and trademark portfolios and run the patent incentive program
  • Support product and regulatory work by helping manage licensing requirements, product compliance efforts, taking the lead on exams, audits, and due diligence, and driving new product development
  • Design and document new processes, fix ones that aren't working, and introduce tooling, automation, and reporting
  • Explore and implement AI solutions to reduce manual work and scale our impact
  • Own project plans, timelines, and status updates, anticipate friction, escalate thoughtfully, and keep things moving
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives with product, partnerships, compliance, finance, and our exec team
  • Collaborate externally with outside counsel, consultants, and financial partners

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in legal project management or as a senior paralegal
  • A mix of law firm and in-house experience, ideally at a technology company
  • Experience supporting complex work in corporate, litigation, IP, and/or regulatory areas
  • Experience in Fintech, financial services or a highly regulated tech environment is a plus

Nice to have

  • Strong project management skills and comfort collaborating cross-functionally
  • Thrives in ambiguity and works well independently with minimal guidance
  • Comfortable making decisions even when the path isn't perfectly clear
  • A solid understanding of legal tech and AI, and the ability to apply these tools to reduce manual work and improve efficiency
  • A natural problem-solver with a love of untangling complex challenges
  • Creativity and a willingness to challenge the way things have always been done
  • Self-motivated, proactive, and resourceful

What we offer

  • base salary
  • equity (stock options/RSUs)
  • benefits

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