Patreon · 1 day ago
Head of Legal Operations
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expPatreon is a media and community platform empowering creators to connect with their fans. They are seeking a Senior Legal Operations professional to own and scale their legal operations function, driving operational excellence and leveraging AI tools to enhance processes within the Commercial Legal team.
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Responsibilities
Own and manage Legal's tools including our Ironclad program, including refining our processes for scale like automation in order form creation, self-service, playbooks, conditional clauses, and management of template and workflow development and improvement
Partner with Procurement to ensure a seamless contracting process and to help build robust integrations with Zip, and other company technology (e.g. Salesforce)
Manage Legal Team data analytics program and create regular reporting for business review cycles, including with respect to business value derived from Commercial Legal
Manage Legal Team budget
Project manage Legal Team initiatives
Assist with the implementation and operation of Legal Department tools, including status reports, task tracking and project management tasks
Assist with the implementation and tracking of new operational processes and services to align with procedures around data privacy, data deletion, and data governance
Manage outside counsel onboarding and offboarding
Provide administrative support to the Legal team, including archiving, metadata validation, workflow troubleshooting and document management
Serve as the Legal team's expert in knowledge management, ensuring that key resources, templates, playbooks, institutional knowledge and guidance are organized, current, and easily accessible to both internal Legal team members and cross-functional stakeholders (as applicable)
Drive the Legal technology roadmap and implement AI, tooling, and systems that promote Legal team effectiveness and operational efficiencies
Develop new ways to track return on investment for our legal technology investments with an eye towards doing more with each tool we use
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience working in a legal operations function that leverages Ironclad
Experience managing at least one direct report and developing team members
Expertise with legal-specific AI solutions and platforms to scale commercial legal work, including proficiency in leveraging tools like GC AI for contract negotiations, clause analysis, legal research, and workflow optimization
Experience in, and a passion for, developing and implementing successful and scalable Ironclad workflows and managing Ironclad integrations with third party tools like Zip, Salesforce, Zapier, etc
Experience implementing processes to scale legal review, like self-service playbooks, automation in legal review, AI and more
Experience with contracts administration and management
Strong proficiency in data analytics and the ability to create visually compelling reports and presentations
Experience managing a legal team's budget, including spend monitoring, forecasting and accrual monitoring, overseeing legal vendor management, and identifying cost saving opportunities
Strategic vision with the ability to translate business goals into actionable technology roadmaps in a legal setting
A process-oriented approach with experience reducing manual work and increasing operational efficiencies
A history of trusted collaboration with cross-functional teams and building a culture of ongoing process improvement, open feedback loops, and tracking success metrics
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex data in a clear and concise manner
Collaborative mindset and ability to build strong cross-functional partnerships
Strong execution skills and the ability to deliver to deadlines and manage competing priorities
Strong attention to detail
Demonstrated ability to work well in a fast-paced environment
Bachelor's degree
Benefits
Competitive benefits package including and not limited to salary, equity plans, healthcare, flexible time off, company holidays and recharge days, commuter benefits, lifestyle stipends, learning and development stipends, patronage, parental leave, and 401k plan with matching
Company
Patreon
Patreon is an online platform connecting musicians and other artists with their fan base.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$413.3MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementGlade Brook Capital PartnersThrive Capital
2021-11-10Secondary Market
2021-09-15Series Unknown
2021-04-06Series F· $155M
Leadership Team
Jack Conte
CEO & Co-Founder
Sam Yam
Co-founder, President & CTO
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