Legal Operations Manager
Palo Alto NetworksSalary not specified
Full Time
Junior (1 to 2 years)
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, SoftwareIndustries
Requirements
- Paralegal certificate or equivalent experience, with 7-10 years of experience in a law firm or in-house legal department, including in-house experience with a technology company
- Experience using the Airtable product or commitment to developing greater fluency with Airtable for day-to-day work
- Broad experience across multiple legal practice areas, comfortable jumping from litigation support to contract review to compliance projects
- Comfortable with eDiscovery, legal holds, and document management
- Project management and organizational skills with a track record of building scalable processes and driving operational improvements
- Curious about AI and its potential to transform legal practice, with experience experimenting with AI technologies and developing AI-powered workflows to solve legal challenges
- Effective and thoughtful communicator who can draft clear, precise documents and translate legal concepts into a digestible format for business partners
- Collaborative, flexible, resourceful, and solution-oriented, excited to shape and strengthen Airtable's legal function by building scalable processes and repeatable frameworks
Responsibilities
- Assist with intake and triage of legal requests, ensuring matters are properly routed, tracked, and addressed efficiently
- Serve as a key point of contact for internal teams seeking legal support, and as a liaison between Legal and other departments
- Manage responses to subpoenas and government inquiries, including document review and coordination with internal stakeholders
- Administer legal holds and coordinate eDiscovery processes
- Partner with Customer Support team to resolve disputes and legal inquiries
- Work with cross-functional partners to coordinate customer email campaigns for privacy policy updates, subprocessor changes, and other similar notices
- Support global sanctions compliance program, including monitoring automated screening system
- Build and maintain playbooks, process documentation, templates, and self-service guides
- Deliver training and create enablement materials for internal business partners
- Project-manage cross-functional legal initiatives
- Help with aspects of Legal team administration, including team meeting coordination and offsite preparation
- Alongside commercial legal team, negotiate and manage certain commercial agreements, such as NDAs and vendor contracts
- Alongside corporate and compliance counsel, support corporate governance and corporate transactions, entity management, and ESG initiatives
- Alongside Legal Operations Lead: identify opportunities to streamline processes and increase team efficiency; implement and optimize legal technology tools; drive projects to leverage AI to transform how the legal team works; and track metrics and develop dashboards to provide data-driven insights on legal team performance
Skills
Key technologies and capabilities for this role
Questions & Answers
Common questions about this position
What experience level is required for the Senior Paralegal role?
Candidates need a paralegal certificate or equivalent experience, with 7-10 years of experience in a law firm or in-house legal department, including in-house experience with a technology company.
Is experience with the Airtable product required?
Experience using the Airtable product is preferred, or at minimum, a commitment to developing greater fluency with it for day-to-day work.
What is the work environment like for this position?
This role is part of a talented, connected, and innovative legal team in a fast-moving and collaborative environment, supporting a variety of tasks from dispute support to legal operations.
What salary or compensation does this role offer?
This information is not specified in the job description.
What makes a strong candidate for this Senior Paralegal position?
A strong candidate is a versatile generalist who thrives on variety, loves solving problems, has broad experience across multiple legal practice areas, and in-house tech experience.
Airtable
SaaS platform for workflow and data management
About Airtable
Airtable offers a platform that merges spreadsheet and database functionalities, allowing users to manage workflows and data without advanced technical skills. The platform is adaptable for various uses, such as project management and customer relationship management, and enables users to visualize data in multiple formats. Operating on a subscription-based model, Airtable provides different pricing tiers to cater to a wide range of clients, from individuals to large organizations. The company's goal is to empower users to effectively manage their data and workflows, making software creation accessible to everyone.
San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2012Year Founded
$1,315.7MTotal Funding
SERIES_FCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Consumer Software, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
501-1,000Employees
Benefits
We have your medical, dental, and vision insurance 100% covered (and your dependents covered at 80%)
High deductible health plan available with health savings account contribution
Complimentary One Medical membership for individuals and dependents
Monthly “Lifestyle Wallet” to use for benefits like personal fitness (e.g., gym memberships, fitness equipment, etc.) to pet care to nutrition coaching, and more.
Complimentary mental health support via Modern Health Family planning support (fertility, adoption, and surrogacy)
Flexible and generous time off and sick time benefits
16 weeks of parental leave
Annual Learning & Development wallet to support your career development
Emergency backup care for dependents
Access to financial planning and legal support
Risks
Competition from Notion and Coda threatens Airtable's market share.
AI advancements by competitors may outpace Airtable's innovations.
Reliance on third-party integrations poses potential strategic risks.
Differentiation
Airtable combines spreadsheet and database functionalities for custom app creation.
The platform offers a no-code solution, appealing to non-technical users.
Airtable's tiered pricing caters to a wide range of users and businesses.
Upsides
Growing demand for no-code platforms boosts Airtable's market potential.
Recent AI platform launch aligns with trends in AI-driven project management.
Airtable's integration with IBM enhances its collaborative tool offerings.
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