Legal Operations and Compliance Manager

About Turn/River

Turn/River Capital is a private equity firm that applies a proprietary growth engineering strategy to investing, partnering with software businesses to accelerate growth and build enduring value. The firm’s team of equal parts investors and operators provides hands-on operational support and the flexible capital to systematically scale marketing, sales and customer success at its portfolio companies. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Turn/River has $5.6bn in committed capital and invests globally with a focus on North America and Europe.

About the Role

Turn/River Capital is seeking a Legal & Compliance Manager to support the firm’s legal, regulatory, and governance activities.

The position sits within the firm’s legal and compliance function and is responsible for helping manage day-to-day workflows across regulatory, compliance, contracting, and governance matters. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing operational legal and compliance processes in a fast-paced private equity environment.

This role is well suited for someone who enjoys owning processes, coordinating across teams, and ensuring important details and deadlines are managed effectively. This is an individual contributor role, and highly cross-functional.

Key Responsibilities

• Support execution of the firm’s SEC-registered investment adviser compliance program, including regulatory record keeping, marketing reviews, certifications, and annual compliance processes in conjunction with Head of Legal, CCO and the firm’s external compliance consultants.

• Assist with compliance monitoring, documentation, and internal process coordination.

• Maintain entity books and records, regulatory filings, and organizational documentation.

• Support governance workflows related to fund entities, partnership agreements, and side letters.

• Coordinate documentation and approvals across internal and external stakeholders.

• Manage and help structure the firm’s commercial contracting workflow, including review and negotiation of routine agreements such as NDAs, vendor agreements, and service provider contracts.

• Coordinate contract approvals, execution, and record keeping while maintaining organized documentation and contract lifecycle processes.

• Design scaleable operational support across the legal function, including document management, workflow coordination, and process improvements.

• Support internal processes related to AML/KYC, vendor diligence, and information security compliance.

• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Marketing, Platform, and other internal teams on legal and compliance-related matters.

• Support special projects and initiatives for the Head of Legal as the firm continues to grow and evolve its legal and compliance processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• 5+ years of relevant experience in legal operations, compliance, or paralegal roles, either within a law firm or an in-house legal/compliance team at an investment manager, private equity firm, RIA, or financial services organization.

• Experience supporting SEC/RIA compliance programs or working within a regulated investment management environment.

• Familiarity with entity governance, regulatory filings, or fund documentation is strongly preferred.

• Experience reviewing and managing routine commercial contracts and contract lifecycle processes.

• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and professional communication skills.

Location

San Francisco, hybrid work model.

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this role is $165,000 – $175,000, taking into account numerous variable factors that influence compensation decisions, including but not limited to experience, skill set, training, certifications, and organizational needs.

Benefits and Perks

The below benefits are offered to full-time employees based out of our San Francisco office:

• An opportunity to make an impact across multiple high-growth tech firms

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonus

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance covered 100% for employee & dependents

• Flexible vacation policy

• 401K matching

• Paid parental leave

• Commuter benefits

• Health and Wellness benefits

• Household Services benefits

• Home Office benefits

• Annual Home Office Equipment Reimbursement

• Donation matching

• Work from home Monday & Friday

• Energetic work environment with snacks and weekly team lunches 3x per week, centrally located near multiple public transit lines

• A company that enjoys having fun: holiday parties, annual company offsite and retreat, annual summer "work from anywhere" month

Turn/River provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, natural hair styles, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under any applicable state, or federal leave act), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other characteristic or status protected by state or federal law.