Legal Operations Manager

The Legal Team @ Pave

Our Legal team operates as a strategic partner to the business, enabling Pave's rapid growth while managing the complex regulatory and compliance requirements that come with handling sensitive compensation data across multiple jurisdictions. As we scale to supporting an expanding enterprise customer base, we need operational excellence and automation to prevent Legal from becoming a bottleneck while maintaining appropriate risk oversight. This Legal Operations Manager role is critical to building the infrastructure, workflows, and self-service tools that will allow our small Legal team to scale effectively and empower business teams to move quickly within well-defined guardrails.

What You'll Do

Contract Management & Administration

• Manage contract workflows for standard commercial agreements, including customer agreements, vendor contracts, NDAs, and DPAs
• Conduct initial contract reviews and identify issues requiring attorney escalation
• Coordinate contract redlines and negotiations with business stakeholders and legal counsel
• Track contract status, deadlines, and key obligations throughout the contract lifecycle
• Handle NDA intake, routing, and execution process
• Maintain contract repository and ensure accurate documentation of all agreements
• Support enterprise sales cycles by managing contract logistics and business terms within approved parameters

Legal Operations & Process Management

• Design and implement legal workflows and playbooks that enable self-service and reduce bottlenecks
• Operationalize contract lifecycle management systems and automation tools
• Build and maintain contract templates, clause libraries, and legal resources for business teams
• Develop intake and triage systems to efficiently route legal requests
• Track legal metrics and KPIs to identify process improvement opportunities

Knowledge Management

• Maintain organized repository of executed contracts, legal documents, and compliance materials
• Document legal processes, workflows, and institutional knowledge
• Generate regular reports on contract pipeline, cycle times, and process metrics
• Create and update internal wikis, knowledge bases, and training materials for business users

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• 4-6 years of contract management, legal operations, or related experience in a technology or SaaS environment
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts, including SaaS agreements, vendor contracts, NDAs, and standard business terms
• Demonstrated ability to implement process improvements and automation solutions
• Experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools or legal workflow platforms
• Excellent project management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Superior written and verbal communication skills with ability to explain complex concepts clearly to non-legal audiences
• Collaborative approach and comfort working cross-functionally with stakeholders at all levels
• Proactive, resourceful mindset with ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment

Preferred Qualifications

• Contract management experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS or enterprise software company
• Familiarity with legal project management methodologies and tools
• Experience implementing or administering CLM platforms
• Knowledge of data privacy concepts (GDPR, CCPA) as they relate to commercial contracts
• Understanding of enterprise software licensing and SaaS commercial models
• Experience building playbooks, templates, and self-service tools
• Background in sales operations, revenue operations, or deal desk functions

Compensation, It's What We Do.

Salary is just one component of Pave's total compensation package for employees. Your total rewards package at Pave will include equity, top-notch medical, dental, and vision coverage, an unlimited PTO policy, and many other region-specific benefits. Your level is based on our assessment of your interview performance and experience, which you can always ask the hiring manager about to understand in more detail. This salary range may include multiple levels.

The targeted cash compensation for this position is (level depends on experience and performance in the interview process):

$153,000 - $180,000