Legal Operations Manager
Pave
Who We Are
At Pave, we're building the industry’s leading compensation platform, combining the world's largest real-time compensation dataset with deep expertise in AI and machine learning. Our platform is perfecting the art and science of pay to give 8,500+ companies unparalleled confidence in every compensation decision.
Top tier companies like OpenAI, McDonald’s, Instacart, Atlassian, Synopsys, Stripe, Databricks, and Waymo use Pave, transforming every pay decision into a competitive advantage. $190+ billion in total compensation spend is managed in our workflows, and 70% of Forbes AI 50 use Pave to benchmark compensation.
The future of pay is real-time & predictive, and we’re making it happen right now. We’ve raised $160M in funding from leading investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Craft Ventures.
The G&A Org
The G&A pillar of Pave includes our finance, legal, people, and recruiting teams. This community is responsible for the operational health of our business, and ensuring every employee has the tools and support they need to be successful.
As the backbone of Pave's platform, our G&A teams enable us to scale efficiently while maintaining compliance in the complex compensation landscape. The finance team ensures capital allocation aligns with our growth strategy, while legal safeguards our innovative compensation data products.
Meanwhile, our people and recruiting teams implement the same compensation philosophy we champion for our clients, attracting and retaining top talent through transparent, competitive, and equitable pay practices. By embodying our mission internally, the G&A pillar doesn't just support Pave's operations - it demonstrates the transformative power of our compensation solutions to prospective clients and partners.
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):
$100,000 - $118,000
Life @ Pave
Since being founded in 2019, Pave has established a robust global footprint. Headquartered in San Francisco's Financial District, we operate strategic regional hubs across New York City's Flatiron District, Salt Lake City, and the United Kingdom. We cultivate a vibrant, collaborative workplace culture through our hybrid model, bringing teams together in-person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays to foster innovation and strengthen professional relationships
Benefits @ Pave
At Pave, career advancement drives everything—roles expand, responsibilities deepen, and compensation rises alongside your professional growth.
What we provide
- Complete Health Coverage: Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision coverage for you and your family, with plenty of options to suit your needs
- Time off & Flexibility: Flexible PTO and the ability to work from anywhere in the world for a month
- Meals & Snacks: Lunch & dinner stipends as well as fully stocked kitchens to fuel you
- Professional Development: Quarterly education stipend to continuously grow
- Family Support: Robust parental leave to bond with your new family
- Commuter Assistance: A commuter stipend to help you collaborate in person