Legal Operations Manager

Job description
Job Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement best practices, policies, and procedures to standardize legal operations and improve efficiency across the organization.
• Assist with preparing regular reports and dashboards on key legal metrics, performance indicators, and operational efficiency improvements.
• Assist with the review and triage of contracts, lead internal cross-departmental contract processes, and resolve challenges and queries from counterparties.
• Manage the contract lifecycle and have a key part in Alpaca’s contract development, contract approval coordination, contract file and database management, and contract lifecycle management implementation across Alpaca.
• Coordinate the execution of key legal documents.
• Work collaboratively to create and provide continuous improvement of cross-team training, playbooks, contract templates, and legal processes to enable the Legal team to scale with Alpaca’s growth in tandem with our cross-functional partners.
• Compile library & logs of all key commercial documents ranging from banking, vendor applications to partnership account openings.
• Assist in the coordination of compiling, and completing all administrative documents.
• Collaborate with Operations, Sales, Compliance, Finance, and Senior Management as appropriate.
• Create a central library of corporate and legal documents, and related guiding documents within Confluence / Google Drive.
• Provide support as needed in maintaining entity registrations/licenses and international expansion.
• Provide general support to the Director of Legal and perform other adhoc administrative duties, as required.

Required Qualifications and Experience:
• Minimum of 3-4 years of experience in a contract & administration role, preferably within a SaaS / fintech company
• Experienced in the Contract Administration process and administrative tasks
• Strong experience with contract lifecycle management systems is a plus
• Must have excellent oral and written English skills, along with good interpersonal skills
• Effective communication and negotiation skills
• Strong business acumen and judgment
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and work with cross-functional teams
• Ability to work independently on multiple priorities
• Flexibility and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling environment
• Understanding of and commitment to compliance with Company policies and practices
• Strong MacOS computer skills (Google Suite, Confluence, MS Word including “blackline” functionality, MS Excel)