0-3 years in legal operations, commercial contracts, or transactional practice
Experience in redlining or negotiating contracts directly
Ability to make decisions with incomplete information and know when to escalate
Skill in maintaining strong relationships while saying no to sales or legal requests
Strong writing skills and ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously
Responsibilities
Serve as the sole point of contact for all legal requests, ensuring timely resolution
Negotiate and redline customer agreements, escalating when necessary
Manage relationships with outside counsel and track legal expenditures
Maintain and update contract templates in line with changing pricing and processes
Collaborate with Product to ensure accuracy of terms of service and privacy policies
Analyze contract terms for data privacy and commercial risk, providing clear recommendations to leadership
Develop systems for legal scalability, including intake processes and contract management
Benefits
Cash for stability, bonus for performance, and equity for ownership
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) with a 100% match up to 4%
Catered lunch in the office and $70 monthly commute allowance
Full-time, in-person work at the San Francisco office, 4 days a week
Full Job Description
About the role You'll be our first legal hire and the point person for everything legal at Bobyard. Today, legal work is spread across our leadership team and five outside law firms, and your job is to bring it into one place. You'll negotiate customer agreements, keep our contracts and terms current, and manage the firms we work with. Success is Sales never waiting on legal, and every matter having one owner and a clear next step.
What you'll do
Be the single point of contact for legal requests: triage, route, and track every matter to closure
Negotiate and redline customer agreements (MSAs, order forms, DPAs, and NDAs) within our playbook, and escalate what needs outside counsel
Keep contract templates current and version-controlled as pricing and processes change
Work with Product to keep our terms of service, privacy policy, and in-product terms accurate
Analyze contract terms against data-privacy, security, and commercial risk, and give leadership clear recommendations
Build the systems that make legal scale: intake, a clause playbook, and contract management
What we're looking for
0-3 years in legal operations, commercial contracts, or a transactional practice
You've redlined or negotiated contracts yourself, not just watched
You make a call with incomplete information, and you know when to escalate
You can say no to a salesperson or a customer's lawyer and keep the relationship strong
Clear, concise writing, and the follow-through to keep many matters moving at once
Nice to have
Juris Doctor (JD)
Admitted to the California bar
SaaS agreements, DPAs, or privacy frameworks (GDPR, CCPA). CIPP/US is a plus
Contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools
Startup experience, or a firm serving startups
What we offer
Cash for stability. Bonus for performance. Equity for ownership. Your package reflects your role, your experience, and what you deliver, and it grows as you do.
$130,000-$155,000 base + 0.02%-0.04% equity (4-year vest, 1-year cliff)
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) with a 100% match up to 4%
Catered lunch in the office and $70 a month toward your commute
Full-time, in person at our San Francisco office (101 2nd Street), 4 days a week.
Comp Philosophy
Cash for stability. Bonus for performance. Equity for ownership. Your package reflects your role, your experience, and what you deliver.
