Legal Ops

Summary

Join Kiln, a leading enterprise-grade rewards platform, as their first Legal Operations hire! This full-time position, based in Paris/London or remotely within the Western EU or UK, offers a competitive salary (€45-55k, adaptable) plus equity. You will build and own the legal operations function, automating processes, creating internal tools (including a Slack bot), and implementing external tools. The role requires strong legal expertise, tech-savviness, and project management skills. You will collaborate closely with various teams and leverage AI to enhance efficiency. Kiln provides a fast-paced, flexible work environment with numerous benefits.

Requirements

• 1+ year experience in a legal function (ideally in FinTech, SaaS or scale-ups)
• Background in business, financial or banking law
• Hands-on experience with contract automation (Zapier, macros, templates)
• Comfort with tools like Slack, Notion, and AI assistants
• Proven project management and self-organization skills
• Strong interest in automation and AI (you already use it daily)
• Fluent (written and spoken) in both French and English

Responsibilities

• Create and own the legal ops function
• Set up and maintain contract and process automation (e.g. Zapier, templates, macros)
• Build internal tools, including a Slack bot to answer common legal & sales questions
• Implement and manage Kiln's external tools (Equity management, Contract Legal Management, Corporate Governance management)
• Continuously improve and iterate on internal legal tooling
• Drive operational excellence
• Help structure workflows, documentation and dashboards in Notion
• Support on contract templates, negotiation workflows, document versioning
• Accelerate our use of AI
• Identify and deploy AI tools (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Law LLMs) to boost legal team productivity
• Launch pilots such as automated regulatory watch or internal legal newsletters
• Empower GTM and other teams on legal workflows
• Design self-serve resources and processes to reduce legal bottlenecks and enable operational autonomy
• Partner with GTM teams to scale efficiently by embedding legal know-how into tools and workflows—without needing to scale legal headcount linearly

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in crypto / Web3 environments
• Ability to write or understand simple code (e.g. for integrations)
• Experience working within a certified environment (SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA...)
• Genuine interest in blockchain, DeFi and smart contracts

Benefits

• A fast-paced, bureaucracy-free work environment
• Equity share options in the business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!
• Competitive salary
• Flexible holiday
• Flexible remote working
• Choose your IT equipment
• Internet connection : €50/month
• Significant personal development budget (books, training)
• Overseas tech conferences budget