Senior Manager, Legal Operations

Summary

Join H1, a company dedicated to improving healthcare access globally through data and AI, as a Senior Manager of Legal Operations. This strategic role requires streamlining legal and sales operations, optimizing contract lifecycle management, and enhancing workflows. You will lead legal operations, contracting, and project management, ensuring efficiency and compliance. The ideal candidate possesses strong project management, vendor management, and equity administration skills. This high-impact role demands a proactive, problem-solving approach and cross-functional collaboration. H1 offers a competitive salary, stock options, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in legal operations, sales operations, or deal desk management
• Strong strategic mindset, with a track record of designing and optimizing legal & sales operations frameworks
• Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Legal, and executive teams
• Expertise in contract negotiations, vendor management, and risk assessment
• Expertise in cap table management and equity administration, including familiarity with platforms like Carta (or willingness to learn)
• Background in process automation and system optimization (e.g., implementing CLM or Salesforce enhancements)
• Exceptional stakeholder management, comfortable engaging with diverse perspectives to solve complex issues

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize contract lifecycle management (CLM), ensuring efficiency in contract generation, negotiations, and repository management
• Establish and enforce contract review policies, risk mitigation strategies, and governance frameworks
• Oversee legal ticketing systems and workflows, providing executive-level visibility into priorities and roadblocks
• Facilitate the establishment of and implementation guidelines for pricing approvals, contract negotiations, and sales policy enforcement
• Drive alignment between Salesforce administration, legal operations, and deal desk efficiency
• Manage vendor contracting discussions, ensuring optimized contract evaluations, negotiations, and cost-saving initiatives
• Develop a scalable project management framework for tracking legal requests, sales deal approvals, and compliance updates
• Support in the management of equity administration and cap table management, ensuring accuracy and compliance with governance best practices
• Support in the management of international entity governance, including corporate compliance, regulatory filings, and coordination with local counsel
• Effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders regarding the status, priority, and timing of ongoing projects
• Identify key process inefficiencies and implement solutions that improve speed, accuracy, and compliance

Preferred Qualifications

You bring a proactive, problem-solving mindset and are always looking for ways to enhance workflows, reduce friction, and improve compliance. You enjoy working closely with Sales, Finance, and Legal teams, aligning priorities and ensuring operational excellence. You are comfortable making high-impact decisions, negotiating contracts, and providing data-driven insights to inform business strategy

Benefits

• Full suite of health insurance options, in addition to generous paid time off
• Pre-planned company-wide wellness holidays
• Retirement options
• Health & charitable donation stipends
• Impactful Business Resource Groups
• Flexible work hours & the opportunity to work from anywhere
• The opportunity to work with leading biotech and life sciences companies in an innovative industry with a mission to improve healthcare around the globe