Legal Operations Associate

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Legal Operations team is responsible for optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Legal Department at Anduril and works cross-functionally to streamline workflows, automate routine tasks, implement best practices and support regulatory compliance efforts. With the overarching aim of supporting the Company’s overall strategic goals, the Legal Operations team acts as a bridge between legal, the Company’s business units, and outside counsel.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Legal Operations Associate / Paralegal (non-lawyer position) to join our rapidly growing team in Orange County, California or Washington DC. In this role, you will be responsible for providing extensive paralegal, operational, and administrative support in a fast-paced environment to our multi-disciplinary team. You will assist with contracts negotiation, knowledge management, document retention and management, process implementation and optimization, and special projects. A key focus of this role will be maintaining our outside counsel relationships, legal billing operations, and vendor management. This will require skills in legal research, drafting and editing, document management, project management and regulatory compliance. If you are someone who is scrappy, adaptable, loves to learn, and detail-oriented then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Triage and provide frontline support for requests from the Company to the legal department
• Prepare and maintain records and documentation, such as invoices, billing guidelines, engagement letters, etc.
• Review, process and approve outside counsel invoices for accuracy, compliance with billing guidelines, and budget alignment
• Conduct periodic law firm performance reviews
• Draft, review and redline standard contracts, e.g., NDAs, SaaS licenses, vendor contracts, engagement letters, etc.
• Be a partner to the lawyers on the team with respect to billing and invoicing, data requests, research, organizational filing and general project support
• Coordinate electronic signatures and manage our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool and contract records
• Support legal tech execution, such as maintaining our CLM, invoicing, matter management, or AI tools
• Support departmental stakeholders with recurring legal requests
• Work cross-functionally with Finance, Supply Chain and other departments
• Facilitate and assist in various projects, large and small
• Assist in the development of lightweight workflows to keep the company organized and efficient

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 2 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree and/or paralegal certificate
• Strong written and verbal communications skills and excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience with productivity tools (e.g. AirTable, Slack, DocuSign, Jira) and familiarity with or willingness to learn contract or matter management systems.
• The ability to build strong relationships within the team and cross-functionally, including Finance, Supply Chain, and more
• Experience in supporting small and large-scale projects
• Solutions oriented, with interest in developing and streamlining processes and creating efficiencies
• Self-starter who is able to identify areas where they can assist;
• Willing to wear multiple hats with shifting priorities and work on projects of all types, big and small
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• A positive, team player attitude, good judgment, and eagerness to help others

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Interested in national security and changing the landscape of defense contracting
• Experience with startup, defense, and/or in-house at a high-growth company strongly preferred
• Familiar with notarizations
• Exposure to Oracle ERP
• At least 1 year experience at a nationally recognized law firm or in house strongly preferred