Senior Legal Operations Manager

The role

The Senior Legal Operations Manager will own how legal work moves through the business, including intake, tracking, execution, and payment. This individual will build workflows, manage contract turnaround, maintain records, support litigation management, and manage outside counsel spend.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end contract intake, routing, workflow optimization, and status tracking using Zip.
• Perform initial triage and review of incoming third-party agreements in Zip.
• Build and maintain contract templates, playbooks, and self-service tools.
• Establish repository standards and manage post-execution filing and signature routing.
• Oversee law firm billing guidelines, manage outside counsel engagements, and perform initial invoice reviews.
• Track legal spend against department budgets and collaborate with Accounting and Finance.
• Support rate negotiations with outside counsel and evaluate third-party legal vendors.
• Manage corporate governance, state filings, annual reports, and registered agent coordination.
• Maintain cap table and corporate records in Carta.
• Coordinate document collection, diligence request tracking, and virtual data room administration.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of total experience in legal operations, contract management, or paralegal roles
• 3+ years in corporate paralegal responsibilities
• Solid working understanding of key contract terms (indemnification, liability, boilerplate provisions)
• Solid working understanding of corporate entity management across multiple jurisdictions
• Solid working understanding of litigation hold procedures
• Practical experience with litigation and claims management
• Proven ability to partner across business functions
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Advanced proficiency in Google Workspace and Microsoft Excel

Nice to have

• Experience in a high-growth, late-stage private company (Series B/C/E) or proptech/fintech/real estate environment
• Practical exposure to Zip (CLM), Carta (cap table/entity management), DataSite (VDR), Serengeti/Tracker, or Ironclad
• Real estate, proptech, fintech, or other regulated-industry experience

Benefits

• Generous PTO Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Volunteer Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401k Program
• Wellness and home office/cell phone subsidies
• Robust health, dental, vision insurance, and more

Before you apply

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Unable to sponsor H1-B Visas
• Offer is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation

About the company

Roofstock is an end-to-end investment platform for single-family rental homes. The company merges real estate investment with technology and has offices in the Bay Area and New York City.