Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Blaize is building a hybrid AI platform engineered to support edge-to-cloud intelligence at scale. They are seeking an experienced Manager – Paralegal & Legal Operations to support the Legal team across corporate, commercial, compliance, and operational matters, managing legal processes and operations including contracts administration and compliance coordination.

Responsibilities

• Conduct intake, review, negotiate, organize, and administer all NDAs and potentially other template-based agreements, with assistance from attorneys where needed
• Maintain contract lifecycle management (CLM) database and ensure proper documentation, tracking, and compliance processes
• Create and manage contract execution workflows and manage legal intake requests
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, HR, Procurement, Sales, and Operations to support legal processes and business initiatives
• Leverage AI tools and technology to streamline contract review, improve document processing, and enhance legal operations efficiency and reporting
• Assist with corporate governance activities, including Board of Directors and Committee materials and legal entity management activities
• Support compliance initiatives, policy tracking, and audit-related requests
• Help maintain organized, scalable, and audit-ready legal processes and records
• Track legal obligations, renewals, and critical deadlines
• Support dispute management, litigation coordination, legal holds, and document collection as needed
• Assist with legal research and preparation of summaries, reports, and presentations
• Maintain confidentiality and ensure proper handling of sensitive information
• Identify opportunities to improve legal workflows, document management, and operational efficiency
• Help implement scalable legal operations processes and best practices
• Support reporting, metrics, and KPI tracking for legal operations activities

Skills

• 5–8 years of legal operations, paralegal, or corporate legal support experience
• Experience supporting in-house legal teams in a start-up or similar fast-paced business environment (i.e., outside of a traditional law firm environment)
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with business and operational teams
• Strong knowledge of contract management and legal documentation processes
• Excellent organizational, communication, and project management skills
• Experience working collaboratively and cross-functionally with business and operational teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently while maintaining strong attention to detail
• Proficiency with contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools and Microsoft Office Suite required
• Bachelor's degree and/or Paralegal Certification

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