Legal Operations Architect

Human Union Data, Inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Relocation and visa sponsorship

Lunch and dinner in-office

Equinox membership

401k

Commuter benefits

Unlimited tokens for AI tools

Job summary

HUD is seeking a Legal Operations Lead to design and own HUD's legal systems, processes, and commercial frameworks to accelerate growth. You will handle contracts directly and also redesign processes to minimize manual intervention while ensuring sound judgment.

Responsibilities include building an end-to-end legal operating system, drafting MSAs and data licenses, and improving playbooks. You will optimize workflows with AI and manage outside counsel to maximize efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in legal operations, contracts management, or transactional legal work at a fast-growing tech company.
• Ability to draft, review, and negotiate commercial technology agreements.
• Comfort with legal tech, workflow tools, and AI to scale processes.
• Strong commercial judgment balancing risk, speed, and business needs.
• Excellent written communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end operating system for legal at HUD, including intake, prioritization, contracting workflows, approvals, escalation paths, document management, and outside-counsel coordination
• Draft, review, and negotiate routine commercial agreements across buyers, data vendors, and other partners, including MSAs, SOWs, data licenses, SLAs, NDAs, vendor agreements, and other bespoke arrangements
• Build and continuously improve templates and negotiation playbooks so recurring issues such as data rights and usage restrictions can be handled quickly and consistently
• Identify opportunities to automate or streamline high-volume legal workflows using software and AI, while preserving appropriate human review for judgment-heavy issues
• Establish clear rules for what should be handled internally, what can be standardized or automated, and what should be escalated to founders or outside counsel
• Manage outside counsel strategically, including scoping work, preparing issues efficiently, controlling legal spend, and ensuring external lawyers are used primarily for high-value or specialist questions

Skills

Legal operations

Contracts management

Commercial operations

Transactional legal work

AI/workflow tools

Education

Law degree or equivalent

Tools

Contract management systems

AI tooling

Job description

HUD is seeking a Legal Operations Lead to design and own HUD's legal systems, processes, and commercial frameworks to accelerate growth. You will handle contracts directly and also redesign processes to minimize manual intervention while ensuring sound judgment.

Responsibilities include building an end-to-end legal operating system, drafting MSAs and data licenses, and improving playbooks. You will optimize workflows with AI and manage outside counsel to maximize efficiency.