Legal Operations Manager

Securitize; New York (NY); Teletrabalho; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Flexible Paid Time Off

Equity Grant Opportunities

Remote Work Flexibility

Additional Benefits for US employees

Comprehensive Insurance Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan

Resumo da oferta

Securitize, a leader in tokenizing real-world assets, is seeking a Legal Operations Manager to support day-to-day legal and compliance operations. The role suits a paralegal or junior attorney with 3–5 years of experience in regulated environments.

Responsibilities include drafting and managing agreements, overseeing contract workflows, and ensuring securities-law compliance. Flexible PTO and remote work options enhance the opportunity.

Qualificações

• Paralegal certificate or JD from an accredited institution.
• 2–5 years in legal, paralegal, compliance, or legal-operations in regulated settings.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and managing commercial agreements & corporate documents.
• Familiarity with public-company reporting & securities-law compliance.
• Strong research, writing, and risk-escalation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple streams with limited supervision.

Responsabilidades

• Manage day-to-day legal and compliance operations and reporting.
• Draft, review, and redline commercial agreements and corporate documents.
• Oversee contract workflows from intake to renewal and recordkeeping.
• Support SEC filings, governance, disclosures, and communications.
• Review marketing materials for regulatory compliance.
• Support regulated business areas including broker-dealer and ATS.
• Maintain governance policies and corporate records.
• Coordinate privacy, cybersecurity, vendor risk, and insurance matters.
• Assist M&A, financings, and other strategic transactions.
• Manage outside counsel relationships and legal budgets.

Conhecimentos

JD or Paralegal certificate

2–5 years of experience

Drafting & reviewing agreements

Securities law familiarity

Strong written & verbal communication

Multi-workstream management

Discretion & confidentiality

Blockchain, digital assets interest

Formação académica

JD or paralegal certification

Ferramentas

Contract-management systems

Entity-management software

Productivity suites (MS Office)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Securitize, the leader in tokenizing real-world assets with $3.7B+ AUM (as of May 5, 2025), is bringing the world on-chain through tokenized funds in partnership with top-tier asset managers, such as Apollo, BlackRock, Hamilton Lane, KKR, and others. Securitize, through its subsidiaries, is a SEC-registered broker dealer, digital transfer agent, fund administrator, and operator of a SEC-regulated Alternative Trading System (ATS).

Securitize is a global, fully remote team consisting of top talent from the blockchain and financial services industries. Having raised $170M overall to date, we are backed by some of the largest names in finance and technology, including BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, BlockchainCapital, MUFG, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Sony Finance, Banco Santander, Coinbase, among others. Securitize has also been recognized as a 2025 Forbes Top 50 Fintech. Company. Before applying, we encourage you to visit us to learn more:[Website](|[X/Twitter](|[LinkedIn]

We are a publicly traded company focused on the tokenization of securities and other real-world assets. Our platform operates at the intersection of financial services, blockchain technology, and regulatory compliance, enabling the issuance and management of digital representations of traditional financial instruments. We operate in a highly regulated environment and work closely with regulators, auditors, and external counsel.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Legal Operations Manager to support the day-to-day operations of our legal and compliance function. This role is ideal for a paralegal or junior attorney with 3–5 years of experience, preferably within a regulated company (e.g., financial services, fintech, broker-dealer, investment adviser, public company, or similar).

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day legal and compliance operations, including intake, prioritization, tracking, documentation, reporting, and stakeholder coordination.
• Draft, review, and redline commercial agreements, NDAs, vendor agreements, amendments, corporate documents, and other routine legal materials under the supervision of counsel.
• Manage contract workflows from intake through negotiation, approval, execution, renewal, termination, and recordkeeping.
• Support public-company and securities-law compliance, including SEC filings, disclosure controls, corporate communications, and maintenance of required records.
• Review marketing, website, social-media, investor, and product materials for legal and regulatory compliance.
• Support regulated businesses and products, including broker-dealer, ATS, transfer-agent, investment‑adviser, digital-asset, and fund-related matters.
• Prepare and maintain governance policies, signature authorities, and corporate records.
• Manage domestic and international entity governance, including formations, annual filings, organizational charts, beneficial-ownership records, and economic-substance requirements.
• Support regulatory examinations, audits, licensing matters, KYC/AML requests, due-diligence exercises, and information requests from regulators, auditors, banks, and counterparties.
• Coordinate privacy, cybersecurity, data‑protection, vendor‑risk, business‑continuity, and insurance matters with relevant internal teams.
• Support M&A, financings, restructurings, and other strategic transactions, including diligence, document preparation, approvals, and closing management.
• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, templates, playbooks, approval matrices, and legal knowledge resources.
• Manage outside‑counsel relationships, matter status, legal invoices, budgets, and spend reporting.
• Help select, implement, and administer contract‑management, entity‑management, matter‑management, and workflow‑automation tools.
• Identify process improvements, establish service metrics, and provide reporting on legal workload, turnaround times, contract status, and risk trends.
• Serve as a practical point of contact for business teams, resolving routine matters and escalating significant issues to counsel.

Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate or JD from an accredited institution
• 2–5 years of relevant legal, paralegal, compliance, or legal‑operations experience, preferably within a regulated financial‑services, fintech, broker‑dealer, investment‑adviser, or public‑company environment
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and managing commercial agreements, corporate documents, and other routine legal materials
• Familiarity with public‑company reporting, securities‑law compliance, corporate
• Strong legal research, writing, issue‑spotting, and risk‑escalation skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and stakeholders with limited supervision
• Excellent judgment, attention to detail, discretion, and commitment to handling confidential information appropriately
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate legal requirements into practical guidance for business teams
• Proficiency with contract‑management, entity‑management, matter‑management, document‑management, and productivity tools
• Demonstrated interest in blockchain, digital assets, securities markets, or financial innovation

Why Join Us?

• Flexible Paid Time Off – Promoting a healthy work-life balance.
• Equity Grant Opportunities– Share in the success and future growth of the company.
• Remote Work Flexibility– Work from anywhere while staying connected with a dynamic and collaborative team.
• Additional Benefits for US employees

Additional Benefits for US employees

• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage – Employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Secure your financial future with employer-sponsored savings

Securitize is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital or family status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

All employment decisions at Securitize are based on job-related qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to apply.