Legal Ops Engineer: AI-Driven CLM & Automation

XYZ Venture Capital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Hex Technologies is seeking a hands-on Legal Operations lead to own and scale the operating layer as the company grows. This builder role covers CLM, governance, and outside counsel management, with AI-powered workflows at the core.

You will implement and refine CLM (Ironclad preferred), build structured intake for legal workstreams, train cross-functional teams on self-service tools, and automate routine contracts.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years in legal operations, paralegal, or contract management.
• At least 1-2 years in-house at a tech or SaaS company.
• Implemented or rebuilt a CLM, designed intake workflows, and stood up reporting.
• Experience reviewing and redlining commercial agreements.
• You build with AI and automation as a natural part of how you work.
• Comfortable operating with autonomy in a role with a lot of white space.

Responsibilities

• Drive CLM adoption and enablement for self-serve deals.
• Own workflow optimization, templates, and playbooks as deal structures and products evolve.
• First-pass review and redlining of standard agreements; draft from templates as volume requires.
• Build and own structured intake for legal workstreams across the company.
• Build AI-powered workflows, agents, and automations that replace manual processes.
• Maintain the legal governance record: privacy registers, AI inventory, compliance calendars.
• Train cross-functional teams on self-service tools and escalation paths.
• Manage outside counsel relationships and the legal tech stack.

Skills

Legal operations

Contract management

Contract review

AI automation

In-house SaaS

Playbook creation

User enablement

CLM adoption

Tools

Ironclad CLM

Job description

Hex Technologies is seeking a hands-on Legal Operations lead to own and scale the operating layer as the company grows. This builder role covers CLM, governance, and outside counsel management, with AI-powered workflows at the core.

You will implement and refine CLM (Ironclad preferred), build structured intake for legal workstreams, train cross-functional teams on self-service tools, and automate routine contracts.