Paralegal

Dapple; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k)

Job summary

Dapple is seeking a senior paralegal / legal operations professional to scale a lean legal function. You’ll own entity records, design processes for rapid growth, and partner across the business to prevent issues before they arise.

Reporting to the General Counsel, this high-autonomy role covers contract intake, outside counsel management, and data protection compliance in a remote US setting.

Qualifications

• Paralegal certification or bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years of paralegal or legal operations experience.
• Experience in corporate records management and legal operations.

Responsibilities

• Own entity and corporate records management.
• Build workflows to support a fast-growing legal team.
• Manage outside counsel invoices, budgets, and engagements.
• Support privacy, data protection, and records retention programs.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams across time zones.

Skills

Legal research

Contract management

Entity management

Legal operations

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-assisted drafting

Education

Paralegal certification or bachelor’s degree

Tools

CLM

Entity management systems

Ticketing/intake platforms

E-discovery tools

Job description

Team: Legal Reports to: General Counsel Location: Remote (US) Employment type: Full-time

About Dapple

Dapple is the Enterprise OS Cloud, a new category of AI infrastructure between the public cloud and the private data center. We give regulated enterprises and high-growth digital natives dedicated, in-country, single-tenant capacity to run production AI, extending the cloud ecosystems they already use rather than asking them to leave. We are an early-stage, venture-backed company moving quickly.

About the role

We are looking for a senior paralegal / legal operations professional to serve as the operational backbone of a small, fast-scaling legal team. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will own entity and corporate records management, build the systems and workflows that let a lean legal function support rapid growth and act as a trusted cross-functional partner to the business. This is a high-autonomy, builder role: you will be as comfortable closing a filing deadline as designing the process that prevents the next one from becoming a fire drill.

Key responsibilities

• Assisting with compliance, entity management, legal operations and related company business responsibilities.
• Domestic and international entity management including managing corporate records, organizing and updating corporate books, records and filings, and ensuring compliance with corporate formalities and regulations; assist with board management and appropriate documentation
• Implement technology solutions to reduce friction and enhance speed to market
• Develop and implement workflows to streamline operations
• Performing legal due diligence including assisting with KYC, audit and other diligence requests
• Assisting with legal review workflows, signature processes, and document execution
• Owning day-to-day contract intake and triage
• Managing outside counsel invoices, budgets and engagement documentation
• Helping implement and scale legal operations systems, templates, contract management and knowledge management tools
• Supporting litigation and disputes as needed — administering litigation holds, subpoena and third-party demand responses, e-discovery coordination and document collection with outside counsel, and the company-wide records retention program
• Preparing briefing materials, action lists and executive follow‑up
• Tracking high‑priority cross‑functional initiatives and ensuring accountability across stakeholders
• Building legal department reporting — matter intake volumes, cycle times, outside counsel spend against budget, and other metrics used to justify headcount and tooling investment
• Supporting privacy and data‑protection compliance, including records of processing, vendor data assessments, and responses to data subject and customer security requests
• Coordinating corporate insurance renewals and certificates of insurance, and managing claims as needed — reporting incidents to carriers, tracking claims through resolution, and coordinating with brokers
• Supporting business licensing, permits, and jurisdictional registrations required for new sites and market entry
• Creating self‑service resources — playbooks, templates, and training — that let other teams move without waiting on legal

Qualifications

• Paralegal certification or bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of experience working as a paralegal and/or legal operations manager in a legal department or law firm.

What you’ll bring

• Excellent research, writing, and analytical skills
• Proficiency using legal research tools and software
• Expertise with corporate record‑keeping, including legal entity and contract management
• Track record in implementing new technology solutions such as contract management systems
• Hands‑on experience with legal ops tooling — CLM, entity management, and ticketing/intake platforms
• Comfort using AI‑assisted tools for drafting, review, and knowledge management, with sound judgment about when human review is required
• Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional team members
• Experience supporting litigation and disputes as needed, including litigation holds, discovery coordination, and working with outside counsel
• Familiarity with corporate insurance programs and claims administration, including incident reporting and carrier and broker coordination
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and upholding ethical standards
• Ability to work across time zones as needed
• Willingness to travel occasionally for board meetings, closings, or site visits

Preferred experience

• Ability to operate with autonomy, see around corners and thrive in a fast‑moving, high‑accountability environment
• Experience in technology and/or infrastructure enterprises
• Experience in corporate governance, corporate transactions and legal operations
• Experience in a high growth environment
• Strong experience with legal entity management and complex corporate structures
• Experience supporting M&A, financing rounds or other transactions, including data room build‑out and diligence response management
• Experience standing up a legal function’s processes and systems from scratch, rather than inheriting mature ones
• Exposure to cross‑border compliance and international subsidiary administration, including working with foreign local counsel and corporate service providers

Compensation and benefits

• Actual compensation will depend on experience, skills, and location. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off and 401(k).

Equal opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities.