Paralegal (Remote) - $124,000/year

RecruiterForge; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

RecruiterForge is seeking a senior corporate attorney operations professional to manage day-to-day corporate legal work in a newly created role reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, Corporate. You will coordinate with Legal, Finance, IT, Tax, Treasury, and the People Team to keep legal matters organized and on schedule.

You will own due diligence, governance, and outside counsel relationships, while leveraging AI tools to streamline processes and support transactional work.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of corporate and transactional experience.
• Experience with corporate transactions, due diligence, and compliance.
• Experience managing budgets and vendor relationships, including law firm billing.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a demanding, deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent communication, research, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with limited day-to-day attorney supervision and recognize when legal guidance is needed.
• Comfort using AI tools and learning new technologies and ways of working.
• Ability to work remotely and participate in periodic business travel and company gatherings.

Responsibilities

• Own due diligence and audit requests from intake through completion, gathering information across teams and ensuring accurate, timely responses.
• Prepare and maintain corporate governance documentation, support filings, and keep entity records and renewals current.
• Manage outside counsel and legal vendor relationships, including invoices, budgets, and legal technology tools.
• Coordinate with internal departments to improve legal workflows.
• Assist attorneys with commercial transactions and compliance matters, exercising sound judgment when direction is limited.
• Maintain trackers, manage competing deadlines, and keep stakeholders informed across multiple workstreams.
• Use AI tools and explore opportunities to reduce manual legal operations work.
• Take on related responsibilities as the function grows, including Board coordination, legal research, and contract drafting and review.

Skills

Project & stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Organizational skills

Deadline-driven

AI tools familiarity

Education

Bachelor's or Associate's degree

Equivalent experience

Tools

Legal technology tools

Vendor/billing software

Budget tracking tools

Job description

Manage day-to-day corporate legal work in a newly created role reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, Corporate. Responsibilities include investor due diligence, audit requests, corporate governance, filings, and outside counsel coordination. Work closely with Legal, Finance, IT, Tax, Treasury, and the People Team to keep legal matters organized and on schedule.

What you'll manage

• Own due diligence and audit requests from intake through completion, gathering information across teams and ensuring accurate, timely responses.
• Prepare and maintain corporate governance documentation, support filings, and keep entity records and renewals current.
• Manage outside counsel and legal vendor relationships, including invoices, budgets, and legal technology tools.
• Coordinate with internal departments to improve legal workflows.
• Assist attorneys with commercial transactions and compliance matters, exercising sound judgment when direction is limited.
• Maintain trackers, manage competing deadlines, and keep stakeholders informed across multiple workstreams.
• Use AI tools and explore opportunities to reduce manual legal operations work.
• Take on related responsibilities as the function grows, including Board coordination, legal research, and contract drafting and review.

Required qualifications

• At least 7 years of corporate and transactional experience.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience with corporate transactions, due diligence, and compliance.
• Experience managing budgets and vendor relationships, including law firm billing.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a demanding, deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent communication, research, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with limited day-to-day attorney supervision and recognize when legal guidance is needed.
• Comfort using AI tools and learning new technologies and ways of working.
• Ability to work remotely and participate in periodic business travel and company gatherings.

Preferred background

• Experience in a large corporate legal department or law firm.
• Experience managing a corporate intellectual property portfolio.
• Residence in the Greater Richmond, Virginia area.

Compensation and benefits

• Annual incentive program eligibility.
• Paid time off.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Disability coverage and life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Flexible spending accounts for childcare and healthcare.