Senior Paralegal - Remote, Contracts & Governance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/Hybrid workplace options

Health Benefits

Unlimited Flexible Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Family Leave

401(k) Matching

Job summary

Sagent is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join the Legal team, providing high-level support across corporate governance, contracts, regulatory matters, and litigation in a fast-paced mortgage technology environment.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of paralegal or legal operations experience, strong research and writing skills, and proficiency with Microsoft 365 and contract tools. Collaboration and discretion are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 7+ years of progressive paralegal or legal operations experience in a corporate legal department or law firm.
• Strong knowledge of legal terminology, document management, contract processes, and corporate recordkeeping.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex assignments, competing deadlines, and multiple stakeholders with limited supervision.
• Excellent research, writing, proofreading, organization, and communication skills.
• High attention to detail, strong follow-through, and the ability to exercise good judgment in ambiguous situations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and experience using contract lifecycle management, e-billing, matter management, e-discovery, or similar legal technology tools.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic, technology-driven environment while maintaining confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced paralegal support to attorneys on corporate, commercial, regulatory, employment, litigation, and compliance matters.
• Support the full contract lifecycle, including intake, document preparation, review coordination, approvals, signature, tracking, and retention.
• Maintain corporate records, entity information, governance documents, board and committee materials, and required filings.
• Conduct legal and regulatory research, summarize findings, and prepare clear, business-focused materials for attorney review.
• Coordinate responses to subpoenas, discovery requests, audits, examinations, and other information requests, including document collection and production.
• Manage legal matter files, deadlines, calendars, templates, and reporting to ensure accuracy and timely follow-through.
• Partner with teams such as Compliance, Finance, People, Procurement, Information Security, and business operations to advance legal initiatives.
• Assist with outside counsel engagement, billing administration, matter status tracking, and budget reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve legal workflows, templates, playbooks, technology, and knowledge management.
• Handle sensitive and confidential information with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.

Skills

Legal operations experience

Contract processes

Document management

Corporate recordkeeping

Research, writing, communication

Discretion and sound judgment

Collaborative in tech-driven env

MS 365 proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree or paralegal certificate

Tools

Contract lifecycle management

E-billing

Matter management

E-discovery

Microsoft 365

Job description

Sagent is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join the Legal team, providing high-level support across corporate governance, contracts, regulatory matters, and litigation in a fast-paced mortgage technology environment.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of paralegal or legal operations experience, strong research and writing skills, and proficiency with Microsoft 365 and contract tools. Collaboration and discretion are essential in this role.