Head of Legal Operations

Baseten

Head of Legal Operations overseeing AI strategy and contract lifecycle management at Baseten. Drive efficiencies and collaborate across teams in a high-growth environment.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $190,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the legal side of contract lifecycle management — intake, routing, templates, repository, and reporting — in close coordination with RevOps and Sales Ops, whose Order Form, CPQ, and contract-management systems the legal workflow flows from
Partner with RevOps and Sales Ops as the legal lead on Order Form, CPQ, and contract-management decisions, stepping in to drive these cross-functional workstreams on the CLO's behalf
Design and run the legal intake and triage workflow (today, a Slack-based, human-in-the-loop pipeline), continuously improving how requests are classified, drafted, reviewed, and closed
Lead legal-technology and AI strategy with a bias toward building over buying: design and build AI-assisted and agentic workflows (e.g., Claude Cowork) before reaching for off-the-shelf tools, while bringing sharp vendor-selection judgment to the systems worth buying
Build the data and reporting layer — cycle times, deal volume, risk snapshots, program health — that gives the CLO and leadership a clear line of sight
Own knowledge management: keep playbooks, briefs, and templates current, versioned, and findable, and make them the source of truth for the team and the business
Manage outside counsel operations and the legal budget — panel management, engagement, spend tracking, matter management — with an eye on scope and cost
Build and run the operational cadences (intake SLAs, approval gates, cross-functional handoffs with Sales, Finance, and Security) that keep the function fast and accountable
Partner with the CLO to design the operating model as the team grows toward IPO, and own program management of legal initiatives end to end
May assist on M&A and other strategic or one-off transactions as needed — e.g., diligence, data-room, and integration operations

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years in legal operations at a high-growth technology company, including ownership of a legal-ops program (not just supporting one)
Deep hands-on experience with CLM systems and legal tooling — selection, implementation, and day-to-day operation
Track record of building process and workflow that measurably reduced cycle time or cost in a lean legal environment
Fluency with data and reporting — you can build the dashboards and metrics leadership actually uses
Strong cross-functional operator who can work across Legal, RevOps, Sales Ops, Finance, Security, and IT and drive adoption
Clear, direct communicator who can translate operational design into something the team will actually use
Fluency — or a clear path to fluency — in building and managing agentic AI workflows (e.g., Claude Cowork), with a bias toward building over buying and the judgment to know when to buy
The ability to learn, build, and master AI tooling and systems to self-serve and operate at breakneck speed
A desire to become a recognized thought leader in legal operations and to help define what a modern, AI-native legal-ops function looks like.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
Paid parental leave
Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
Company-facilitated 401(k)
Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

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Hard Skills & Tools

contract lifecycle managementlegal operationsCLM systemslegal toolingprocess buildingworkflow designdata reportingAI workflowsvendor selectionM&A operations

Soft Skills

cross-functional collaborationclear communicationoperational designleadershipproblem-solvingadaptabilitystrategic thinkingbudget managementknowledge managementthought leadership