Legal Operations Manager

Chromatic (we're hiring!)

Legal Operations Manager at Chromatic managing legal workflows. Supporting Go-To-Market and Business Operations teams with contract review and vendor agreements.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeRemote • 🏈 Anywhere in North AmericaJunior💰 $155,000 - $171,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support Contract Review & Counsel Coordination
Review edits to agreements, including NDAs, DPAs, customer subscription orders, terms of service, vendor agreements, and security addendums.
Identify legal or business risks and escalate custom, novel, or higher-risk language to external counsel when needed.
Coordinate with external counsel on complex matters and summarize key risks, recommendations, and decisions for internal stakeholders.
Help the GTM team keep contract reviews moving while maintaining consistency with company policies.
Build Legal Operations Infrastructure
Build and maintain foundational legal operations processes, including contract tracking, intake workflows, document organization, and approval processes.
Organize existing legal documents so contracts, templates, accepted language, deviations, obligations, renewals, and approvals are easy to find.
Create and maintain contract templates, clause libraries, fallback language, and internal playbooks to reduce repetitive review.
Improve how legal work is managed across tools like Google Drive, PandaDoc, HubSpot, Notion, and any new tools the function may need.
Support Vendor Review & Contract-Related Risk
Review vendor agreements for new software and service purchases as needed.
Support customer and vendor contract requirements tied to security, compliance, and insurance documentation.
Help internal teams understand when legal review is needed and how to route requests through the right process.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience as a paralegal, legal operations professional, contract manager, legal counsel, or similar legal support role, ideally in a SaaS, a law firm or technology company.
Comfortable reviewing standard contracts and identifying when something needs to be escalated.
Familiarity with SaaS agreements, NDAs, DPAs, order forms, vendor agreements, and security or privacy-related contract terms.
Experience coordinating with external counsel and translating legal guidance into clear business recommendations.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable building processes, systems, templates, and documentation from scratch.
Clear and practical communicator who can work cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, Security, Business Operations, and leadership.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

contract reviewlegal operationsdocument organizationcontract trackingworkflow managementtemplate creationclause librariesvendor agreementsrisk assessmentlegal compliance

Soft Skills

detail-orientedorganizational skillscommunicationcross-functional collaborationprocess buildingproblem-solvingrecommendation translationescalation managementstakeholder engagementadaptability