The Senior Paralegal & Legal Operations Specialist serves as a pivotal role bridging traditional paralegal duties with modern legal operations functions. This position provides comprehensive support to the Legal Department while interfacing with the Executive Team and Board of Directors. The role demands excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to manage multiple tasks with competing priorities while handling sensitive and confidential material with the highest levels of discretion.
Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer, this position focuses primarily on supporting the Legal Department while effectively interfacing with the Executive Team and Board of Directors. This role represents an opportunity to evolve from traditional paralegal responsibilities into a more strategic legal operations function, creating operational efficiencies and improving department effectiveness.
Contract Management
- Manage contract and sub-contract preparation, review, revision, and processing
- Prepare and / or review statements of work, nondisclosure agreements between business partners, banks, vendors, contractors, and other relevant parties
- File signed contracts and maintain accurate organization of files
- Add contracts to contract tracker and maintain complete records
- Manage and track contract requests and workflow
- Manage Certificate of Insurance (COI) requests and file vendor COIs
Corporate Governance
Assist with compilation of board meeting materialsManage signatures of minutes and other corporate documentsMaintain and generate stock certificates when requiredMaintain equity ledger and corporate recordsMaintain corporate policy documents, committee / board charters, and officer / director listsSchedule investor updatesFacilitate and maintain corporate filings for various corporate legal entities, captive insurance company, and corporate foundationOther duties in litigation and intellectual property as needed.
Education Requirements
Paralegal Certification preferred.
Experience Requirements
Minimum of seven to ten years of experience as in-house paralegal required.Experience in litigation, including electronic discovery, and database tools helpful.Experience with legal project operations and management in-house or at a law firm.Exposure to / or experience with corporate governance, manufacturing and private label industry is a plus.Must have an acute attention to detail, be able to prepare and revise a wide variety of contracts and other documents.Seniority level
Mid-Senior levelEmployment type
Full-timeJob function
LegalIndustries
ManufacturingPharmaceutical ManufacturingInferred from the description for this job
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