Alpaca

Worldwide

Posted on: 23 June 2024

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Legal Operations Manager

Who We Are:

Alpaca is a fast-growing series B fintech company that’s raised over $120 million in funding.
Alpaca is an API-first stock and crypto platform that enables developers and businesses across the world to build trading algorithms, applications, and brokerage services.
Our globally distributed team consists of developers, traders, and brokerage specialists, and is backed by a group of prominent investors and highly experienced industry angel investors, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Eldridge, Positive Sum, Elefund, and Y Combinator.

And, of course, we are very enthusiastic about open source contributions as well as community building.

The Alpaca Team:

We have 150+ globally distributed (remote) team members who love to work from their favorite places in the world. We have team members based in the USA, Canada, Hungary, Japan, Brazil, Spain, Philippines, Nigeria, UK, and more! We love candidates who have a passion for making a global difference in financial services and technology, by impacting local communities and becoming a part of our hyper-growth company.

Job Responsibilities:

Develop and implement best practices, policies, and procedures to standardize legal operations and improve efficiency across the organization.
Assist with preparing regular reports and dashboards on key legal metrics, performance indicators, and operational efficiency improvements.
Assist with the review and triage of contracts, lead internal cross-departmental contract processes, and resolve challenges and queries from counterparties.
Manage the contract lifecycle and have a key part in Alpaca’s contract development, contract approval coordination, contract file and database management, and contract lifecycle management implementation across Alpaca.
Coordinate the execution of key legal documents.
Work collaboratively to create and provide continuous improvement of cross-team training, playbooks, contract templates, and legal processes to enable the Legal team to scale with Alpaca’s growth in tandem with our cross-functional partners.
Compile library & logs of all key commercial documents ranging from banking, vendor applications to partnership account openings.
Assist in the coordination of compiling, and completing all administrative documents.
Collaborate with Operations, Sales, Compliance, Finance, and Senior Management as appropriate.
Create a central library of corporate and legal documents, and related guiding documents within Confluence / Google Drive.
Provide support as needed in maintaining entity registrations/licenses and international expansion.
Provide general support to the Director of Legal and perform other adhoc administrative duties, as required.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Minimum of 3-4 years of experience in a contract & administration role, preferably within a SaaS / fintech company
Experienced in the Contract Administration process and administrative tasks
Strong experience with contract lifecycle management systems is a plus
Must have excellent oral and written English skills, along with good interpersonal skills
Effective communication and negotiation skills
Strong business acumen and judgment
Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and work with cross-functional teams
Ability to work independently on multiple priorities
Flexibility and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling environment
Understanding of and commitment to compliance with Company policies and practices
Strong MacOS computer skills (Google Suite, Confluence, MS Word including “blackline” functionality, MS Excel)

How We Take Care of You:

Competitive Salary & Stock Options
Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs.
New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
Work with awesome hard working people, super smart and cool clients and innovative partners from around the world

Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

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