Legal Operations Paralegal (Biotechnology)

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States; onsite Monday–Thursday with the option to work remotely on Friday. Additional remote days may be considered.

Salary: $139,000–$163,000 USD per year, with potential bonus, stock, benefits, and other variable compensation.

Company

hirify.global is a biopharmaceutical oncology company developing investigational therapies through global Phase 3 clinical studies in non-small cell lung cancer and colorectal cancer.

What you will do

• Administer, optimize, and maintain the Contract Lifecycle Management system, including workflows, templates, clause libraries, approval routing, reporting, repositories, metadata, and contract records.
• Serve as the CLM subject matter expert, onboard users, deliver live and recorded training, answer questions, troubleshoot issues, and create user guides, FAQs, and best-practice resources.
• Identify opportunities to streamline legal processes, reduce contract turnaround times, improve data quality, and track obligations, renewals, and key dates.
• Support due diligence for transactions, financings, partnerships, and strategic initiatives by managing data rooms, tracking requests, and summarizing contract terms and findings.
• Assist with litigation discovery, document collection, review, and production, and coordinate case logistics, deadlines, and document management with outside counsel.
• Review, draft, and manage agreements such as NDAs, statements of work, and amendments under attorney supervision, escalating non-standard terms and risks as appropriate.

Requirements

• 6+ years of paralegal experience, preferably in an in-house legal department.
• Demonstrated experience with CLM systems, such as Agiloft, Ironclad, Icertis, DocuSign CLM, Conga, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong technology aptitude and comfort learning and using legal technology tools.
• Deep understanding of contract law, contract language, and in-house legal processes.
• Experience supporting litigation and due diligence matters.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including effective collaboration with cross-functional teams, outside counsel, and vendors.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of maintaining and protecting confidential information.

Nice to have

• Paralegal certificate or relevant degree.
• Experience in life sciences, biotechnology, or pharmaceuticals, including familiarity with clinical trial agreements, CDAs, CRO or vendor agreements, and licensing agreements.
• Extensive knowledge of contracts across a variety of agreement types.
• Hands-on experience implementing or migrating a CLM system.
• Familiarity with e-discovery platforms, e-signature tools, and legal matter management or spend management software.
• Experience building dashboards, reports, or metrics for legal operations performance.
• Knowledge of legal operations frameworks and best practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Work directly with the Chief Legal Officer, in-house attorneys, outside counsel, and stakeholders across Research & Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Business Development, Procurement, and Finance.
• Work in an environment focused on integrity, excellence, urgency, collaboration, and improving patient outcomes.
• Hybrid schedule with onsite work Monday–Thursday and remote work on Friday; additional remote days may be considered.
• Total compensation may include bonus, stock, benefits, and other applicable variable compensation.
• Equal opportunity employment and commitment to a diverse workplace.