Head of Legal Operations (AI)

TL;DR

Head of Legal Operations (AI): Designing and scaling the legal function's operating system through AI-assisted workflows, CLM implementation, and automation with an accent on reducing cycle times and operational efficiency. Focus on building agentic AI workflows, managing legal-tech stacks, and optimizing cross-functional handoffs between Legal, Sales, and Finance.

Location: Hybrid (San Francisco or New York)

Salary: $225K – $275K + Equity

Company

hirify.global provides mission-critical inference infrastructure for AI companies to bring cutting-edge models into production.

What you will do

• Own the contract lifecycle management (CLM) process, including intake, routing, templates, and reporting in coordination with RevOps and Sales Ops.
• Design and optimize legal intake and triage workflows, moving toward agentic, AI-assisted pipelines.
• Lead legal-technology and AI strategy, prioritizing the creation of custom AI workflows (e.g., Claude Cowork) over off-the-shelf tools.
• Develop a data and reporting layer to track cycle times, deal volume, and overall program health.
• Manage outside counsel operations and the legal budget, ensuring cost-efficiency and scope control.
• Partner with the CLO to design the operating model for growth toward an IPO.

Requirements

• 7+ years in legal operations at a high-growth technology company, including ownership of a legal-ops program.
• Deep hands-on experience with CLM systems and legal tooling selection and implementation.
• Proven track record of building workflows that measurably reduce cycle time or cost.
• Fluency in building and managing agentic AI workflows and mastering AI tooling.
• Strong cross-functional operator capable of driving adoption across Legal, Finance, and IT.
• Must be based in or able to work hybrid in San Francisco or New York.

Nice to have

• Experience at an AI, developer-infrastructure, or high-velocity SaaS company.
• Experience standing up a legal-ops function from an early stage.
• Outside-counsel management or legal spend program ownership.
• Involvement in the CLOC or similar legal-ops communities.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with meaningful equity grants.
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.
• Flexible PTO policy including a company-wide Winter Break.
• Paid parental leave and fertility/family-building stipends through Carrot.
• Company-facilitated 401(k).