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Director, Legal Operations

Kraken · United States · Remote

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About the role

Serve as DRI for Legal Operations, Legal Technology, and Legal AI strategy, execution, and governance. Own Legal’s operating model across workflows, processes, resourcing, and service delivery. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 10+ years in Legal Operations, legal technology, process design, finance-adjacent operations, or operational leadership
  • Experience scaling legal operations, legal technology, financial management, and data-driven execution
  • Experience driving automation and AI initiatives from strategy through deployment, governance, adoption, and ROI measurement
  • Understanding of legal workflows (contracts, regulatory, litigation, investigations, intake, outside counsel management) and process redesign
  • Hands-on experience optimizing legal technology platforms (CLM, matter management, spend management, intake, knowledge management, AI tools)
  • Ability to translate requirements into technical roadmaps and operational plans
More about this role

Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.

Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our culture page to understand what drives us and how we work.

Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.

The Director, Legal Operations will serve as the centralized owner for Legal’s operations, technology, data, and execution. This role is responsible for Legal AI strategy and implementation, partnering closely with Engineering, Product, Security, Finance, and other stakeholders to modernize and scale Kraken’s legal function. As Kraken’s regulatory footprint and business complexity grow, this leader will own operational strategy, tooling, process design, and metrics—driving automation,...

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