Legal Operations Manager

Eightfold is a global leader in an AI-native enterprise talent platform, trusted by the world’s largest & most respected Fortune 500 organizations. Our platform is built from the ground up, operating at scale across Azure and AWS, deployed in multiple regions globally, including IL4-compliant environments for the US Government, supporting users in 100+ countries and 30+ languages. Today, Eightfold is at the forefront of agentic AI, delivering intelligent agents that actively drive outcomes across hiring and talent workflows, while much of the industry is still experimenting with prototypes.

Backed by over $410M in funding and valued at $2B+, we are defining the next era of agentic talent systems.

What sets Eightfold apart is not just the technology & our mission, but the team behind it. We are a deeply technical, execution-driven organization that values ownership, collaboration, and high standards. Our engineers, product leaders, and go-to-market teams work closely together — in person and across functions — to build systems that scale in the real world. If you’re excited to work on hard problems, move with urgency, raise the bar every day, and help build agentic systems that transform how the world works, Eightfold is the place to do it.

Responsibilities

• Legal Engineering & AI Strategy

• System Architecture:
Own the end-to-end legal tech stack, primarily Linksquares and its integrations with Salesforce, Zip, Docu Sign, Clari, and other core systems. Ensure automated, "manual-touch-free" data flows.

• AI-Driven Efficiency:
Lead the implementation and planning for process optimization, aggressively advancing the team’s effectiveness through the strategic use of Generative AI and self-service automation (e.g., legal intake bots).

• Process Engineering:
Continuously identify and remove roadblocks in the business-legal interface to ensure "one-click" execution for high-volume agreements like NDAs and DPAs.

• Revenue & GTM Enablement

• Deal Desk Partnership:
Serve as the primary operational bridge for GTM teams and Deal Desk to ensure smooth operations on revenue contract review and signing.

• Contract & RFP Acceleration:
Streamline the legal lifecycle for MSAs and RFPs to improve win rates and response times, ensuring Sales can move fast without sacrificing legal integrity.

• Privacy, Compliance & Program Management

• Privacy Operationalization:
Partner directly with Privacy Counsel to manage DPIAs and streamline data subject requests, ensuring AI training data pipelines meet global standards without slowing down R&D.

• Strategic Project Leadership:
Lead high-impact cross-functional projects from conception to completion.

• Corporate Governance:
Partner with IT and HR Ops to maintain compliant onboarding/offboarding processes and robust document retention practices.

• Vendor & Spend Optimization

• Procurement Orchestration:
Coordinate the review and approval of vendors and service providers.

• Strategic Outsourcing:
Manage the legal budget and outside counsel spend, overseeing vendor strategy to ensure maximum ROI and operational excellence.

• Operations & Performance Insight

• Data-Driven Leadership:
Develop and deliver crisp metric reporting (monthly/quarterly) on RFP volume, contract velocity, and compliance initiatives.

• Operational Excellence:
Act as the connective tissue across the organization to ensure deadlines are met and provide day-to-day administrative support to keep the legal department running like a well-oiled machine.

Qualifications

• Platform Mastery:
Demonstrated experience managing contract management platforms (specifically Linksquares) and successfully integrating them with Salesforce and Zip.

• Legal & Compliance Fluency: 5+ years of experience supporting attorneys and compliance personnel. You have a deep understanding of how Legal/Compliance functions operate within a fast-paced technology company.

• Project Leadership: 5+ years of demonstrated project management experience with a proven ability to track, prioritize, and drive multiple complex projects to completion simultaneously.

• Crisp Communication:
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill complex operational…