Legal Operations Specialist

Fora-posted 27 days ago
$75,000 - $110,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Onsite • New York, NY
11-50 employees
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We’re seeking a Legal Operations Specialist to support the Legal Team at Fora and accelerate our partner growth. This experienced contracts professional will manage the full contract lifecycle — from drafting to execution — partnering closely with stakeholders across the company to help streamline legal processes, and ensure that our agreements are clear, consistent, and efficient.

  • Contract Drafting and Review:
  • Draft, review, and revise partnership agreements and a wide range of additional commercial agreements (vendor agreements, service agreements, NDAs, SaaS/MSA, SOWs, amendments), ensuring consistency with company standards
  • Identify risks, propose contract edits, and provide practical recommendations
  • Maintain, update, and improve contract templates and clause libraries
  • Contract Lifecycle Management
  • Own the end-to-end execution process: steer contracts through internal systems and coordinate input from various teams, redlining, approvals, signatures, and archiving
  • Manage the contract repository and build out a new contract management system
  • Track key dates, renewal terms, obligations, and compliance requirements
  • Build, refine, and document internal contract workflows to increase efficiency
  • Legal Operations & Cross-Functional Support
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for internal teams (Finance, Sales & Marketing, Partners, Business Ops and Advisor Experience) on contract-related questions
  • Coordinate with stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure timely deal execution
  • Support Legal with research, compliance tasks, and special projects
  • Help implement scalable processes and systems to support company growth
  • Process Improvement
  • Identify operational bottlenecks and propose improvements to workflows and documentation
  • Create dashboards, trackers, or lightweight systems to keep deals moving efficiently
  • Contribute to policy development, knowledge bases, and internal training materials
  • 3–7+ years of experience in contracts administration/paralegal role in in-house corporate legal department and/or large law firm creating, reviewing or administering contracts, or a similar role
  • Experience drafting, redlining, comparing and negotiating contracts
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Experience with contract lifecycle management tools and document management systems
  • Excellent attention to detail and organization; able to manage cross-functional projects and multiple workflows simultaneously
  • Strong sense of ownership with ability to anticipate needs and execute autonomously
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills; able to interact professionally with business leaders and external partners
  • Bachelor’s degree in a law, business, finance, or related field
  • Authorized to work in the U.S., and available to work in person at our office in Lower Manhattan 4 days/week
  • Paralegal certificate, coursework in business/legal studies or JD preferred
  • Experience in a fast-paced startup or travel organization is strongly preferred.
  • Experience managing partner onboarding or procurement workflows
  • Experience with reviewing and negotiating non-disclosure agreements
  • Familiarity with privacy/security concepts (e.g., DPAs, SOC reports, compliance questionnaires)
  • Experience building or improving processes from scratch, including by leveraging AI
  • Unlimited vacation
  • Health Insurance (including an option completely covered by Fora HQ)
  • Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Wellhub Memberships
  • 401k plan with company match
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Stock Options
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