Paralegal SR

Sagent•Dallas, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Paralegal at Sagent, you will be a key member of the Legal team, providing high-level support across corporate governance, commercial contracting, regulatory matters, litigation, and other legal initiatives. You will partner with attorneys and cross-functional stakeholders to manage legal processes, maintain accurate records, and help the team deliver practical, timely support in a fast-paced mortgage technology environment. The ideal candidate is organized, resourceful, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities with sound judgment and discretion.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, paralegal certificate, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Typically 7 or more years of progressive paralegal or legal operations experience in a corporate legal department or law firm.
Strong knowledge of legal terminology, document management, contract processes, and corporate recordkeeping.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex assignments, competing deadlines, and multiple stakeholders with limited supervision.
Excellent research, writing, proofreading, organization, and communication skills.
High attention to detail, strong follow-through, and the ability to exercise good judgment in ambiguous situations.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and experience using contract lifecycle management, e-billing, matter management, e-discovery, or similar legal technology tools.
Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic, technology-driven environment while maintaining confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting a financial services, mortgage servicing, fintech, software, or other regulated business.
Familiarity with corporate governance, commercial transactions, regulatory examinations, litigation support, or employment matters.
Experience improving legal operations through process design, reporting, automation, or technology implementation.

Responsibilities

Provide advanced paralegal support to attorneys on corporate, commercial, regulatory, employment, litigation, and compliance matters.
Support the full contract lifecycle, including intake, document preparation, review coordination, approvals, signature, tracking, and retention.
Maintain corporate records, entity information, governance documents, board and committee materials, and required filings.
Conduct legal and regulatory research, summarize findings, and prepare clear, business-focused materials for attorney review.
Coordinate responses to subpoenas, discovery requests, audits, examinations, and other information requests, including document collection and production.
Manage legal matter files, deadlines, calendars, templates, and reporting to ensure accuracy and timely follow-through.
Partner with teams such as Compliance, Finance, People, Procurement, Information Security, and business operations to advance legal initiatives.
Assist with outside counsel engagement, billing administration, matter status tracking, and budget reporting.
Identify opportunities to improve legal workflows, templates, playbooks, technology, and knowledge management.
Handle sensitive and confidential information with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.