Legal Ops Associate

Legal Ops Associate

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Team

The Legal Operations team is responsible for optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Legal Department at Anduril and works cross-functionally to streamline workflows, automate routine tasks, implement best practices and support regulatory compliance efforts. With the overarching aim of supporting the Company's overall strategic goals, the Legal Operations team acts as a bridge between legal, the Company's business units, and outside counsel.

About The Job

We are looking for a Legal Operations Associate / Paralegal (non-lawyer position) to join our rapidly growing team in Orange County, California or Washington DC. In this role, you will be responsible for providing extensive paralegal, operational, and administrative support in a fast-paced environment to our multi-disciplinary team. You will help support and lead contracts negotiation, knowledge management, document retention and management, process implementation and optimization, and special projects. This will require skills in legal research, drafting and editing, document management, project management and regulatory compliance. If you are someone who is scrappy, adaptable, loves to learn, and detail-oriented then this role is for you.

What You'll Do

Triage and provide frontline support for requests from the Company to the legal department

Prepare and maintain records and documentation, such as contracts, leases, letters of intent, waivers, and notices.

Draft, review and redline contracts, e.g., NDAs, SaaS licenses, vendor contracts, engagement letters, teaming agreements, leases, etc.

Be a partner to the lawyers on the team with respect to data requests, research, organizational filing and general project management

Coordinate electronic signatures and manage our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool and contract records

Support legal tech implementations, such as CLM, e-billing, matter management, or AI tools

Identify opportunities to improve processes, share best practices, improve efficiency with the legal department, and increase scalability

Help other departments in the company to streamline their legal needs and provide them with tools so they can help themselves with repeatable legal requests

Oversee and lead various significant, material projects which will have significant impact on the company's business, working with amorphous direction and tasking

Assist in the development of lightweight workflows to keep the company organized and efficient

Required Qualifications

At least 4 years of relevant experience

Bachelor's degree and/or paralegal certificate

Strong written and verbal communications skills and excellent attention to detail and accuracy

Proficiency in productivity tools AirTable, Asana, Slack, DocuSign, Adobe, Jira, and Salesforce

Proficiency in management tools such as LeaseHarbor, CT Corp HCue, and Oracle ERP

The ability to build strong relationships within the team and cross-functionally, including Real Estate, Procurement, Finance, and Growth/Business Development

Proven experience in project management to lead small and large-scale projects from inception to execution

Solutions oriented, experience developing and streamlining processes and creating efficiencies

Self-starter who is able to identify areas where they can assist; you're able to work with autonomy and are eager to make an impact on an organization

Willing to wear multiple hats with shifting priorities and work on projects of all types, big and small

Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills

A positive, team player attitude, good judgment, and eagerness to help others

Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Preferred Qualifications

Interested in national security and changing the landscape of defense contracting

At least 2 years' experience with startup, defense, and/or in-house at a high-growth company strongly preferred

At least 2 years' experience at a nationally recognized law firm strongly preferred