Paralegal

Remote

About Protocol Labs

Protocol Labs drives breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. Protocol Labs is a product-development lab, but behind the protocols and tools we build, behind the research and implementations, are passionate people, teammates, and community members. Most teams in the Protocol Labs Network are fully distributed and work remotely around the world. Engineers, researchers, and operators work in the open to improve the internet — humanity’s most important technology — as we explore new advances at the intersection of many exciting fields (crypto, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open-source, distributed work).

As Paralegal / Legal Operations Specialist for Protocol Labs, you’ll be a trusted partner to the Legal and Finance teams, handling issues that are critical to the company’s continued success. This is a great opportunity for someone to take on considerable responsibility, grow as a paralegal, and gain experience optimizing the processes for the legal team of a cutting-edge tech company.

What you will do…

• We are seeking a confident, analytical, and nimble Legal Operations Specialist to support our Legal Team, primarily focusing on record keeping, legal documentation processes and systems management
• Develop and implement records management tools
• Supervise the expansion and development of PL’s contract lifecycle management system
• Track contractual and filing deadlines for legal / finance departments; be the key liaison to coordinate contract management and payment processes
• Develop and implement system for responding to KYC requests
• Create and maintain documentation for department processes and workflows
• Develop and implement legal department strategies and tools to streamline new or existing practices
• Develop and analyze data and metrics to measure performance and improvements
• Identify and troubleshoot issues, and provide recommendations and resolution options
• Proficiency in [Microsoft Suite,] Google Suite [and Slack / Discord]

You may be a fit for this role if you have…

• Experience working with legal contracts and contract management systems and processes
• Experience maintaining a records management function
• Relevant experience with responding to rote KYC / AML compliance requests
• Experience defining legal operations requirements and using data and metrics to measure improvements
• Strong commitment to confidentiality and discretion, experience handling sensitive information with care
• Creative approach to solving challenging problems
• Experience at a top corporate law firm or in-house legal department (in-house experience preferred)
• Excellent organization and communication skills
• Skilled in using standard office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) as well as Google suite products (Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, etc.)
• Strong professional and interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with internal and external partners
• Ability to multitask, effectively prioritize, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Self-starter, willing to take ownership and drive initiatives while reporting appropriately on progress made and escalating when difficulties are required
• Superb attention to detail

What’s it like to work at Protocol Labs?

Protocol Labs’ mission is to improve humanity’s most important technology, the Internet. We build protocols, systems, and tools to improve how it works. Today, we are focused on how we store, locate, and move information. Our projects include IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p, and more.

As a distributed team, we hire anywhere in the world, and at various levels of experience (entry, senior, staff). We look for people with unique perspectives and diverse backgrounds.

We have a great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off. For U.S.-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.

If you’re passionate about the future of computing and a more democratized internet, we want to talk to you.