Legal Operations Manager

At BuildOps, we’re building a groundbreaking software solution, purpose-built to support today’s commercial contractor. From helping our customers to manage their service all the way to project management, we’re breaking the mold and building a team that invests in our mission statement. We love driven, self-motivated folks that thrive in fast-paced environments. Could you be our next hire?

As our Legal Operations Manager you will join a well-funded, fast-growing technology startup with the unique opportunity to help build out a critical function for the company. The successful candidate will serve as the operational and strategic right hand to our General Counsel and Head of People.

This role is part program manager, part strategist, part chief of staff. It’s perfect for someone who creates clarity from ambiguity, loves building structure when it may seem a little chaotic, and gets energy from connecting dots across teams.

This is a hybrid position for candidates currently located in Los Angeles, United States.

Why this role is special:

• Dual scope and impact: You’ll work at the intersection of two functions that touch every part of the business, from product to employee lifecycle.

• Right-hand strategic partnership: You’ll sit alongside the General Counsel and Head of People as a sounding board and execution partner, helping them operate at their highest level.

• Biz Ops in a functional context: You’ll bring the rigor and discipline of business operations into Legal and People, ensuring both functions are strategic drivers of growth and not just support centers.

What we look for:

• 6-8+ years of experience in program management, business operations, or related roles in high-growth environments

• Skilled at structuring ambiguity: you can take a fuzzy problem, break it into parts, and design a path forward

• Strong operator and strategist: equally comfortable in the weeds of execution and in the room shaping long-term priorities

• Exceptional communicator who can tailor messages to executives, board members, cross-functional partners, and employees

• Energized by the opportunity to make functions stronger and leaders more effective—you see your success as amplifying theirs

What you’ll do:

• Build operating systems: Design and run strategy design, planning, and goal-setting across both teams to ensure they’re aligned and focused on company priorities

• Manage leadership forums: Orchestrate agendas, prep, and follow-up for key team meetings and leadership offsites, ensuring discussions drive clarity and action

• Serve as connective tissue: Identify dependencies across Legal, People, and the broader BuildOps team and serve as a trusted liaison to critical partners

• Support executive effectiveness: Help prioritize the leader’s bandwidth and amplify their impact, serving as their proxy, ghost writer, or body double.

• Stand up SWAT teams: Build initiatives from the ground up when they don’t have a natural home or owner

Compensation:

• $160,000 - $190,000 base salary range + annual bonus

What we offer:

• Generous equity grant, become an owner in our company!

• Macbook computer provided

• A comprehensive benefits package

• Flexible PTO and hybrid work schedules

• Work from home stipend

• Hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and Raleigh with hybrid work schedules and lunch provided for in-office days

• Company events like BBQs and team-building activities, both in-person and virtual

• Fast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic work environment

• Opportunities for growth and career advancement

• Chance to work with cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions

• The chance to get in on the ground floor and build something truly groundbreaking for ourselves and our amazing customers

About BuildOps

Join BuildOps, the largest commercial trade platform in the country, as we transform the multi-billion dollar commercial contracting industry!

We’re not just talking incremental improvements—we’re talking a full-scale revolution, empowering the hardworking heroes who build and maintain the infrastructure that keeps our world running. See why contractors choose Buildops here.

This is your chance to be part of a rocketship. We’re fresh off a $1 billion valuation and a $127M Series C funding round (part of over $275M raised to date) led by industry-leading investors like Meritech Capital, BOND, and SE Ventures, backed by Schneider Electric (Reuters, TechCrunch, LA Business Journal) . Our latest investors join our team of industry heavyweights like Next47, former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, former Salesforce President Gavin Patterson, and Boost Mobile CEO Stephen Stokols. Their investment is fueling our aggressive growth and our commitment to equipping contractors with AI-driven tools to conquer chaos, boost efficiency, skyrocket profitability, and ultimately, deliver exceptional service.

At BuildOps, we’re changing the game and doing the best work of our careers. You’ll be a key player in a company that’s truly making a difference for the backbone of our economy. If you’re ready to tackle big challenges, work with a passionate team, and build something extraordinary, BuildOps is the place for you. 🚀