Legal Operations Manager

Making the world a safer and more secure place. It’s our mission, plain and simple. It drives everything we do – from research to client work to community involvement. And it unifies our global team into an elite force with integrity, fierce passion, and relentless creativity that doesn’t just “push the envelope” or “think outside the box.” We shred the envelope, crush the box, and we have fun doing it. We are always looking for people who share our mission to join us.

About IOActive: IOActive, a trusted partner for Global 1000 enterprises, provides research‑fueled security services across all industries. Our cutting‑edge cybersecurity teams provide highly specialized technical and programmatic services including full‑stack penetration testing, program efficacy assessments, and hardware hacking. IOActive brings a unique attacker’s perspective to every engagement to maximize cybersecurity investments and improve the security posture and operational resiliency of our clients. Founded in 1998, IOActive is headquartered in Seattle with global operations, including state of the art hardware hacking labs in Seattle, WA, Madrid, Spain and Cheltenham, UK.

Who you are: You are a highly organized, action‑oriented legal operations professional who enjoys building structure where it does not yet exist. You are curious by nature, eager to learn, and motivated by continuous improvement. You are comfortable engaging with both legal and technical stakeholders and enjoy using technology—particularly AI‑enabled tools—to make legal work more scalable and efficient. You communicate clearly, manage complexity well, and are comfortable owning projects from idea through implementation. You are preferably located in the eastern time zone of the US.

What you’ll do: You will help scale and modernize the legal function by designing and implementing efficient processes, supporting contract negotiations, and deploying legal technology. You will partner closely with Legal, Compliance, IT, HR, Sales, and other business teams to ensure legal operations enable the business while managing risk and maintaining compliance.

• Identify, evaluate, implement, and administer AI‑enabled and other legal technology tools to improve efficiency, quality, and scalability across the legal function.
• Act as a technical and operational partner to the General Counsel by configuring tools, managing implementations, and driving adoption.
• Continuously assess and optimize legal workflows with a focus on automation, standardization, and measurable improvement.
• Track and manage the lifecycle of commercial contract negotiations, ensuring visibility, accountability, and timely execution.
• Independently negotiate and manage Non‑Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) using approved negotiation frameworks.
• Design, implement, and maintain contract negotiation playbooks; support internal enablement and adoption.
• Implement and oversee efficient processes for the execution of agreements.
• Design and implement scalable processes supporting procurement, compliance, employment, and privacy initiatives.

Who you bring: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across legal, technical, and business teams. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders. Curiosity and a desire to learn, particularly in emerging legal technologies and AI‑enabled tools. A bias for action and a continuous‑improvement mindset, with comfort testing, iterating, and refining processes. Working knowledge of legal technology tools and the ability to engage on a technical level with vendors and internal teams. Experience in legal operations, contracts management, or a related role (strongly preferred). Experience implementing or administering CLM systems, document management platforms, or AI‑assisted legal tools (nice to have). Familiarity with procurement, privacy, or compliance workflows in a growing or fast‑moving organization (nice to have).

What We Offer: A chance to work with an industry leader in cyber security. Access to world‑class technical teams and research. A high‑energy, collaborative team that values innovation. Flexibility—work remotely or from the office as needed. Opportunities for travel. Competitive compensation and performance‑based incentives. Base comp salary is targeted in the $125,000 - $150,000 range, depending on location and experience level.

If this sounds like your kind of challenge, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s talk!

Why IOActive: We have over 25 years of experience that’s established and stable; yet high‑growth with the energy, passion and dynamic work environment of a startup. We are renowned for our innovation and thought leadership within our high‑profile, cutting edge space. We’re one of “the good guys” doing crazy cool stuff to thwart bad guys in a critically important business, social and political arena. Our work is great fun with great importance. Above all else, we value our people and our customers. Relationships matter.

IOActive is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. IOActive makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.