Legal Operations and Contracts Manager

About this role

XBOW is hiring a Legal Operations and Contracts Manager to support its growing legal function. The role combines commercial contract support and paralegal work with ownership of legal workflows, systems, and process improvements.

About the company

XBOW builds an autonomous offensive security platform that uses AI to discover, validate, and exploit vulnerabilities for proof-backed pentesting.

The team

Legal

What you'll do

• Coordinate legal requests, priorities, and updates across the business.
• Draft and negotiate NDAs and lower-risk commercial agreements within approved playbooks.
• Coordinate customer contract reviews, approvals, signatures, and contract records.
• Maintain legal intake, matter tracking, and contract management systems.
• Improve legal workflows and report on demand, turnaround times, matters, and external legal spend.
• Coordinate external counsel administration, invoices, budgets, and legal subscriptions.
• Provide paralegal support for research, governance, policies, due diligence, and legal projects.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years of relevant paralegal and legal operations experience, including at least 2 years in-house.
• Legal qualification, paralegal certification, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience supporting commercial contracts within templates, playbooks, and approval frameworks.
• Experience owning and improving legal processes.
• Strong organisation, attention to detail, stakeholder communication, and prioritisation skills.
• Sound judgement about when to handle matters independently and when to involve legal counsel.
• Experience with contract management, e-signature, and workflow tools.

Nice to have

• Experience in technology, SaaS, cybersecurity, or AI.
• Familiarity with customer procurement, data protection documentation, and international operations.
• Startup or scale-up experience.