About Calm
Calm is on a mission to support everyone on every step of their mental health journey. With the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation as well as a growing library of digital, evidence-based mental health programs, Calm offers trusted support for individuals and organizations alike. Our flagship consumer app provides personalized content and activities – featuring a range of experts and beloved celebrity voices – to help users manage stress, improve sleep and live mindfully. Our workplace and healthcare solutions offer a consumer-friendly approach to clinical content and HIPAA-compliant resources in order to drive positive health and business outcomes. Named a TIME100 Most Influential Company, Calm supports more than 150 million people and 3,500 organizations across seven languages and 190 countries.
What We Do
The Legal team provides legal counsel, manages compliance, mitigates risks, and handles contracts, disputes, and regulatory matters to support the organization's operations and goals. Legal Operations sits within Calm's Legal Team, providing cross-functional support to stakeholders across the business and maintaining primary responsibility for functional programs, legal project management, and operational excellence. Our mission is to act as enablers and serve as strategic thinking collaborators with the business. We play an active role in shaping and implementing corporate strategy within the various business units. Collaborating seamlessly with teams in Go-To-Market, Engineering, Accounting, Content, and Product, we engage closely to assess critical issues, solve challenges, and achieve outcomes that optimize Calm's growth.
We are hiring remote workers for this role in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, or Minneapolis areas. At this time, only candidates in these locations will be considered.
What You’ll Do
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Legal Operations Manager to join our legal department. In this role, you will support the day-to-day management and efficiency of the legal team by overseeing administrative tasks, optimizing processes, managing contracts, and implementing legal technology solutions. You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of legal activities, contributing to cost savings, and enhancing the overall effectiveness of the department.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, is a dedicated team player with excellent business partnering skills, and brings a positive, solution-oriented attitude with a strong desire to learn and grow. Key responsibilities include:
- Manage and streamline legal workflows and processes to improve operational efficiency
- Assist in the preparation, review, and management of contracts and legal documents
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including finance, compliance, and IT, to ensure alignment on legal initiatives and projects
- Maintain Calm’s IP portfolio and assist with enforcement of IP infringements
- Provide support in managing litigations, including document discovery and cross-functional communications
- Provide general administrative support to the legal team, including scheduling meetings and managing legal files
- Opportunity to drive other complex projects that may arise relating to new business verticals or legal team initiatives
Who You Are
- 3+ years of relevant work experience in operations, corporate administration, regulatory compliance, litigation, IP, and/or privacy compliance
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and take initiative on new opportunities
- A highly motivated self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Proven capability in driving data-informed decision-making
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively interact with cross-functional teams
- Ability to explain legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to the right details
- High energy, team-oriented and enjoys helping others
- A can-do attitude and ability to efficiently and effectively manage competing projects and priorities
- Enjoys tackling challenging projects in sometimes new subject area
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative in ambiguous situations
Nice to Haves
- Experience within legal (paralegal, law firm, or in house) or business operations
- Bachelors Degree
- PMP or CIPP
Minimum Requirements
- 3+ years of experience
Calm uses a geographic pay model that determines salaries based on the location where an employee lives. For this position, the base pay ranges across Calm’s pay tiers is as follows: $102,300 - $155,000 . The base pay range represents the low and high end of Calm’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, experience and other qualifications.
Calm uses employee zip code to determine which pay range applies.
This role is also eligible for equity + comprehensive benefits + 401k + flexible time off.
Please note that Calm may leverage artificial intelligence technology in the application review process.
Calm is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or interview process, please contact Calm’s Recruiting team at [email protected]. All accommodation requests will be handled confidentially and assessed on a case-by-case basis.
We believe that mental health is health, and every person should be considered in the discussion. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Calm is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We strive to create a mindful and respectful environment where everyone can bring their authentic self to work, and experience a culture that is free of harassment, racism, and discrimination.
Employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Roles which require access to certain types of information may also require the successful completion of a drug screening.
FOR US BASED POSITIONS: Calm participates in e-verify. E-verify provides the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
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Calm Palo Alto, California, USA Office
555 Bryant Street, Palo Alto, CA, United States, 94301
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