Top Senior Legal Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

The Legal Program Manager will drive operational excellence in the Legal function, managing cross-functional initiatives and improving efficiency through structured programs and frameworks.

Manage moderately complex civil litigation (up to ~$500K exposure), draft complex dispositive and discovery motions, perform advanced legal research, develop litigation strategy, use e-discovery and case management tools, lead settlement negotiations and hearings, mentor junior attorneys, advise clients/claims, and ensure compliance with legal and ethical standards.

As a Director of Commercial Legal, you will draft agreements, support partner programs, and develop strategies while collaborating with teams on key legal initiatives.

Provide legal advice to product, sales, and local teams across multiple regions; negotiate and draft complex commercial and technology agreements; coordinate with local counsel and manage external advisors; support regulatory strategy, market entry, and government/regulator outreach for fintech/payments products.

Serve as primary legal partner for Navan's B2B and B2C travel and expense products, advising on product, commercial agreements, regulatory and compliance matters, drafting and negotiating contracts, managing outside counsel, and supporting global expansion and payment/card program compliance.

Lead and operationalize responses to subpoenas and eDiscovery demands; manage the end-to-end eDiscovery lifecycle; coordinate internal and external stakeholders; draft and improve policies and processes for customer data requests; monitor legal and regulatory developments; and act as project manager to drive litigation operations and legal tech–driven workflow improvements.

As Lead Legal Engineer, lead complex client engagements, manage a team, deliver implementations, build relationships with clients, and shape onboarding frameworks.

Lead employment, privacy, and security legal matters for a remote mental-health company. Provide practical counsel on worker classification, HIPAA and state privacy compliance, breach response, contracts, and AI-related employment/privacy issues while building policies and processes to support operations.

As a Commercial Counsel, you will draft and negotiate commercial contracts, advise on risk, and support commercial teams, focusing on scalability and compliance in a fast-paced environment.

Lead negotiation and closing of SaaS, cloud and AI-related commercial agreements; partner with sales, product, engineering and support; ensure data privacy, security, and evolving AI governance compliance; enable sales through training and high-volume deal support; find commercial solutions to close complex, time-sensitive deals.

Lead and scale U.S. public sector contracting: draft and negotiate SaaS/cloud and subcontract agreements, advise on FAR/DFARS/GSA/FedRAMP compliance, support RFPs and audits, build legal playbooks, and partner with cross-functional teams to mitigate regulatory and export control risk.

The Head of Legal will develop and oversee Until's legal and IP strategies while working with the executive team to mitigate legal risks across various functions and partnerships.

Legal Counsel at Astranis involves drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, ensuring compliance with USG contracting, and collaborating across teams on legal and regulatory issues in the space technology sector.

The Legal Program Manager will coordinate legal compliance initiatives, drive AI adoption within the legal team, and facilitate collaboration between legal and product development.

The Legal Specialist will manage records requests, assist with litigation support, facilitate eDiscovery, and coordinate projects within the Legal department, providing administrative and case management support.

Manage and improve sell-side commercial contracting lifecycle, build contract governance, controls, and workflows tied to ASC 606 and SOX needs. Partner cross-functionally (Sales, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Revenue Ops) to ensure accurate revenue recognition, disclosure support, and scalable contracting processes; deploy LLM/AI tooling to increase throughput.

Provide hands-on legal and compliance advice on U.S. securities and investment advisory laws, support international regulatory matters, monitor rulemaking, assist with regulatory inquiries and audits, partner on policy and training, and deliver general counsel support across funds, corporate, contracts, and investment matters.

This role involves reviewing, negotiating commercial contracts, managing the NDA process, and advising stakeholders. The attorney will build contracting infrastructure and coordinate with outside counsel on legal matters.

Serve as the first dedicated paralegal supporting corporate governance, contract lifecycle management, outside counsel coordination, HR/employment support, regulatory/data request responses, and legal operations. Build and optimize contract and entity management systems, manage board materials, track legal spend, and scale legal processes and templates to support a high-growth robotics startup.

Lead and build Ripple's global Legal Operations function: assess current state, design operating model, implement legal technology (CLM, matter management, e-billing, AI/automation), manage outside counsel spend and budgets, create dashboards and playbooks, run legal intake and knowledge systems, and manage vendors, programs, and team operational needs.

Provide strategic employment law advice across multiple jurisdictions; lead complex advisory and contentious employee matters; implement scalable legal solutions; drive cross-functional initiatives; build team knowledge resources and governance; manage external local counsel and oversee complex employment projects.

Provide in-house legal counsel to the President, Board, and senior leadership on governance, compliance, employment and labor, contracts, risk management, and nonprofit matters. Draft and negotiate complex agreements, oversee outside counsel, deliver legal training, advise on student and academic issues, update policies and bylaws, and mitigate institutional legal risk while supporting institutional priorities and collaborating with campus stakeholders.

As Compute and Infrastructure Counsel, you will lead legal negotiations for infrastructure projects related to AI, including hardware partnerships, cloud capacity agreements, and energy contracts while managing outside counsel.

The Legal Executive Assistant supports attorneys by managing projects, communication, document preparation, and maintaining organizational systems while ensuring efficient practice operations.

The role involves supporting the Corporate Business Development team by structuring and negotiating bio-pharma licensing and strategic transactions while assessing legal risks.