Manager – Legal, HR & Strategic Operations

Job Description

Manager – Legal, HR & Strategic Operations is a high-impact role that serves as a trusted operational and legal support partner to the Founder. This position combines executive coordination, legal fluency, and strategic operational support to ensure precision, speed, and control across deal-making, governance, and executive priorities.

This is not a traditional administrative role. The successful candidate will operate as a behind-the-scenes business operator, supporting negotiations, managing sensitive documentation, coordinating with legal counsel and financial partners, and ensuring the Founder’s time, focus, and strategic execution are fully optimized.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and optimize the Founder’s schedules, priorities, and workflow across multiple ventures.
• Prepare, organize, and summarize key documents including contracts, NDAs, term sheets, equity structures, and funding materials.
• Draft and refine professional emails, executive memos, legal summaries, and internal briefing notes.
• Prepare meeting materials, action summaries, and follow-up trackers for strategic discussions and negotiations.
• Conduct preliminary reviews of standard agreements (NDAs, Independent Contractor Agreements, Statements of Work, etc.) prior to external legal review.
• Maintain strict version control and secure storage of all executed agreements and sensitive legal documents.
• Support corporate governance activities, regulatory compliance tracking, and intellectual property documentation.
• Coordinate with external counsel and ensure timely follow-up on legal matters.
• Track deliverables, approvals, and key milestones related to legal, funding, and strategic initiatives.
• Create structured document checklists, due diligence folders, and information packages for investors and partners.
• Serve as the primary coordination point between internal teams and external legal, financial, and strategic advisors.
• Maintain organized digital filing systems and document repositories.
• Schedule and coordinate high-level meetings with attorneys, banks, investors, venture partners, and strategic stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain internal SOPs, templates, and standardized communication formats.
• Proactively identify risks, inconsistencies, missing information, and critical deadlines.
• Ensure disciplined follow-up and accountability across all legal and deal-related activities.
• Support the Founder and/or the Strategic Advisor - People & Leadership in talent acquisition, end-to-end recruitment coordination, including job posting, candidate screening support, interview scheduling and candidate communication.
• Organize and maintain employee records, contracts, NDAs, and personnel documentation with strict confidentiality.
• Handle onboarding and offboarding processes, including documentation, system access, orientation materials and compliance checklists.
• Preparation and maintenance of employment agreements, contractor agreements and job descriptions in coordination with legal counsel and/or with the Strategic Advisor.
• Track probation reviews, performance check-ins, contract renewals, key employee milestones and attend to them on time.
• Support the implementation and documentation of HR policies and SOPs.
• Act as a coordination point for remote workforce administration, including time-off tracking, engagement touch points and internal communications.
• Monitor and flag people-related risks, team issues, capacity gaps or organizational concerns to the management promptly.
• Facilitate in maintaining a high-performance, accountability-driven culture through structured follow-ups, communication discipline and documentation.

Requirements:

• Law degree, legal studies background, or paralegal certification strongly preferred.
• HR degree and/or HR diploma from a recognized institution.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in supporting CEOs, Founders, Legal Teams and HR operations in a fast-growth environment.
• Strong working knowledge of legal terminology, contracts, and basic deal structures.
• Good understanding of pre-recruitment to post termination HR processes.
• Exceptional organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and operate in a fast-paced, founder led environment.
• High level of discretion and professionalism in handling confidential information.

Interested candidates can apply online or email your CV to [email protected]