Legal Operations Manager (Remote Europe)

n8n is the open workflow orchestration platform built for the new era of AI. We give technical teams the freedom of code with the speed of no‑code, so they can automate faster, smarter, and without limits. Backed by a community and 500+ integrations, we’re changing the way people bring systems together and scale ideas for impact.

Your main goal will be to build an AI‑first legal operations backbone that accelerates revenue, reduces legal touchpoints per transaction, and gives leadership real‑time visibility into risk and performance.

Responsibilities

• Stand up scalable self‑service for NDAs, intake, approvals, and standard docs using n8n and AI review/playbooks.
• Deploy first‑pass AI contract review, risk flagging, and playbook suggestions to speed TTS with guardrails.
• Launch an “@ask‑legal” Slack assistant and a lightweight request portal to triage and deflect routine questions.
• Own the legal tooling roadmap and integrations across Salesforce, procurement, Finance, Security/IT, and data sources.
• Define and maintain a reliable source of truth for contracts, matters, and obligations with clean data and audit trails.
• Manage vendors/partners; evaluate, implement, and optimize Wordsmith and adjacent AI/automation tools.
• Centralize corporate records and entity housekeeping; maintain templates, playbooks, and prompt libraries.
• Build a searchable legal knowledge base with versioning, ownership, and documentation standards.
• Improve audit/readiness posture with evidence capture, automated reminders/controls, and partnership with Compliance/Security.
• Build real‑time dashboards for deal velocity, bottlenecks, renewal health, risk events, and OC spend.
• Propose roadmap, KPIs, and quarterly plans; communicate progress and trade‑offs to executive stakeholders.
• Lead cross‑functional initiatives as a senior IC; pilot, ship, and iterate based on data and feedback.

Requirements

Must‑haves

• Legal operations or paralegal experience: 3–5 years in legal ops, contract management, or as a paralegal, ideally in B2B SaaS.
• Automation & AI mindset: excited to use AI and no/low‑code to transform legal work and can build workflows from scratch.
• Data‑driven operator: build dashboards, track KPIs, and use insights to prioritize and improve processes.
• Contract fluency: confidently handle non‑complex agreements (e.g., NDAs, DPAs) and know when to escalates.
• Builder mentality: create scalable systems, ship quickly, iterate, and document as you go.
• Cross‑functional collaborator: communicate crisply, exercise pragmatic judgment, and partner effectively across teams and time zones.

Nice‑to‑haves

• Legal background: hold a paralegal certification, legal studies, or deep contract exposure.
• Corporate law exposure: understand corporate housekeeping, audits, and filing obligations.
• No‑/low‑code experience: used tools like n8n, Make, or Zapier to automate workflows.
• High‑growth startup chops: thrived in fast‑scaling environments with competing priorities.

Why join us?

At n8n, your work won’t disappear into a slide deck. You’ll design and own a modern, AI‑first legal ops stack—building with n8n in n8n—to unlock deal velocity and revenue at one of Europe’s fastest‑growing startups. You’ll partner directly with the Head of Legal & Compliance and cross‑functional leaders, shape our playbooks and data foundations, and see the impact of your work across the company. You’ll join a supportive, remote‑first team that values autonomy, experimentation, and continuous learning.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation – fair and attractive pay.
• Ownership – equity stake.
• Work/life balance – 30 days vacation in Europe, 15 in US, plus public holidays; sick days varied by region.
• Health & wellness – benefits according to local country norms in Europe; US plans with dental and vision.
• Future planning – pension or 401(k) with employer match where applicable.
• Financial security – disability and life insurance coverage.
• Career growth – €1K per year for courses, books, events, or coaching.
• A passionate team – regular hackathons and creative collaboration.
• Remote‑first – team works worldwide across Europe, with remote‑first culture.
• Giving back – $100 per month for open source projects.
• AI enablement – unlimited AI budget.
• Transparency – company‑wide visibility into work and finances.
• An ambitious but kind culture – eNPS 94.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Software Development

EEO and Diversity Statement

n8n is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We can sponsor visas to Germany; for any other country, you need to have existing right to work. Our company language is English. You care about diversity and inclusion? We do too! Check out our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives at n8n.