Legal Operations Manager
Worldcoin
About the Company:
Worldcoin (www.worldcoin.org) is an open-source protocol, supported by a global community of developers, individuals, economists and technologists committed to expanding participation in, and access to, the global economy. Its community is united around core beliefs in the inherent worth and equality of every individual, the right to personal privacy, and open and public collaboration. These beliefs are reflected in what the community is building: a public utility to connect everyone to the global economy.
The Worldcoin Foundation (www.worldcoin.foundation) is the protocol’s steward and will support and grow the Worldcoin community until it becomes self-sufficient. Tools for Humanity (www.toolsforhumanity.com) is a global hardware and software development company. It helped launch Worldcoin and continues to provide support to the Foundation, in addition to operating the World App.
This opportunity is with Tools for Humanity
Location: San Francisco OR Munich
About the Team:
Our Legal team is dedicated to supporting the Worldcoin open-source protocol by managing Tools for Humanity’s legal affairs globally. We collaborate across the company to advance the blockchain project and enhance our products, including the Orb (our hardware device), World ID, World App, and World Chain. We work closely with the Worldcoin Foundation and other partners to ensure regulatory compliance in areas such as securities, AML/CFT, consumer protection, litigation, trade, intellectual property, and labor. We value creativity, curiosity, and a shared sense of urgency and purpose.
About the Opportunity:
We are seeking an experienced and Legal Operations Manager to join our dynamic legal team at Tools for Humanity. This is a unique opportunity to shape our legal operations processes and leverage the work of our legal department. This role requires a proactive individual with exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage complex projects across multiple jurisdictions. If you are passionate about your work and eager to contribute to a groundbreaking blockchain project, we invite you to join us in our mission.
In this role, you will:
- Oversee our contract management lifecycle, including maintaining contract templates and handling contract renewals
- Improve the operations, systems, and ongoing innovation of the legal team, collaborating with existing Legal Operations leadership and team attorneys
- Vet new technologies to improve our processes, drive support for them and implement them
- Support and manage legal relationships with vendors and consultants
- Support stock and token administration in Carta and our token database
- Work with legal service providers worldwide to implement our contracts internationally
- Work cross-functionally with our user-facing teams and finance
- Manage our financial relationships with external law firms
- Prepare standard NDAs and contracts, involving attorneys as necessary
- Operate independently, but also use judgment for when to loop-in attorneys.
- Use tech literacy, common sense, and help from attorneys to build systems that support monitoring and testing, training, timely reporting.
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (e.g., Paralegal certificate or Rechtsanwalt- und Notariatsgehilfe), graduate degree in relevant field preferred but not required.
- 5-10+ years of experience working as a consultant, project manager, financial compliance manager or paralegal, especially at a financial institution, e-Money/payments company, law firm, or other FinTech.
- Highly organized, obsessed with getting the details right, capable of defining and executing a process from start to finish, and proven ability to oversee multiple concurrent projects.
- Excellent written communicator, able to present complex issues clearly and concisely, whether extemporaneously on Slack, in emails, or in memoranda and other more formal documents.
- Facility with program management, love of using technology solutions to help scale a team’s processes, and comfort with GSuite applications, Microsoft Office, and other tech SaaS tools (such as SQL, Looker, Figma, Slack, AirTable, etc.).
- Positive collaborative attitude, comfort with change and a fast pace, high level of integrity, and insatiable intellectual curiosity.
What we offer in San Francisco:
- An open and collaborative office space in downtown SF
- Unlimited PTO
- Monthly Phone Reimbursement or a company device
- Daily DoorDash credit for in-office meals
- Top-tier medical, dental, vision insurance
- 401k + employer match program
The reasonably estimated salary for this role at TFH in San Francisco ranges from $125,000 - $140,000, plus a competitive long term incentive package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, TFH offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, vision and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, life insurance, flexible time off, commuter benefits, professional development stipend and much more!
What we offer in Munich:
- An open and collaborative office space in Munich’s Maxvorstadt!
- 30 vacation days on top of public holidays for the region
- Monthly Phone Reimbursement or a company device
- We care about your mobility, so Tools for Humanity covers your Deutschland Ticket costs
- Free Lunch and Dinner whenever you’re in the office!