About the role
Who We Are The Solana Foundation is a non-profit based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to the adoption, decentralization, and security of the Solana network. Solana is a high performance blockchain that can deliver a fast and friendly user experience, without sacrificing security. The Solana Foundation is working to realize a world where individuals own their data, use permissionless networks, and transfer information and value freely around the world. We are looking for talented people who are willing to jump right in and use their expertise to help the ecosystem build.
The Role The Solana Foundation is hiring a Senior Legal Operations Manager who is as comfortable configuring a CLM system or building an AI-powered workflow as drafting or reviewing a non-disclosure agreement or commercial contract. This is a builder role: you will own the legal team's technology stack, design and implement automated workflows, and drive measurable efficiency across the full legal lifecycle. You bring deep paralegal and legal operations experience, sharp analytical ability, and a technologist's instinct for automation. l. You've shipped process improvements, not just proposed them. You're energized by the challenge of applying AI and modern tooling to a legal function that is still largely manual in most organizations. You can operate independently at the level of a junior associate — spotting issues, structuring analysis, and exercising sound judgment — while knowing when to escalate. You will report directly to the Chief Legal Officer and operate with a high degree of autonomy. What Makes this Role Different This is not a traditional paralegal seat. You'll spend roughly half your time on legal operations, tooling, and process design — and half on substantive legal support. If you've only ever worked in a traditional law firm or in-house legal team doing document management and calendaring, this probably isn't the right fit. We're looking for someone who: Has strong opinions about what good legal tech looks like, and can back them up Treats AI tools as multipliers, not novelties, and uses them daily — with a clear-eyed view of where they fail and how to build guardrails around those failures Gets excited about automation and reaches for tools like Zapier, Make, or custom integrations before doing something manually twice Has the substantive legal grounding and raw analytical horsepower to build tools attorneys actually trust and to identify issues attorneys might miss Can read and mark up routine contracts, structure a legal memo, or analyze a novel legal issue without waiting to be told what to look for in the first instance Core
