Paralegal & Legal Operations Coordinator

Company Overview:  

At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity’s industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.

Your journey with us is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.

About the Team:  

Our legal team is small, nimble, and entrepreneurial: a startup within a startup. Our Paralegal & Legal Coordinator will partner closely with members of the legal team to maintain, improve and implement systems and processes that will facilitate the success and growth of our department. This role will wear multiple hats and will work with many cross functional teams on a wide variety of matters that pertain to your role anchored in legal ops, contract management, corporate governance, IP and equity administration. You will support Relativity as we maintain and improve upon current processes to develop our Factory of the Future. We need a paralegal that is reliable, excited for a challenge, eager to develop new skills and tackle new projects. We are in search of a candidate that is willing to present creative solutions to challenges, all the while understanding the importance of managing change ownership effectively. This role will sit in Relativity’s office in Long Beach, CA at a minimum of 2 days a week. Fully remote options are not available.

About the Role: 

• Manage CLM workflows. Must have experience negotiating NDAs and other ad hoc agreements as needed and at the direction of counsel.
• Route signature requests as applicable and manage document repositories accordingly.
• Manage departmental expenses, budgeting and monthly accrual requests.
• Provide necessary support for audit and diligence related requests.
• At the direction of IP counsel, update Patent/Trademark Management Software and conduct trademark reviews.
• Provide support maintaining an employee stock option program (option listing Board prep, option grant issuances and employee terminations).
• Provide Legal department administrative support, assist organizing team events, track team goals/projects, and coordinate with cross-functional staff on ad hoc initiatives as needed.
• Manage intake and distribution of departmental mail.

About You:  

• 5+ years as a Paralegal with Contract Management and/or Corporate experience
• Solid knowledge of contract management principles
• Experience negotiating contracts and using playbooks
• You have a proven track record of collaborating with cross-functional groups (e.g., Finance, Operations, and IT) , while maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality.
• Detail-oriented, professional, self-motivated with a proactive and conscientious mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to juggle competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Scrappy team player that is willing to go the extra mile to get the job done. No task is too small.
• Hands-on knowledge of technology systems, including Ironclad, Microsoft Suite (e.g, Sharepoint, Word, Excel, PPT, Teams, etc.), Smartsheets, Jira, Confluence, Carta, Slack, technology training, and system maintenance.

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Experience managing an employee stock option equity program and knowledgeable of Blue Sky and other compliance checks
• Experience using and/or implementing an e-billing system is a plus.
• In-house experience, especially in a startup environment
• Notary license
• Paralegal Certification

Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous vacation policy, an annual L&D stipend and more! 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.