The Opportunity
As the 1848V Legal Operations & Contracts Lead, you will be the central hub for legal operations, managing contracts, assessing risks, and optimizing legal workflows across our portfolio of ventures. You will review, redline, and negotiate contracts, ensuring alignment with our business needs while mitigating risk.
This role will also serve as the liaison between 1848 Ventures, Westfield’s legal team, and external counsel, facilitating efficient legal processes. You will create legal templates, improve contract management systems, and enhance legal compliance, ensuring our ventures operate smoothly and securely.
What You’ll Do
- Review, redline, and provide contract recommendations, including NDAs, vendor agreements, and SaaS customer agreements.
- Facilitate contract negotiations and approvals, ensuring alignment with internal teams and legal advisors.
- Support due diligence and legal documentation for new venture initiatives.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure contracts meet business needs while protecting 1848 Ventures’ interests.
- Serve as the primary point of contact between 1848 Ventures, Westfield’s legal team, and external law firms.
- Track legal requests and ensure timely responses from external counsel to avoid bottlenecks in our business operations.
- Develop legal templates and playbooks to streamline contract processes across our portfolio of companies.
- Evaluate legal and regulatory risks associated with our venture-building activities and provide strategic guidance to mitigate exposure.
- Develop and maintain a risk assessment framework for contracts and partnerships.
- Optimize contract management workflows, implementing technology solutions to enhance efficiencies in document tracking, version control, and legal review turnaround times.
- Assist with corporate governance matters, including entity formation, compliance filings, and maintaining legal records.
- Maintain a centralized legal repository for all agreements, ensuring accessibility and organization.
- Stay current on legal developments impacting startups, SaaS businesses, and venture studios.
Who You Are
- You have a strong background in contract review, risk assessment, and legal process management. Your keen eye for detail ensures accuracy and efficiency in legal documentation.
- You anticipate legal challenges before they arise and develop proactive solutions to mitigate risk and enhance business agility.
- You work seamlessly with cross-functional teams, translating legal concepts into practical business solutions.
- You thrive on optimizing legal workflows, leveraging technology to enhance efficiency, and implementing best practices in contract and risk management.
Why Join 1848 Ventures?
At 1848 Ventures, legal strategy is not just about compliance—it’s about enabling growth. In this role you will play a pivotal role in shaping our legal operations, ensuring our ventures are set up for long-term success.
This is an opportunity to lead legal process innovation in a dynamic, high-growth venture studio environment.
Travel & Work Environment
This role is remote or hybrid, depending on your location. Occasional travel may be required for legal strategy meetings, team collaboration, and business negotiations.
Compensation & Benefits
We offer a competitive salary, performance incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package. You will also have the opportunity to work closely with legal experts, business leaders, and innovative startups in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
1848 Ventures celebrates diversity and is committed to inclusion. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
What We Do
Big challenges. Passionate people. Smart solutions. This is what you’ll find at 1848 Ventures. We help business owners manage uncertainty and discover opportunity in risk. We’re not aiming for incremental improvement – we’re breaking new ground. And when we see opportunity for innovation, we have the freedom, resources, and culture to make it happen.
We’re champions of business owners everywhere. After all, it’s this startup ethos and entrepreneurial spirit that 1848 Ventures – and our parent company, Westfield – was founded on. Westfield, a leading provider of commercial insurance, established 1848 Ventures in 2018 to expand beyond conventional property and casualty insurance products and address the broader risks small business owners face every day. We meet our customers where they are, partnering together to deliver digital solutions that improve their bottom line.
We know that in order to succeed, we need the right people to make it happen. We start by building a team with a diverse set of voices, backgrounds, and experiences. We’re looking for the innovators. The pioneers. The change agents. The people who aren’t afraid to ask, “What if…?” and try it anyway. This is the place for self-starters, go-getters, and anyone who wants to see a good idea become a great reality.
At 1848 Ventures, we help people build careers. Based in Northeast Ohio near Cleveland, our team members grow their creative and commercial skill sets, applying their talents to a wide range of portfolio concepts. And who we are drives what we do – our values empower a thriving culture that allows for true innovation, learning, and growth.
