As an In-House Paralegal, you will support Waabi's legal team in contract management, compliance, intellectual property, and legal operations, ensuring efficient legal processes within the fast-paced tech environment.
Waabi, founded by AI pioneer and visionary Raquel Urtasun, is an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. With a world class team and an innovative approach that unleashes the power of AI to “drive” safely in the real world, Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before. Waabi is backed by best-in-class investors across the technology, logistics and the Canadian innovation ecosystem.
With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai
We are looking for a highly motivated and agile In-House Paralegal to join our fast-paced tech startup environment. This role will provide essential support to our growing legal team on a wide range of corporate, intellectual property, contract, and compliance matters, ensuring smooth legal operations as we scale.
You’ll take ownership of contract workflows, documentation systems, and legal execution, supporting everything from commercial agreements, compliance, insurance and process improvements, while bringing organization and attention to detail to your work. You’ll help drive proactive internal coordination across legal, finance, engineering, supply chain/procurement, policy, HR and operations, ensuring we stay fast, precise, and compliant.
You will do the following...
- Contract Management: Review and manage a high volume of contracts from start to signature coordination, including Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), supply chain agreements, and partnership agreements. Maintain and improve legal documentation systems, templates, workflows, playbooks, and internal process tools.
- Intellectual Property (IP) Support: Assist with managing and cataloguing Waabi’s IP portfolio.
- Insurance: Assist with updating insurance coverage for the company’s evolving business needs. Review endorsements and other insurance documentation. Track receipt of appropriate documentation.
- Compliance: Review compliance documentation and work closely with the operations team to facilitate one source of truth for compliance systems.
- Research: Conduct legal research on regulatory questions, case law and other topics as requested by the business.
- Legal Operations & Administration: Manage legal calendars, organize and maintain digital filing systems, and manage invoices from outside counsel and service providers. Track deadlines, maintain audit trails, and support compliance with internal policies.
Qualifications:
- 5–7+ years of experience in legal operations, paralegal work, or legal support roles in a dynamic, high-performing organization.
- Experience building cross-functional relationships with key resources and business partners across an organization.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong command of grammar and attention to detail.
- Superior organizational, time and project management management abilities.
- Capable of handling multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive, self-motivated approach to work.
- High ethical standards and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Adaptability and a desire for continuous learning, crucial for keeping up with the rapidly changing tech and legal landscapes.
Bonus/nice to have:
- Tech or Autonomous vehicle industry experience and/or exposure to businesses with hardware elements.
- Startup and/or in-house legal ops experience.
- Experience with legal tech tools (e.g., Ironclad, DocuSign).
- Experience working with regulated motor carries.
- Experience implementing and scaling legal technology solutions (e.g. contract and document management, workflow automation, e-signature processes, amongst others).
The US yearly salary range for this role is: $90,000 - 125,000 USD in addition to competitive perks & benefits. Waabi (US) Inc.’s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Company’s compensation practices. Note: The Company provides additional compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus.
Perks/Benefits:
- Competitive compensation and equity awards.
- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
- Unlimited Vacation.
- Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
- Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
- Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
- As we grow, this list continues to evolve!
Waabi is a technology start-up building technologies to transform the way the world moves. Join our talented team to be a part of the future and to make an impact!
Waabi is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible workplace for all our employees. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, caregiver status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We make workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.
Top Skills
Docusign
Ironclad
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