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Column National Association
San Francisco, California, USA
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For companies building financial technology and transforming the financial services space, the biggest bottleneck to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers founding and scaling companies like Plaid, Square, Meta, Blend, and Affirm, and have seen this problem firsthand — builders and developers needing to partner with traditional banks, and creating API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank, its core, and many other vendors.
All of this results in a complex (and often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user, fintech, BaaS middleware provider, bank, core and the Federal Reserve.
At Column, we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a software company built from the ground up, offering builders and developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the hundreds of vendors, middleware providers, and abstraction layers. This means a safer, more transparent, and less costly banking supply chain. Come build with us!
Many banks treat Legal as a cost center. Column treats it as a competitive advantage — the team’s ability to move at the speed of the business is why it can be so impactful. We are a lean team that punches well above our weight, with access to the best AI tools available, and we need to 10x our impact without growing headcount. That’s where you come in.
We’re looking for the Bank’s first Legal Operations hire to serve as the team’s thought leader on what a modern, AI-native Legal function looks like at a regulated financial institution. We are not a SaaS company with standard contracts and plug-and-play provisions – the products we build are highly regulated and multi-jurisdictional, and the fintech partnerships we launch are bespoke.
If a question has an easy answer, it doesn’t make it to the Legal team – this means the tooling that supports our lawyers requires creativity, a deep appreciation for the complexity of our regulatory and compliance obligations, and a willingness to think beyond standard legal ops solutions.
This is a high-ownership, hands-on role for someone who has built or significantly transformed a Legal Ops function and knows how to turn a lean Legal team into a force multiplier. You will work hand-in-hand with the General Counsel to push the team to be faster and smarter, eliminating routine tasks and generating capacity to tackle the complex challenges and support growth.
This role reports directly to the Bank’s General Counsel and is in-person at our Presidio-based office in San Francisco (3–4 days/week).
7+ years in legal operations at a high-growth technology company or financial institution
A builder’s mentality. AI-native, first principles approach to building tools and systems
Creativity. We are not looking for someone to build a cookie-cutter Legal Ops engine that works well elsewhere – you will need the skills to evaluate what we do today, what’s important to the business, and what will make us better.
Hands-on experience with CLM systems, knowledge management, outside counsel management
Strong data and analytics skills — you can build the dashboards and metrics that leadership actually uses, and you make decisions from data.
Strong cross-functional operator who can work across Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Engineering, and Growth and drive adoption without direct authority.
Hyper-organized project manager: comfortable juggling multiple concurrent workstreams, surfacing tradeoffs early, driving accountability, and knowing when to escalate.
Scrappy, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude with zero ego about getting hands dirty — and a positive, get-it-done disposition that inspires the people around you.
🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!
Compensation
Compensation packages at Column include base salary, equity, and benefits. New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.
The annual US base salary range for this role is $180,000 - $235,000 + equity.
We look forward to hearing from you
Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please reach out to accommodations@column.com.
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