Legal Analyst

About us

• At Sierra, we’re creating a platform to help businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI. We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices in Atlanta, New York, and London.

• We are guided by a set of values that are at the core of our actions and define our culture: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and Family. These values are the foundation of our work, and we are committed to upholding them in everything we do.

• Our co-founders are Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor. Bret currently serves as Board Chair of OpenAI. Previously, he was co-CEO of Salesforce (which had acquired the company he founded, Quip) and CTO of Facebook. Bret was also one of Google's earliest product managers and co-creator of Google Maps. Before founding Sierra, Clay spent 18 years at Google, where he most recently led Google Labs. Earlier, he started and led Google’s AR/VR effort, Project Starline, and Google Lens. Before that, Clay led the product and design teams for Google Workspace. 

What you'll do

As Sierra’s first legal analyst hire, you’ll have the opportunity to play a foundational role in building a high-impact legal function. You will be central to our day-to-day legal operations, helping to drive efficiency, enable the business, and ensure Sierra’s legal infrastructure scales with the company. We’re looking for someone eager to take ownership, who thrives in dynamic environments, and wants to grow their skills across a wide variety of legal and operational areas. You will gain experience in the following areas and our team will be committed to help you learn and grow.

Contract Operations & Execution

• Manage the end-to-end contract execution process, including routing and tracking.

• Prepare, review, and maintain standard agreements (e.g., NDAs, vendor contracts, SOWs) and related documentation.

• Support attorneys in redlining and finalizing agreements, helping to ensure business needs are met without compromising legal protections.

Corporate Governance & Compliance

• Assist with corporate governance and subsidiary formation and management, including maintaining corporate records, drafting resolutions, and preparing routine filings.

• Help coordinate board and committee materials, and track regulatory and compliance obligations.

• Ensure entity information is accurate and up-to-date across internal and external systems.

Patent & Intellectual Property Support

• Support Sierra’s patent program by coordinating with inventors, outside counsel, and internal stakeholders.

• Assist with documentation, inventor declarations, and tracking of patent filings and deadlines.

• Maintain organized records of Sierra’s IP portfolio and contribute to process improvements around IP management.

Privacy & Product Projects

• Partner with attorneys on privacy and data protection matters, including vendor reviews, privacy notices, and data subject request workflows.

• Support product counseling projects by gathering information, coordinating cross-functional inputs, and helping track follow-ups.

• Stay engaged with emerging privacy and AI-related legal issues and assist in translating them into operational processes.

Operational Excellence

• Build and maintain trackers, playbooks, and workflows to increase team efficiency and scalability.

• Drive consistency across processes like contract intake, request routing, and template management.

• Conduct legal and factual research, prepare summaries, and support attorneys with diligence for transactions or strategic initiatives.

• Coordinate with outside counsel on corporate, privacy, and regulatory matters.

• Contribute to special projects across the legal team, including privacy, employment, and intellectual property initiatives.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Finance, Security, Operations, and Sales to support projects ranging from vendor onboarding to audits to customer negotiations.

• Act as a point of contact for legal intake, shepherding requests to completion while providing visibility through trackers and dashboards.

• Support business teams by translating legal requirements into clear, actionable steps.

Team Contribution

• Be a team player first and foremost, pitching in wherever needed.

• Embrace Sierra’s culture of collaboration, agility, and continuous improvement.

• Bring curiosity and initiative to explore new areas of law (including AI-related legal issues) as Sierra continues to scale.

What you'll bring

• 2+ years of relevant working experience, preferably in a fast-paced technology company or law firm.

• Strong organizational skills with keen attention to detail.

• Ability to manage multiple projects on tight timelines.

• Proficiency with Slack, Docusign, Google Workspace, and contract management systems (experience with Ironclad a plus).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Sound judgment and ability to handle highly confidential information with discretion.

• A proactive, “roll-up-your-sleeves” mindset with a willingness to pitch in wherever needed.
  

Even better...

• Supported legal team in a start-up

Our values

• Trust: We build trust with our customers with our accountability, empathy, quality, and responsiveness. We build trust in AI by making it more accessible, safe, and useful. We build trust with each other by showing up for each other professionally and personally, creating an environment that enables all of us to do our best work.

• Customer Obsession: We deeply understand our customers’ business goals and relentlessly focus on driving outcomes, not just technical milestones. Everyone at the company knows and spends time with our customers. When our customer is having an issue, we drop everything and fix it.

• Craftsmanship: We get the details right, from the words on the page to the system architecture. We have good taste. When we notice something isn’t right, we take the time to fix it. We are proud of the products we produce. We continuously self-reflect to continuously self-improve.

• Intensity: We know we don’t have the luxury of patience. We play to win. We care about our product being the best, and when it isn’t, we fix it. When we fail, we talk about it openly and without blame so we succeed the next time.

• Family: We know that balance and intensity are compatible, and we model it in our actions and processes. We are the best technology company for parents. We support and respect each other and celebrate each other’s personal and professional achievements.

What we offer

We want our benefits to reflect our values and offer the following to full-time employees:

• Flexible (Unlimited) Paid Time Off

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family

• Life Insurance and Disability Benefits

• Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension) with Sierra match

• Parental Leave

• Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot

• Lunch, as well as delicious snacks and coffee to keep you energized 

• Discretionary Benefit Stipend giving people the ability to spend where it matters most

• Free alphorn lessons

These benefits are further detailed in Sierra's policies and are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefits plans. Eligible full-time employees can participate in Sierra's equity plans subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.

Be you, with us

We're working to bring the transformative power of AI to every organization in the world. To do so, it is important to us that the diversity of our employees represents the diversity of our customers. We believe that our work and culture are better when we encourage, support, and respect different skills and experiences represented within our team. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. We strive to evaluate all applicants consistently without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.