Legal Operations Specialist - Employment (Contract)

About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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About the role

We are looking for a sharp, highly motivated, and innately curious Legal Operations Specialist - Employment (Contract) to support our growing employment legal team on a contract basis. In this role, you will build efficient, scalable operations, with a strong focus on employment litigation, disputes, and investigations. You will be instrumental in managing and improving litigation workflows, including issuing legal holds, managing data collection through e-discovery platforms, and tracking employment disputes and claims. You will also contribute to broader employment legal operations and compliance initiatives. This role will report directly to the Assistant General Counsel - Employment, but will work closely with other employment counsel, litigation team members, and cross-functional stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is extremely detail-oriented, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and can juggle competing priorities with ease. A resourceful and proactive problem-solver with strong judgment, exceptional organizational skills, and a collaborative mindset will excel in this role.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and support legal operations infrastructure, with a focus on employment litigation, disputes, and investigation workflows.
• Lead investigatory research for our most sensitive employment matters, connecting information across internal systems to uncover key facts and inform litigation strategy.
• Coordinate internal employment litigation and discovery needs, including case management, legal hold issuance and tracking, data collection and processing, and document review and production.
• Serve as a liaison between internal stakeholders and outside counsel for active employment litigation, arbitrations, and agency charges, driving information gathering and follow-through.
• Create and drive processes around employment legal compliance, including auditing key training and employment document execution and partnering with the legal and recruiting teams on other employment document needs.
• Develop, implement, and continually improve employment legal operations policies, processes, and procedures.
• Design and build systems that turn employment matter data into actionable insights, helping the team identify trends, anticipate risks, and prioritize resources

What you will need

• 3–5+ years of experience in legal operations, litigation support, legal assistant, or paralegal roles, including experience supporting employment litigation or disputes. A combination of in-house technology company and law firm experience is preferred.
• We welcome candidates who are earlier in their in-house careers and are eager to grow their legal operations experience in a fast-paced tech environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex litigation processes, including familiarity with e-discovery tools and case tracking platforms; experience with employment agency charges and arbitrations is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Sound judgment and discretion in handling sensitive employment matters and confidential information.
• Team player who takes initiative and demonstrates curiosity about how our company and business work.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, self-starting, and comfortable working in a highly dynamic environment.
• Sense of humor!

What would be nice to have

• Experience supporting employment arbitrations, EEOC or state-agency charges, or wage-and-hour litigation.
• A combination of law firm and in-house experience, particularly in a fast-paced technology company.
• Experience building or improving matter trackers, intake processes, playbooks, dashboards, or other legal operations systems.
• Experience conducting investigative research across HR, payroll, and collaboration systems.
• Paralegal education or certification, subject to applicable requirements.

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accommodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary . The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.