[Hiring] Senior Legal Program Manager @Mercury

Role Description

As a Senior Legal Program Manager, you’ll sit at the intersection of legal execution, operational excellence, and process design. You’ll partner closely with attorneys across a range of subject areas, lead key programs, drive complex cross-functional initiatives, and identify practical ways to use AI and automation to reduce manual work and increase the Legal team’s overall impact. This role is well suited for someone who's energized by both day-to-day execution and longer-term process improvement.

You'll provide hands-on program and project management support across a broad range of legal work, including:

• Corporate matters
• Regulatory matters
• Product matters
• Intellectual Property (IP)
• Commercial matters
• Privacy matters
• Employment matters

On the corporate side, you'll support core work like:

• Entity management
• Board and stockholder matters
• Corporate records
• Compliance

You'll also help drive larger transactions, strategic initiatives, and other key company milestones. Additional responsibilities include:

• Managing patent and trademark portfolios
• Running the patent incentive program
• Supporting product and regulatory efforts such as licensing, product compliance, exams, audits, and due diligence
• Supporting Mercury's application for a bank charter

A major part of this role is helping each legal subteam identify where AI can most meaningfully improve how work gets done. You'll evaluate existing manual processes, spot opportunities to introduce AI-driven solutions, and design smarter workflows that reduce repetitive work, increase the team's impact, and help us stay ahead of the curve.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in legal project management, legal operations, or as a paralegal
• A mix of law firm and in-house experience, ideally at a technology company; fintech, financial services, or another highly regulated industry is a plus
• Experience supporting complex work in corporate and/or regulatory areas
• A track record of designing and improving scalable legal processes
• Strong communication and cross-functional influence skills
• Deep working knowledge of AI-powered legal tools and emerging legal tech
• Comfortable in fast-moving, ambiguous environments and able to make decisions when the path isn't perfectly clear
• A creative problem-solver who loves building better ways of working and isn't afraid to challenge outdated processes

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity (stock options)
• Benefits

The total rewards package at Mercury includes a highly competitive salary and equity ranges within the SaaS and fintech industry, updated regularly using reliable compensation survey data. New hire offers are based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are as follows:

• US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $158,200 - $197,800
• US employees outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $142,400 - $178,000
• Canadian employees (any location): CAD 149,500 - 186,900

Company Description

Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.

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