⚖️Legal Manager
TZLA is seeking a Legal Manager to own day-to-day legal operations across contracts, governance records, procurement-linked agreements, and compliance hygiene, while enabling the organization to move fast without creating avoidable legal, operational, or supplier risk.
This role is positioned within Operations and serves as the internal owner of the legal intake pipeline: what is being requested, what matters most right now, what is blocked, and what is approved for use. The Legal Manager ensures legal work is organized, version-controlled, and auditable, while also bringing practical contract and procurement judgment to vendor, supplier, logistics, sourcing, and service-provider matters.
This is not a “big law” role focused on academic memos, and it is not a standalone purchasing role. It is an operational, execution-first role focused on contract lifecycle management, risk triage, clean documentation, procurement agreement hygiene, and tight coordination with external counsel and Operations leadership.
The immediate need is for someone who can protect the organization while helping it move: a Legal Manager who understands how contract language, vendor obligations, supplier continuity, PMA terminology, and operational reality connect in the same workflow.
Decision Rights
Responsible: standard templates and low-risk agreements that match approved playbooks (NDA, standard contractor agreements, standard vendor terms within thresholds, routine supplier/service-provider documents using approved language)
Accountable: Legal intake hygiene, contract lifecycle control, clean legal/procurement records, risk triage, escalation readiness, template compliance, and keeping leadership equipped to make final decisions
Consulted: procurement agreement structure, vendor documentation requirements, supplier risk controls, renewal terms, and escalation paths for strategic vendor or logistics relationships
Informed: non-standard indemnities, IP assignment edge cases, regulatory or tax-exempt risk, unusual jurisdiction/venue, public claims, media, customs/import exposure, supplier terms that create operational or member-facing risk, or anything that impacts member safety, privacy, or reputation
Key Responsibilities
Legal Operating Model & Intake Control: Make legal work predictable
Own the legal request intake, triage, and prioritization system (what comes in, who owns it, what “done” means)
Set SLAs and standards for legal support across the organization (response expectations, escalation rules, definitions)
Maintain a clear, executive-ready legal dashboard: priorities, blockers, risks, and next actions
Route procurement-related legal requests through the same auditable intake workflow
Translate legal and procurement issues into clear operating choices for leadership: approve, revise, escalate, pause, or proceed with conditions
Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM): Keep contracts clean, enforceable, and operationally useful
Own the organization’s contract templates, clause library, negotiation standards, and approved fallback language
Drive drafting, redlines, version control, signature workflow, and archival for:
NDAs
Contractor and consultant agreements
Vendor and supplier agreements
Logistics, fulfillment, and service-provider agreements
MOUs and partner agreements
Procurement-related terms, exhibits, service levels, and renewal documents
Internal policy acknowledgements
Maintain a renewal/expiration tracker and key obligation summaries for leadership
Build practical contract summaries that show owners, deadlines, service expectations, pricing/donation-related terms where applicable, renewal windows, termination rights, and operational obligations
Ensure vendor and supplier agreements follow approved review and archival standards
Procurement Agreement & Supplier Risk Support: Protect continuity through better documentation
Help define what documentation is required before engaging strategic vendors, suppliers, logistics providers, or recurring service providers
Maintain or support a vendor and contract repository with criticality notes, owner, renewal dates, obligations, escalation contacts, and risk flags
Review supplier and service-provider terms for hidden operational risk, including unclear scope, weak delivery commitments, missing service levels, unfavorable renewal language, unclear remedies, and jurisdiction issues
Support supplier risk mitigation by documenting backup suppliers, key dependencies, critical agreements, and unresolved contract exposure
Governance & Records Management: Make everything auditable under pressure
Maintain governance records, resolutions, signoffs, and decision logs in a clean, retrievable structure
Ensure document naming conventions, file hygiene, and access controls are consistently enforced
Build a system that survives turnover and prevents “lost document” crises
Ensure procurement and vendor decisions that carry legal or operational exposure have a clear record of request, review, approval, final document, and responsible owner
Compliance & Risk Hygiene: Reduce repeat risk
Maintain a living compliance checklist (renewals, filings, required notices, internal attestations) as directed by leadership
Ensure correct entity naming, tax-exempt compliance language, PMA terminology, and internal language standards are applied consistently in documents and communications
Flag and correct risk issues early (missing signatures, missing exhibits, incorrect entity names, ambiguous scope language)
Escalate any request that could violate legal or ethical standards to Operations leadership immediately
Identify recurring procurement and contract issues, then convert them into templates, checklists, or escalation rules so the same problem does not keep returning
External Counsel & Vendor Management: Get leverage from paid counsel and service providers
Manage external counsel relationships (requests, scope, deadlines, and deliverable quality)
Ensure counsel work products are integrated into the internal template library and records system
Package requests cleanly so counsel time is spent solving, not clarifying basics
Coordinate legal review of strategic vendor, supplier, logistics, customs, and service-provider matters when external counsel input is needed
Help Operations leadership evaluate counsel recommendations in plain English, with options, tradeoffs, and next steps
Leadership & Team Building: Build a lean internal legal function
Coordinate with (and may manage) the Legal Lead (and future legal operations roles as needed)
Train internal stakeholders on how to request legal support, use templates, follow signature/archival standards, and route procurement-related agreements correctly
Write and maintain SOPs for recurring legal workflows so legal work can be delegated and audited
Build simple playbooks for common vendor, supplier, contractor, logistics, and service-provider agreement workflows
Required Skills
6+ years of legal operations, contract management, paralegal management, procurement contract management, or in-house legal workflow ownership in a fast-moving environment
Demonstrated ability to run contract workflows end-to-end (drafting support, redlines, execution, and records)
Working familiarity with vendor, supplier, service-provider, logistics, or procurement agreements, including negotiation support, obligation tracking, and renewal control
Strong operational mindset: prioritization, intake control, documentation standards, and follow-through
Ability to spot practical risk in contracts and procurement workflows: unclear scope, weak service levels, missing approvals, liability exposure, poor records, and vague ownership
Excellent written English with high precision in formatting, definitions, and version control
Strong confidentiality discipline and access hygiene
Strong cross-functional communication: can translate legal nuance, vendor obligations, and procurement risks into crisp internal guidance
Preferred Skills
Experience supporting membership-based organizations and/or tax-exempt structures
Experience coordinating across US and Mexico operational contexts
Experience building SOP-first legal functions (templates, checklists, training)
Experience with manufacturing, hardware, logistics, supplier management, or safety-sensitive procurement environments
Familiarity with PMA or alternative legal structures
Spanish fluency
Strong Notion proficiency for dashboards, SOPs, and knowledge management
Core Tech Stack
Notion: Document management, SOPs, decision logs, legal intake, vendor/contract records, dashboards, and request tracking
Google Workspace: Docs, Drive organization, lightweight trackers
Communications: Telegram groups, email
E-sign and PDFs: Preparing signature packets and clean PDF exports (tool may vary)
KPIs You Will Own
Standard agreement lifecycle cycle time: Median and 90th percentile business days from complete Legal intake to executed agreement filed in the approved repository
Intake hygiene: % of requests submitted with complete intake fields, and % acknowledged or triaged within SLA
Archive completeness: % of executed agreements filed with final PDF, exhibits, approvals, and owner within 48 hours
Template compliance: % of agreements using current approved templates or documented approved deviations
Procurement agreement file completeness: % of Legal-reviewed vendor/supplier/service-provider agreements with final document, owner, renewal/expiration date, and obligation summary filed within 48 hours
Procurement contract review quality: % of procurement-related legal reviews completed with documented risk notes, required approvals, escalation decision, and recommended next step before signature
Stakeholder satisfaction: Quarterly internal feedback score, plus reduction in requests delayed by missing or unclear inputs
About TZLA
At TZLA Club, our members become superhuman. TZLA is the first self-directed health science club, revolutionizing the concept of healing. We provide our members with a unique science kit that harnesses the power of plasma, and support them to experiment with its miraculous properties. Our team consists of brilliant, disciplined, and positive individuals who are pushing the boundaries of technology beyond conventional limits.
Why Join TZLA?
Foundational Impact: You will build this function from the ground up. Your work will not be a footnote; it will be the blueprint.
A Culture of Excellence: Work with a disciplined, brilliant team in a high-end environment that rewards initiative and outcomes.
Live the Mission: Receive substantial member benefits and access to TZLA Club resources, and experience our technology firsthand.
Global Gatherings: Participate in regular, fully-paid team retreats in exciting destinations.
Next Steps
To confirm attention to detail, include the keyword VOLUNTARYISMROCKS in the application question: “Briefly describe why you are applying for this position.” Applications missing the keyword may not be reviewed.
Our goal is to approach each hiring decision methodically, ensuring we identify the right fit for our team. Our process is built on mutual discovery and respect, allowing both sides to assess alignment thoughtfully.
Application Review: We meticulously review your materials.
Role-Specific Assessment: Qualified candidates will complete a short questionnaire focused on contract workflow ownership, prioritization, procurement agreement judgment, and SOP discipline.
Screening Interview (60 mins): A deep dive into your operating model, examples of contracts owned, procurement/vendor agreement exposure, and how you run intake and version control.
Panel Interview: A conversation with leadership to confirm alignment, standards, compensation, and onboarding.
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