Member of Legal Staff, Corporate Counsel — Enterprise AI Solutions & Strategy

ZR Talent Group is recruiting a qualified Member of Legal Staff, Corporate Counsel — Enterprise AI Solutions & Strategy for a 100% remote contract opportunity ($345,000 - $370,000/year) open to candidates across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa. In this specialist engagement, you will collaborate with advanced AI research teams to design domain-specific evaluation scenarios, audit complex model reasoning, and establish gold-standard reference solutions in Venture Financings, Corporate Governance, Equity Administration, Transaction Execution.

Prior experience building machine learning systems is not required—our research partners value authentic practitioner judgment, domain rigor, and clear analytical writing.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Support venture financings, secondary transactions, board and stockholder approvals, and other corporate matters, including drafting documents and coordinating with outside counsel.
• Own transaction execution from signatures, checklists, and document circulation through closing sets and post-closing matters.
• Maintain the company’s master data room and ensure corporate records remain accurate, organized, and current.
• Manage corporate governance and entity administration, including state filings, annual reports, minute books, organizational documents, and subsidiary records.
• Administer cap tables, equity plans, and equity grants, including grants, exercises, transfers, cancellations, and reconciliation of equity records.
• Independently draft and manage routine corporate and legal documents, exercising judgment around when to escalate or involve outside counsel.
• Design AI-enabled legal intake and triage workflows, particularly for a highly asynchronous and Slack-driven environment.
• Build self-service tools, templates, playbooks, and automation for recurring legal processes such as NDAs, approvals, and signature requests.
• Identify repetitive legal work and develop systems that make the legal function faster, more accurate, and more scalable.

Required Qualifications & Technical Criteria

• Significant experience supporting venture capital financings, M&A, or similar corporate transactions, with strong knowledge of transaction documents, approvals, and closing processes.
• Strong experience with corporate governance, entity management, state filings, cap tables, and equity administration.
• Exceptional organization and attention to detail, with the ability to independently drive matters from start to finish.
• Strong drafting, proofreading, project management, and communication skills.
• Genuine interest in AI, legal technology, workflow design, and automation.
• Strong judgment and the ability to identify issues that require escalation or outside counsel.
• A hands-on, collaborative approach and willingness to work across both legal and operational responsibilities.
• Comfort operating autonomously in a fast-paced, highly asynchronous environment.

Preferred Experience & Bonus Attributes

• JD + 3 years of corporate counsel experience supporting venture transactions across law firm and in-house environments.
• Experience supporting venture-backed or high-growth technology companies.
• Hands-on experience building workflows with AI tools, automation platforms, Slack integrations, or contract management systems.
• Experience improving or scaling legal processes through technology and automation.
• Compensation & Benefits Notice
• The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $215,000 –$240,000. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. ZR Talent Group provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.

Compensation, Remote Eligibility & Schedule

• Compensation Band: $345,000 - $370,000/year
• Work Model: 100% Remote / Work From Home with flexible asynchronous scheduling
• Eligible Remote Locations: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Current Openings: 1 active specialist position
• Hiring Organization: ZR Talent Group
• Core Skills & Technologies: Venture Financings, Corporate Governance, Equity Administration, Transaction Execution, Legal Automation