Contracts & Legal Operations Specialist

<p>CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats.&nbsp;</p> <p>CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.chaosinc.com">www.chaosinc.com</a>.</p> <p><strong>Role Overview:</strong></p> <p>We're looking for a Contracts &amp; Legal Operations Specialist to join our Legal team as we build out the function from the ground up. Reporting to the Head of Legal Operations, you'll be a hybrid player. Hands-on with contract review, negotiation, and drafting support, while also helping design and run the systems and processes that let Legal scale as CHAOS grows across its business units.</p> <p>This is a foundational hire. You'll help shape how contracts move through our organization — from intake through execution — at a company that's actively building its legal infrastructure rather than inheriting one already in place. Expect genuine range: reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements one day, refining intake workflows or outside counsel reporting the next.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><em>Contracts</em></p> <ul> <li>Review vendor/commercial contracts and NDAs, drafting and negotiating directly with counterparties and escalating novel or high-risk issues to counsel</li> <li>Draft and negotiate commercial agreements, applying standard playbook positions and knowing when a deviation needs legal sign-off</li> <li>Triage inbound NDA and contract requests, distinguishing standard-template turnarounds from redline/negotiation-track requests</li> <li>Manage the Docusign environment: envelope creation, template management, user permissions, and signature tracking</li> <li>Coordinate and chase signatures across the organization; track all documents pending execution and follow up proactively with signatories</li> <li>Flag structural or drafting issues in incoming paper (e.g., mismatched headers and substance, one-sided terms dressed as mutual) before they reach counsel review</li> <li>Maintain and continuously improve our contract template library and standard playbook positions</li> </ul> <p><em>Legal Operations</em></p> <ul> <li>Build and mainta