Sr. Legal Operations Specialist

Lyten is leading an industrial revolution through Lyten 3D Graphene™, a breakthrough supermaterial unlocking a new generation of products — from lithium–sulfur batteries and energy storage systems to concrete admixtures, lightweight composites, and next-generation sensors that are revolutionizing industries. Together, these innovations are making a massive global improvement and driving real-world impact across energy, mobility, construction, and defense.

At Lyten, we believe the most meaningful careers begin with purpose — and with people who want to make a difference. We’re not just developing advanced supermaterials — we’re about to change the world as we know it, reshaping how energy is stored, how products are built, and how progress is made.

We’re entering an exciting growth phase, scaling production across the U.S. and Europe and expanding our team of engineers, scientists, and innovators.

Apply now to join our team and be part of something bigger than yourself — where collaboration, creativity, and purpose come together to build the technologies that will define the next century.

 

Lyten is seeking a Sr Legal Operations Specialist to shape how the legal department works as the company rapidly scales. This role will help define Legal's AI roadmap, uplevel the team's operating performance, and run the systems and programs that allow a lean legal team to scale with the business. Success requires being both a builder and an architect: someone who can develop a long-term vision for world-class legal operations while also rolling up their sleeves to drive execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Help define Legal’s AI roadmap: identify workflows that can be transformed with AI, guide build-vs-buy decisions, drive adoption, and measure impact.
• Configure, administer, and continuously improve Lyten's contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, including its workflows, integrations, reporting, and any AI-driven tools layered on top of it.
• Own outside counsel and legal vendor management end-to-end, including invoice review, rate negotiation, alternative fee arrangements, engagement, panel reviews/RFPs, and spend/accrual tracking and reporting; evaluate and operate an e-billing platform as spend grows.
• Build and maintain the legal department’s workflows, intake/triage processes, approval routing, and knowledge infrastructure (precedent library, playbooks, SOPs, internal hubs) so the business knows when and how to loop in legal.
• Uplevel the legal team's operating system: support annual planning, define key results and metrics, build dashboards, and serve as project manager for high-impact legal initiatives.
• Support the department’s governance and compliance hygiene, including records retention and litigation holds, internal controls documentation, D&O insurance renewal, and internal audit/compliance testing cycles.
• Administer Lyten's cap table and equity management platform (e.g., Carta), including stock option and RSU grant processing, 409A valuation coordination, and stakeholder and investor reporting.
• Onboard and train new legal department hires, and proactively spot process gaps and create scalable solutions.
• Lean into other legal department needs as they arise to support the broader legal team given its lean size.

Required Qualifications

• JD Degree and experience in legal operations, legal technology, and contract management, ideally in-house at a technology or industrial company OR Masters degree and 3 years of experience in legal operations, legal technology, and contract management, ideally in-house at a technology or industrial company OR Bachelors Degree and 5 years of experience in legal operations, legal technology, and contract management, ideally in-house at a technology or industrial company.
• Fluency operating at the configuration layer of a CLM platform (e.g., Ironclad), including building and evolving workflows, integrations, and reporting.
• Experience shaping outside counsel engagements, rate negotiations, alternative fee arrangements, accruals, and spend optimization in partnership with Finance.
• Strong execution and project management skills with a demonstrated ownership mindset and comfort navigating ambiguity, able to concurrently drive multiple workstreams and deadlines; experience defining key results and building dashboards a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to move fluently between a legal conversation and a Finance, Sales, Product, or Engineering conversation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience using GenAI tools to build AI-powered legal workflows.
• Experience supporting a legal function through periods of significant growth.
• Experience with legal operations across multiple international entities/jurisdictions.
• Experience running outside counsel RFPs or panel reviews, and building legal department KPI or dashboard reporting.
• Certification or training in legal operations (e.g., CLOC-affiliated programs) a plus.

Special Note

• U.S. citizenship required. This position requires access to technology and technical data subject to U.S. export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR, 22 C.F.R. Parts 120-130) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774). Accordingly, applicants must be U.S. citizens. This requirement is imposed pursuant to applicable federal export control law and is permitted under the citizenship-based hiring exceptions recognized in Cal. Gov. Code § 12940 and 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(2)(C).

Compensations Range:

The expected base salary range for this position is between

$116,600.00 - $175,000.00

The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise.

Disclosures:

Pay Transparency Disclosure:

This compensation and benefits information is based on Lyten’s estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer.  The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.

In addition to base pay this position is eligible for tier based bonus and equity, healthcare, dental, vision, corporate discounts, paid holidays, PTO and sick time, 401K, employee relocation plan (if applicable)

Export/ITAR Compliance Disclosure:

Certain positions within Lyten, Inc. require compliance with export control laws and, as a result, all interviewed candidates will be screened pre-interview to determine their eligibility in light of export restrictions.

This position requires access to technology, software and other information that is subject to governmental access control restrictions, due to export controls.  Employment in this position is conditioned on the continued availability of government authorization to authorize release of such items, to the extent required, including without limitation an export license, or other documentation required to establish authorization to receive access to such items.  Company may delay commencement of employment, rescind an offer of employment, terminate employment, and/or may modify job responsibilities, compensation, benefits, and/or access to Company facilities and information systems, as Company deems appropriate, in order to ensure compliance with applicable government access control restrictions.

Lyten is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled.

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Why Work at Lyten

At Lyten, you’ll be part of a team that’s redefining what’s possible in energy, materials, and manufacturing. We’re not just imagining the future — we’re building it today with breakthrough technologies that are changing how products are made and how industries innovate.

Our people are the heart of that mission. From world-class scientists and engineers to creative problem-solvers in operations, manufacturing, and commercialization, every member of the Lyten team plays a role in turning bold ideas into real-world impact. We believe that the best work happens when you’re doing great things in the world — with people you like. Collaboration, curiosity, and a shared sense of purpose drive everything we do.

What You’ll Find at Lyten

• A mission that matters: Contribute directly to solving complex challenges in energy, mobility, and materials innovation.

• Cutting-edge innovation: Work on technologies at the intersection of materials science, energy storage, and advanced manufacturing that strengthen energy security and local supply chains.

• Extraordinary people: Join a team of talented, friendly, and down-to-earth innovators who support, challenge, and inspire one another every day.

• Teamwork and culture: Experience a workplace built on trust, respect, and shared success — where collaboration fuels breakthroughs and everyone’s ideas are heard.

• Global impact: Help scale new materials and energy solutions that reinforce industrial resilience across the U.S. and Europe.

• Career growth: Be part of a fast-moving company entering a commercial growth phase, with opportunities to lead, learn, and make your mark.

• Purpose-driven values: Thrive in an environment that celebrates ingenuity, optimism, and meaningful progress — together.

Lyten offers the opportunity to do the most important work of your career — helping build the technologies that will power the next century of innovation.

Join us, and help transform industries, communities, and the planet with friends who share your drive to make a difference.