Senior Real Estate Paralegal & Legal Operations Manager

# Senior Real Estate Paralegal & Legal Operations Manager **Remote | Full-Time** ## About the Opportunity We are seeking an experienced **Senior Real Estate Paralegal & Legal Operations Manager** to work directly with the Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of a growing real estate investment and operating company. This is more than a traditional paralegal role. We are looking for someone who can combine substantive real estate paralegal work with legal operations, project management, and executive support. You will play a critical role in helping our legal department and executive team stay organized, improve processes, and successfully manage a high volume of real estate transactions. This position is ideal for someone with **5+ years of experience** working at a New York real estate law firm, title company, or real estate investment company who is looking for a long-term opportunity with significant room for growth. --- ## Responsibilities ### Real Estate Paralegal * Support residential and commercial real estate transactions from contract through closing and post-closing. * Draft, review, and revise contracts, assignments, amendments, operating agreements, leases, settlement agreements, and other real estate documents. * Prepare closing packages and coordinate with title companies, lenders, municipalities, surveyors, and outside counsel. * Review title reports, municipal searches, surveys, and closing documents, identifying issues for attorney review. * Assist with due diligence, title clearance, financing transactions, and post-closing matters. * Conduct legal and factual research relating to New York real estate law. * Maintain organized legal files and transaction records. ### Legal Operations * Help build and improve the company's legal operations function. * Create, maintain, and update legal templates, standard forms, checklists, and document libraries. * Develop standardized legal processes and workflows. * Track legal matters, litigation, transactions, deadlines, and follow-up items. * Coordinate with outside counsel, title companies, lenders, and internal departments. * Help improve organization and efficiency across the legal department. ### Executive & Project Support * Serve as the right hand to the COO & General Counsel. * Help prioritize projects and ensure deadlines are met. * Keep executives organized through task tracking and follow-up. * Assist with special projects across legal and operations. * Manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment. --- ## Qualifications We are looking for someone who has: * **5+ years of experience** as a real estate paralegal. * Strong knowledge of **New York real estate law**. * Experience handling residential and commercial real estate closings. * Experience reviewing title reports, title commitments, municipal searches, surveys, and closing packages. * Experience drafting and revising real estate contracts and transactional documents. * Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. * The ability to work independently in a fully remote environment. * Strong project management and multitasking abilities. --- ## Preferred Background Experience in one or more of the following is highly preferred: * New York real estate law firm * Title company * Real estate investment company * In-house legal department * Commercial real estate transactions * Residential real estate closings * Legal operations --- ## Bonus Qualifications The following experience is a plus: * Familiarity with **Podio** * Project management software (ClickUp, Asana, Monday.com, etc.) * Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel) * Adobe Acrobat * DocuSign * AI productivity tools such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot --- ## Who We're Looking For The ideal candidate is highly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented. You enjoy solving problems, improving systems, and creating standardized legal templates and processes. You are comfortable managing multiple transactions at once, keeping attorneys and executives organized, and taking ownership of projects from start to finish. If you're looking for an opportunity to become an integral part of a growing real estate company while working directly with executive leadership, we'd love to hear from you. There is significant opportunity for long-term growth for the right candidate.