Head of Legal Operations

Overview

Brex is the AI-powered spend platform. We help companies spend with confidence with integrated corporate cards, banking, and global payments, plus intuitive software for travel and expenses. Tens of thousands of companies from startups to enterprises — including Door Dash, Flexport, and Compass — use Brex to proactively control spend, reduce costs, and increase efficiency on a global scale.

Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.

Legal at Brex:
The Legal team helps the company grow responsibly, advocating for Brex and for the thousands of growing businesses we serve. We provide strategic advice and guidance to all Brex teams, protect Brex, advise on risk, and represent the company externally, negotiating with partners and interacting with regulators. Reimagining the financial system in a highly regulated environment requires creativity and resourcefulness, and we welcome the challenge.

Where you’ll work

This role will be based in our San Francisco office. We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home. We currently require a minimum of two coordinated days in the office per week, Wednesday and Thursday. Starting February 2, 2026, we will require three days per week in office - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

As a perk, we also have up to four weeks per year of fully remote work.

What You'll Do

The Legal Operations team is a foundational partner to Brex. We create the systems, data practices, and operational infrastructure that enable Legal to operate with clarity, speed, and strategic impact. Our work allows attorneys and business partners to focus on solving complex problems while we design the processes and tools that make the entire organization more effective.

Brex is looking for a Head of Legal Operations to shape and scale the long-term operating model of the Legal function. This leader will serve as an operational extension of the General Counsel, guiding how Legal plans, executes, and scales in support of a rapidly growing and highly regulated business. The role requires someone who can balance near-term execution with long-term design, operate with a strong bias toward action, and build systems that create leverage across the organization.

This role is ideal for an operator who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys building from first principles, and is energized by helping leadership teams move faster and operate more effectively. While grounded in Legal Operations, the scope of this role is expected to evolve as the company grows and the Legal organization interfaces more deeply with other parts of the business.

This position reports to the General Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for Legal Operations, designing and implementing the operating model, workflows, and systems required to support a modern, high-performing Legal organization

• Serve as a trusted operational partner and force multiplier to the General Counsel, supporting planning, prioritization, execution, and leadership cadence across the Legal team

• Design and scale how legal work flows through the organization, reducing friction, accelerating time to resolution, and enabling greater self-service for internal partners

• Lead the evolution of the legal technology ecosystem, partnering with Legal, IT, and cross-functional teams to implement and continuously improve CLM, matter management, e-billing, and AI-enabled tools — with a strong focus on outcomes, adoption, and ROI rather than tool administration alone

• Drive experimentation and iteration with emerging technologies, including AI and automation, taking a pragmatic, test-and-learn approach to increasing efficiency and impact

• Own legal department financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, accruals,…