Member of Operations Staff, Legal & Commercial Operations

Responsibilities

• Support our commercial/deal team on customer and partnership agreements
• Build and run operational processes that make life easier as Edison scales
• Execute on cross-functional operations projects from compensation policy work to financial forecasting to due diligence
• Partner with product and engineering teams on legal and regulatory issues as needed
• Maintain Edison's library of templates (NDAs, vendor agreements, consulting agreements, offer letters, separation agreements)
• Own the internal playbook on which terms to push back on and which to concede
• Manage our outside counsel relationships

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school
• Active bar admission in California or New York
• 3+ years of legal practice in BigLaw, in-house, or a combination of both
• Hands-on experience with commercial contracts, customer agreements, tech transactions, licensing, life sciences partnerships, or similar deal work
• Strong business judgment and comfort balancing legal risk with speed, pragmatism, and company priorities
• Demonstrated interest in work beyond the legal function
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort working in a high-growth startup environment with ambiguity, urgency, and shifting priorities

Bonus Points

• Experience working with life sciences, pharma, biotech, AI or software customers
• Experience in operations, consulting, finance or another business-side role
• A prior life or side path in operations, consulting, or business — second degree (MBA, MPP), pre-law-school career, or operations-adjacent projects.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary and equity
• Full healthcare coverage — we pay 100% of premiums for you and your dependents
• Support for growing families, including a yearly new parent stipend and fertility coverage through Carrot
• Mental health support through Rula, our in-network therapist and psychiatrist network with fast availability
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for maternity, paternity, and adoption
• Pet care support with a yearly employer-funded stipend for your animal companions
• Commuter benefits so you can pay for transit and parking with pre-tax dollars
• 401(k) company matching
• $300 health and wellness benefit quarterly
• Lunch is on us every day you're in the office, and dinner is on us when you're working late
• Regular team offsites and company events
• A fast-moving, mission-driven culture where smart people do their best work and actually enjoy doing it

About Edison Scientific

Edison Scientific builds and commercializes AI agents for science. Scientific discovery moves too slowly, and autonomous AI agents are how we intend to fix that. We're assembling a team of top researchers and engineers across AI and biology to build an AI scientist.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.