Senior Legal Assistant

Job Description

Our team at Bloom Energy embraces the unprecedented opportunity to change the way companies utilize energy. Our technology empowers businesses and communities to responsibly take charge of their energy. Our energy platform has three key value propositions: resiliency, sustainability, and predictability. We provide infrastructure that is flexible for the evolving net zero ecosystem. We have deployed more than 30,000 fuel cell modules since our first commercial shipments in 2009, sending energy platforms to data centers, hospitals, manufacturing facilities, biotechnology facilities, major retail stores, financial institutions, telecom facilities, utilities, and other critical infrastructure customers around the world.

Role and Responsibilities

The Senior Legal Assistant is a key member of the Legal Department, providing paralegal and advanced administrative support to the Bloom Legal team. This role is responsible for supporting corporate entity management, legal invoice review, purchase order (PO) creation, and a wide range of legal administrative functions. The Senior Legal Assistant will also manage legal documents and knowledge bases, coordinate signatures, and help organize legal team events and activities. Responsibilities include:

• Provide administrative support to the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.
• Oversee matter management, including invoice processing, purchase order setup, tracking spend against budget, and coordination of legal vendors
• Provide comprehensive support to the Board of Directors and its Committees, including preparation of meeting materials, drafting agendas and unanimous written consents, ensuring timely distribution of documentation in alignment with governance requirements, and management of ongoing governance matters to ensure effective board operations and compliance.
• Support corporate entity management, including maintaining corporate records, creating new legal entities, preparing annual filings, and assisting with subsidiary governance.
• Manage legal documents, including drafting, revising, reviewing, organizing, and archiving contracts, agreements, and other legal records.
• Coordinate document execution and signature processes, including use of electronic signature platforms and Bloom's Contract-Lifecycle-Management (CLM) system.
• Maintain and update legal knowledge management systems and databases.
• Assist with contract lifecycle management (CLM) tasks, including process optimization, signature coordination, and reviewing contracts for archiving.
• Provide administrative support for legal team meetings, trainings, and events (scheduling, logistics, materials).
• Conduct legal research and prepare summaries or reports for the Legal team and business partners.
• Support implementation and optimization of legal technology tools (e.g., CLM, e-signature, document management, legal intake, and legal research).
• Assist in onboarding and training new Legal team members.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives within the Legal department.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external vendors on legal matters as needed.
• Perform other duties as required to support the Legal team's operational effectiveness.