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Equity Operations Manager

Posted 20 Days Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
140K-165K Annually
Mid level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
140K-165K Annually
Mid level
The Equity Operations Manager will oversee board consents, corporate entity formation, cap table management, and collaborate closely with executives and finance teams.
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Build the Backbone of Chainguard’s Equity and Governance Future (and Have Some Fun While You’re at It)

If spreadsheets, legal docs, and board consents set your heart aflutter (or at least don’t send you running), and you know governance means more than just turning paperwork into paperweight—keep reading! At Chainguard, we’re serious about precision and process, but we suspect humor and humility are the unsung heroes of every great workday.

What You’ll Lead
  • Consent Conqueror: Be the architect behind our board and stockholder consents. You’ll wrangle templates, manage workflows, and maybe even throw in a magic trick or two to keep board meetings from becoming snooze-fests.
  • Entity Maestro: Orchestrate corporate entity formation and maintenance with the finesse of a concert conductor (bonus points for sharing your favorite legal acronym). Low drama, high satisfaction—just how you like it.
  • Cap Table Commander: Take charge of the cap table, teaming up with Finance to keep numbers sharp and accurate. No need to memorize every decimal, but your eagle eyes for detail will totally impress us.
Who’ll Thrive Here
  • You’re so process-driven that even your coffee order is color-coded, but when the document drama heats up, you can still crack a smile.
  • You love to build from zero, rock shifting priorities, and sport every hat in your closet (bonus points if that includes a wizard hat).
  • You’re a connector: collaborating with execs, board members, and investors is your jam—and you make it look easy.
What You Bring
  • A working knowledge of corporate governance, entity formation, and equity documentation. Plus, the ability to explain these concepts to friends at dinner without sending everyone into a food coma.
  • Hands-on experience in legal operations or program/project management as part of an in-house team.
  • Comfort with equity tech tools, bonus points for Carta experience.
  • Fierce document drafting and review skills. You catch typos before they get legendary, and your accuracy is the stuff of lore.
  • Mastery of cap table management, process design, analytics, and fresh legal tech.
  • Unrivaled research and analytical skills. If you’ve ever gone hunting for one answer and come back with four spreadsheets, you’ll fit right in.
  • Bonus points for helping scale infrastructure in ambiguous, wild-west environments.
Base Salary Range
$140,000$165,000 USD

About Us

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.

Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default. 

Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.


We live and breathe our company values:

We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.

We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.

We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.

We trust each other and assume good intentions - We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.


A few of the benefits we offer:

  • Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs. 
  • Our Approach to Equity:  Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!). 
  • 100%  Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck. 
  • ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset. 
  • 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
  • For a full list of our benefits and rewards, click here.

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians'' with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Chainguard will process your personal data in accordance with Chainguard’s Privacy Policy.

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Top Skills

Carta
Equity Tech Tools

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