Strategy and Operations

Today, legal work is done the way it has been done for a century — manually, by humans, in six-minute increments. Every contract drafted from scratch. Every memo researched line by line. Every matter running through layers of review that someone is paying for at hundreds of dollars an hour.

That is about to change. We believe that in five years, more than 80% of legal work will pass through a model before it ever reaches a human. The implication is not faster lawyers — it is a fundamentally different way that legal services get bought and procured.

Our mission is to make high-quality legal work accessible and affordable for everyone. We are going after the services spend, not the software spend — helping law firms restructure their delivery model around AI, and helping in-house teams do the same. One engine of agents and workflows underneath every matter we touch.

We are a lean, in-person based in New York City, backed by leading investors and growing fast. Every role at August is a chance to remake an industry while the window is open.

About the Role:

As a Strategy & Operations Lead, you will be the operating spine of August as we scale. You will turn strategic priorities into shipped systems, build out the partnerships channel from the ground up, and run the discrete projects that don't fit anywhere else. This is not a coordination role — you report directly to the founders, take ambiguous priorities, decide what to do about them, and own the outcome.

What you'll do:

• Build and own August's operating cadence — the weekly product-to-GTM digest, the sales-to-product loop, the monthly metrics review, and the dashboards that make all of it self-running as we scale.

• Source, structure, and close commercial partnerships across two audiences. Integration partners that embed August in the legal tech stack, typically through rev-share negotiations that need to be closed before any technical work ships. Distribution partners that route legal work toward us — including industry consultants, bar associations, insurance carriers and brokers, and industry bodies.

• Run two-week strategic sprints on whatever is highest-leverage that month — pricing for new practice areas, jurisdiction expansion, scoping new partnership profiles, modeling new sales motions.

• Partner with product, engineering, GTM, and the legal team to take ambiguous founder priorities, build what needs to exist, and hand finished systems to long-term owners.

• Track and report on partnership performance and operational metrics, surfacing insights that drive decisions in real time.

What we're looking for:

• 2–4 years of experience in strategy consulting, operations, BizOps, finance, or a high-performance startup in a Strategy & Ops or Chief-of-Staff seat. Priority given to former founders and people who can show us things they have shipped.

• Demonstrated ability to take an ambiguous brief and run it without supervision. You see things falling on the floor and pick them up before being asked.

• AI-native operating fluency. AI is not a tool you sometimes use; it is how you operate. You can show us automations, agents, or internal tools you have built for yourself — not just used.

• Comfort with commercial deal structure — enough to hold your own in a rev-share or partnership negotiation.

• Strong written and verbal communication. You can synthesize messy input into a clear plan and defend it when challenged.

• Excitement about working in person at our NYC office, with a team that values precision, pace, and constant reinvention.

• Medical insurance coverage

• Flexible PTO

• Centralized office equipment ordering for all employees

• Equinox or Chelsea Piers gym membership

• In-office perks: lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks, and more

• Budget for intra-office travel

• Team-building events

• Relocation support to NYC (as needed)

• Founding Impact: Shape not just your role but the company.

• Uncapped Upside: Competitive base + commission, early equity ownership.

• Top-tier Team: Work alongside people who move fast, think clearly, and care deeply.

• Category-Defining Work: Help build the first true AI agents for the legal profession.

• Fast Growth: Scale your career as we scale the company.

• In-person in NYC: Collaborative, talent dense and high energy environment

• Global Reach: Our clients span 4 continents and use August in multiple languages and jurisdictions

• Frontier of Applied AI: August has access to proprietary data inaccessible to foundation model providers. We build agents to automate all challenging knowledge work.