Corporate Paralegal & Legal Program Manager

About Zūm:

Zūm is revolutionizing mass mobility with its Connected Mobility Experience (Zūm CMX™) system that connects and coordinates people, vehicles, and operations in real time. In the $50 billion student mobility market – the largest segment of the mass mobility industry – Zūm CMX  is transforming a daily source of anxiety and disruption into a reliable, transparent, and efficient mobility experience for students and families. Today, more than 6,500 schools rely on Zūm CMX. Recognized globally for its innovative approach and operational execution, Zūm has been named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC Disruptor 50 and Changemakers, the World Economic Forum, and the Financial Times’ Fastest Growing Companies lists. Zūm is backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, GIC, TPG, and Softbank.

We’re looking for a Corporate Paralegal & Legal Program Manager to support a lean, fast-moving Legal function and report directly to the General Counsel. You’ll manage corporate compliance activities and coordinate closely with our legal teams, operations and electrification teams, and finance to keep a multi-state, multi-entity company in good standing, and you’ll run projects that help Legal deliver and the business scale: complex transactions, corporate governance, outside counsel and vendor management, legal budget and reporting, and cross-functional initiatives. This is a builder’s role. You’ll bring structure where needed, and you’ll be the go-to person the GC and the business count on to keep things moving.

This is a high-volume, fast-paced environment with a lean team. If you like owning your lane, juggling many workstreams, and making the legal function run better, keep reading.

This role is based at the Company’s headquarters in Redwood Shores, CA and requires you to be onsite 3x/week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday). 

Key Responsibilities

Corporate Governance & Entity Management: Maintain the corporate records for Zum and its subsidiaries: minute books, board and stockholder consents and resolutions, cap table support, and corporate level entity controls, signature and delegation policies, and other policy compliance activities. Prepare materials for board and committee meetings. Manage entity formation, qualifications, and track annual filing compliance.

Corporate Finance & Grant Compliance: Support complex corporate finance transactions including debt and equity agreements and related negotiations, know-your-customer and diligence processes. Manage closing checklists and signature page logistics for financings.Track compliance with credit agreement and investor-agreement obligations: compliance certificates, financial reporting deliverables, notice requirements, covenant calendars, and consent and approval rights.