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title: 'Legal Ops Manager at Higgsfield'
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# Legal Ops Manager at Higgsfield 

- **Company:** Higgsfield 
- **Location:** Almaty, Kazakhstan
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/higgsfieldai/d946716e-aac8-4a02-8843-5c00579df5ce/application

**Skills:** Contract workflows, Legal documentation, Kazakhstani law, Russian, English, Paralegal experience, Ironclad, Automation tools, AI agent development

> The Legal Ops Manager supports the full lifecycle of contracts, including execution, documentation, and database management. This role involves coordinating cross-functional teams, improving legal workflows, and ensuring compliance with Kazakhstani law within a fast-growing GenAI startup environment.

## Job description

Why work at Higgsfield AI? Higgsfield AI is the fastest-scaling generative AI company in history, hitting $700M in annual revenue run rate, 30M+ users worldwide, 6M+ generations per day, and powering 390 of Fortune 500 brands.

We're building at the absolute frontier of AI-powered video creation and next-generation creative tools. Joining Higgsfield means becoming part of a high-impact team shaping the future of AI-native experiences, at a company that isn't just moving fast, but rewriting what fast looks like.

## Who we are looking for

At Higgsfield, we value people who take ownership and get things done. We’re looking for someone who brings:

- Strong attention to detail and a high level of responsibility.
- Proactivity and persistence — you follow through until things are signed and completed.
- The ability to manage multiple parallel tasks without losing track.
- Clear communication and the confidence to push stakeholders when needed.
- A structured, process-driven mindset with a bias toward action.

## What you will work on

- Contract Operations & Execution: Support the full lifecycle of contracts — from preparation to execution. Work closely with legal leads (including Grosu) to finalize agreements, organize signatures, and ensure all documents are properly completed. Proactively follow up with internal teams and external parties to get contracts signed on time.
- Legal Documentation (KZ Focus): Review, prepare, and manage contracts under Kazakhstani law. Ensure accuracy, completeness, and proper filing of all legal documents.
- Legal Operations Support: Maintain and organize contract databases and documentation. Track contract statuses, deadlines, and key obligations. Ensure everything is properly archived and easy to retrieve.
- Cross-functional Coordination: Act as a point of contact between legal, marketing, creative, and operations teams. Help unblock processes by coordinating communication and keeping things moving.
- Process & System Support: Help build and improve internal legal workflows — from contract tracking to signature processes. Identify inefficiencies and drive improvements.
- Review/Draft Contracts: Review and edit certain agreements like NDAs and other company templates.
- Support Trademark Enforcement: Identify and address instances of trademark infringement online.

## Your must haves

- 2–3 years of experience as a paralegal, legal specialist, or in legal operations.
- Experience in top-tier law/consulting/accounting firms (preferably Ernst & Young) or strong in-house environments (tech companies, startups, or product-driven businesses).
- Solid understanding of contract workflows and legal documentation.
- Solid understanding of contract workflows and legal documentation.
- Experience working with Kazakhstani legal documents is a strong plus.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to proactively follow up and drive processes to completion.
- Fluent Kazakh, Russian and English.

What would make you a strong candidate

- Experience building automation, such as collecting approvals, sending reminders, generating activity reports, etc.
- Building AI agents.
- Experience with Ironclad (contract management software) – a major plus!
- A law degree.

## About Higgsfield 

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: AI-powered creative tools / Generative AI for video and image
- **Target Customers**: B2B and B2C – from first-time creators and social media influencers to professional filmmakers, marketing agencies, and Fortune 500 enterprises
- **Mission**: "Make cinematic-quality video and image creation accessible to anyone with an idea." [higgsfield.ai](https://higgsfield.ai/about)

## Products & Services
- **Higgsfield Platform (All-in-One Creative Studio)**: A web-based AI studio that combines proprietary and partner models for text-to-video, image-to-video, storyboarding, and full cinematic production. Includes:
  - **Soul 2.0** – Photorealistic image generation for fashion and editorial.
  - **Soul Cinema** – Cinematic-grade image generation.
  - **Higgsfield DOP** – Cinematic video generation.
  - **Keyframes** – AI storyboard generation.
  - **Cinema Studio** – Professional filmmaking workspace with 1,296 camera lenses, cinematic parameters, and color grading.
  - **Soul ID** – Character consistency system.
  - **Soul HEX** – Color control system.
  - **Reasoning Engine** – Proprietary layer that plans narrative structure, camera logic, and visual consistency before generation.
- **Higgsfield Earn** – Creator monetization program that pays creators for platform work and connects them with professional projects from Fortune 500 agencies, NBA teams, and fashion houses.
- **Enterprise Content** – Campaign production for Fortune 500 agencies.
- **Social Media Content** – Optimized for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
- **Product Video Ads** – Click-to-Ad generation from product URLs.
- **Pre-Production & Storyboards** – For directors and agencies.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Over $1.3 billion (unicorn) as of 2025/2026 [higgsfield.ai](https://higgsfield.ai/about)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding reported as $138.25M (conflicting reports: LinkedIn shows $138.25M across multiple rounds; the careers page states "$130M raised in Series A") [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/higgsfield) | [careers.higgsfield.kz](https://careers.higgsfield.kz/)
- **Notable Investors**: Accel, Menlo Ventures, GFT Ventures, AI Capital Partners [higgsfield.ai](https://higgsfield.ai/about)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 25 million users, 850 million total generations (300 million videos) [higgsfield.ai](https://higgsfield.ai/about)
  - 6 million generations per day (2 million videos per day)
  - Headcount: 193 employees, monthly growth +13.1% [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/higgsfield)
  - Operations in 35 countries; major offices in San Francisco (USA) and Almaty (Kazakhstan)
  - Covered by Reuters, Forbes, TechCrunch, Adweek, and OpenAI

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Cinematic Logic Layer**: A reasoning engine that plans narrative, camera motion, and visual consistency before any generation – differentiating from simpler text-to-video tools.
- **Full-Stack AI Infrastructure**: Combines in-house models (Soul series, DOP, Cinema Studio) with partner models (Sora 2, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1) under one platform.
- **Creator-First DNA**: 40% of the team are filmmakers, producers, and creatives who shape the product roadmap.
- **Monetization Engine (Higgsfield Earn)**: Direct payouts and professional project matching create a self-reinforcing creator ecosystem.
- **Scale & Speed**: 200+ releases since launch; weekly shipping cadence.

## Strategic Focus
- Democratizing professional-grade video creation for all skill levels.
- Expanding enterprise and agency partnerships (Fortune 500 agencies already onboard).
- Deepening creator monetization and community-driven product development.
- Scaling the platform’s reasoning engine and model orchestration capabilities.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Built by creators, shaped by community" – a blend of ML engineers and award-winning filmmakers working in a tight feedback loop.
- **Growth Trajectory**: Unicorn status with 13% monthly headcount growth; positioned as a "next decacorn" by the company.
- **Hiring Speed**: Full process from first conversation to offer takes 1–2 weeks [careers.higgsfield.kz](https://careers.higgsfield.kz/)
- **Global Team**: Employees in 35 countries; office hubs in San Francisco and Almaty (Kazakhstan). Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated, but the distributed nature suggests flexibility.
- **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI video models, direct impact on a platform used by 25M creators, and the chance to join a unicorn in its early scaling phase.
- **Engineering Focus**: Strong emphasis on ML, backend engineering, and data annotation; top engineers from Central Asia are a key talent pool.

## Sources
1. [higgsfield.ai – About page](https://higgsfield.ai/about)
2. [higgsfield.ai – Homepage schema](https://higgsfield.ai/)
3. [LinkedIn – Higgsfield AI company page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/higgsfield)
4. [careers.higgsfield.kz – Careers page](https://careers.higgsfield.kz/)
5. [getlatka.com – Higgsfield AI profile](https://getlatka.com/companies/higgsfield.ai)
6. [jobs.ashbyhq.com – Higgsfield AI careers (provided by user)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/higgsfieldai)

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