Role description
UniphoreUniphore is the Business AI company. Our sovereign, composable and secure AI platform connects enterprise data, fine-tunes AI models and deploys agentic AI across the enterprise. We empower every worker to boost productivity and help businesses grow faster, operate smarter and reduce costs. Trusted by more than 2,000 businesses globally, and recognized on the Deloitte Fast 500, Uniphore delivers on the promise of AI as a transformative force for business.
Job Description:
Overview
We're looking for a Legal & Innovation Analyst to support our legal and finance functions. This role is designed for a recent college graduate — it offers hands-on exposure to IP and general legal work, plus the chance to build real AI-powered workflows that make the legal and finance teams more effective.
Employment type: Full-Time
Level: Entry-level
Reports to: Director, Patents & Innovation Strategy
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Why This Role Exists
Our legal and finance teams need support across patent research, general legal administration, and building AI-driven ways of working. This person will get broad exposure to how the legal and finance functions operate day-to-day, while also helping modernize both teams by designing and deploying AI tools and workflows.
Responsibilities
Patent & IP Research
- Conduct prior art and patent landscape searches (USPTO Patent Public Search, Google Patents, Espacenet)
- Summarize technical and legal findings into clear memos for attorneys
- Track filing deadlines, office action responses, and maintenance fee dates
- Assist with invention disclosure summaries and claim charts under attorney supervision
- Monitor competitor patent filings and flag relevant developments
General Legal Support
- Help review and organize contracts and legal records
- Support compliance initiatives and policy documentation
- Assist with special projects and administrative tasks as needed
AI Workflow & Tooling
- Build and refine AI-assisted workflows across legal and finance business processes
- Create and test prompts/templates for recurring tasks (e.g., document summarization, data triage, report generation)
- Document workflows so they're repeatable by the rest of the team
- Partner with legal and finance stakeholders to identify where AI can reduce manual work
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree completed (any field; STEM/technical background a plus, not required)
- Interest in legal, IP, or finance operations
- Comfortable using AI tools (Claude, etc.) and interested in building workflows, not just using them ad hoc
- Excellent research, writing, and organizational skills
- Detail-oriented — deadlines and accuracy matter in legal, patent, and finance work
- No prior legal or finance experience required
What You'll Gain
- Direct mentorship from legal, patent, and finance stakeholders
- Real exposure to how legal, IP, and finance functions operate inside a company
- Practical experience building AI workflows across business functions — an increasingly valuable and differentiating skill
- A strong, specific resume line and reference for future career paths
- A low-stakes way to explore legal, IP, and finance work before committing to a specific path
Compensation
$39.43/hour
Schedule In office 3 days a week.
Hiring Pay Range:
$81,700 - $102,100
Benefits:
In addition to competitive base pay, this position also includes an annual incentive opportunity based on target achievement, pre-IPO stock options, benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with a match, and more, plus generous paid time off, paid holidays, paid day off for your birthday and other paid leave policies to support employees through all phases of life.
Location preference:
USA - CA - Palo Alto
Uniphore is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
For more information on how Uniphore uses AI to unify—and humanize—every enterprise experience, please visit www.uniphore.com.