Head of Legal
Accurx
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £120,000 - £140,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Set the legal strategy and operating model for scaling safely across the NHS and beyond
- Lead a team spanning legal ops, data protection, and service management oversight
- Partner closely with the CEO, Exec team and Board on risk-based decisions, governance, and growth
- Design the governance, risk and compliance framework that enables teams to move quickly
- Champion privacy-by-design and navigate regulatory landscape with Product/Tech
- Partner with CEO/Board/Exec on commercial strategy, disputes or regulatory issues
- Lead on NHS/public sector procurement and contracting patterns
Requirements
- Qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with 8+ years PQE
- Broad in-house experience across commercial, corporate, privacy, and GRC in a scaling tech or health-tech business
- Strong judgment and comfort making pragmatic trade-offs in high-risk environments
- Proven experience advising boards, executives, and investors
- Hands-on experience with fundraising, due diligence, and shareholder dynamics (Series C+ ideal)
- Strong company secretarial and equity experience
- Comfortable operating autonomously with executive-level ownership
- Experience working with public sector or highly regulated customers preferred
- A collaborative people leader who raises the bar and builds strong teams
- Deep motivation to improve healthcare systems at scale
Benefits
- Access to Happl - a flexible benefits provider with a given budget of £600 to spend on perks of your choice. Options include private health insurance, wellness providers and more
- Flexible Working: We are an office first culture and ask you are in at least 3 days a week.
- Enhanced parental leave policy
- Free healthy breakfasts, snacks and lunches will be provided, with the occasional sweet treat!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
qualified solicitor8+ years PQEcommercial lawcorporate lawprivacy lawgovernance, risk, and compliance (GRC)fundraisingdue diligencecompany secretarialequity experience
Soft skills
strong judgmentpragmatic decision-makingcollaborative leadershipteam buildingautonomous operationexecutive-level ownershipstrategic partnershiprisk managementcommunicationproblem-solving