Head of Legal (Product)

About SeedLegals

We’re the leading provider of automated legal solutions for startups in the UK, with offices in London, New York and Paris, and a team in Ireland. 

We believe entrepreneurship should be accessible to everyone. Since we launched in 2016, we’ve served more than 50,000 startups who have collectively raised more than £2 billion on our platform. We’ve changed how early-stage companies fundraise, reward their teams and scale their businesses, forever.

Our values are key to our success; here at SeedLegals, we: 

• Invest and trust in each other; 
• Are committed to a growth mindset; 
• Embrace diversity and cultivate inclusion; 
• And are driven by customer success.

About the Legal Team 

We are an international team of around 17 people, with team members in each of our key locations. Unlike other in-house roles, at SeedLegals, our lawyers are right in the middle of our products - helping to shape (at scale) the way in which companies pitch to investors, raise investment, and hire and retain talent. We automate what we can, and give customers access to experienced lawyers to handle the rest. In London we are split into three teams: GC, Legal Product and Advisory (including VC Advisory and our GCaaS team).

While each team has a clear remit, we work collaboratively to continuously improve our products, deliver value to our customers and insulate the business from all the typical risks that high-growth tech companies face. SeedLegals offers its lawyers the chance to work in a variety of roles, all of which have a genuine and realisable impact on our revenue and growth. While we sell automated solutions, it is our outstanding team behind the scenes that create, maintain and support our platform products. 

We are committed to continuous learning and development as a business and as a legal team. You’ll have access to knowledge management resources and a variety of online learning tools. We also have a partnership with BARBRI who deliver ongoing training and support to our team at all levels from SQE through to practical and management skills. Most importantly, we learn from each other in a psychologically safe space in which no idea is too outrageous to be given air time. Our global team all contribute to this learning environment, sharing ideas and best practice.

About the Role

As the Head of Legal (Product), you will lead the work of the product division of the legal team across the business but in particular in the UK and the US, working alongside the advisory division. You will review and uphold the legal soundness of existing products while working with the legal, product and tech teams to develop new products and features - and by doing so, you will be directly helping startups to run and grow their business.

Key Responsibilities

• Regularly review and update our templates and workflows in light of changing market trends and developments in the legal landscape.
• Independently generate and champion product improvement ideas based on the insights from your professional network and market data.  
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business (Product, Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience) to prioritise and balance the workstreams.
• Act as the go-to knowledge lawyer, advising the business on the legal underpinnings of new and existing product features.
• Manage and upskill a team of product lawyers, and contribute to the professional development of the broader legal team.

• Demonstrated expertise (5-7 PQE) and technical knowledge of English corporate and contract law, as well as the law governing share schemes and incentives.
• Preference for additional legal qualification in New York or Delaware.
• Experience presenting legal issues to, and securing the buy-in from, the board, senior leadership team and other legal and non-legal stakeholders and business departments
• Experience leading teams of 3+ lawyers.
• Understanding of the agile product management method.
• Proficiency with G Suite, familiarity with Trello, HubSpot. 
• Embrace the SeedLegals' values.
  

We are looking for a confident, dynamic lawyer that is passionate about helping companies grow and succeed and that has a genuine interest in delivering a top quality service with tech and automation at its core. The successful candidate will be expected to work independently, take ownership of legal projects, and contribute to the continued development of SeedLegals' innovative approach.

You’ll join a friendly, motivated and multicultural team of founders, investors, developers and growth hackers. We’re based in Islington, in the heart of London.

• You’ll get responsibility (and plenty of it!).
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off.
• Access to world class training from some of the most experienced individuals in UK startup law, investment, and entrepreneurship.
• Learning, development and networking opportunities.
• Share options. You’ll be eligible for the SeedLegals performance-based share option scheme.
• Great offices with free fruit and coffee
• Fully remote or in the office: entirely up to you.
• £250 Working-from-home allowance to set up your home office
• Flexible working
• Classpass
• Lunch is on us! Up to twice a week (when in the office)
• Enhanced Maternity and Parental Leave
• Further benefits including health, life insurance and critical illness cover.