Head Of Legal - £110,000 A Year
AJ Bell · Manchester, England ·
Job Description Join a purpose led organisation where legal plays a central role in enabling growth, innovation and strong customer outcomes. As Head of Legal, you will lead a high performing legal function and work closely with senior leaders to shape strategy in a fast growing, regulated business where your advice directly influences products, partnerships and customer trust.
We are on a mission to make investing feel good for everyone. This is a senior leadership role with real influence across Product, Operations, Risk and Compliance, Technology and Commercial teams as we continue to scale in a complex regulatory environment.
What you will do: Set and deliver a scalable legal service model that balances risk, cost and efficiency. Shape the future of legal delivery through templates, playbooks and legal technology. Advise on product development, customer terms, supplier and strategic partnerships.
Ensure customer-facing terms and communications are clear, fair and aligned to Consumer Duty outcomes. Coach, develop and inspire a capable legal team. Foster a collaborative, business-partnering culture with a focus on accountability and continuous improvement.
Lead litigation strategy, pre-action claims and incident response with a pragmatic, outcome-focused approach. Oversee external legal providers and ensure cost-effective, high-quality delivery. What you will bring: Senior legal leadership experience within, or reporting into, a General Counsel or Group Legal Director role in a regulated or consumer-facing business.
Strong commercial judgement with the ability to translate complex legal issues into practical advice for non-lawyers. Expertise across commercial contracts, consumer contracts and data protection. Proven risk management capability and sound decision-making on risk versus reward.
Excellence in negotiating strategic partnerships, technology and outsourcing contracts. Experience building and leading high-performing teams. A curious, collaborative and outcome-driven mindset.
Nice to have
Experience in financial services, platforms, wealth, payments, neo-banking or retail investing. Exposure to M