Head of Legal

Healf; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and wellbeing company in the City of London is seeking a Head of Legal to create a top-tier legal function. The role involves establishing compliance processes, drafting agreements, and partnering with executives on corporate initiatives. Ideal candidates will have in-house experience and a passion for health. The company offers a hybrid work model, significant benefits, and a vibrant workplace culture.

Benefits

50% staff discount on all products

Premium Wellhub membership access

In Office Gym and Sauna

Hybrid working model

Qualifications

• Highly organised, results-driven individual in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven experience in a smaller in-house legal function.
• Background in corporate/commercial law, with generalist experience preferred.
• Experience in utilising legal ops processes and tools.
• Commercial and practical character with the ability to take a considered approach.

Responsibilities

• Establish a modern legal function foundation with AI and automation.
• Draft and negotiate commercial and partnership agreements.
• Build scalable compliance processes for data privacy.
• Partner with founders and CFO on fundraising and corporate initiatives.
• Partner with HR on employment law matters.
• Monitor laws impacting the company and rollout compliance strategies.

Skills

Organisational skills

Experience in-house (c. 5 PQE)

Health technology sector knowledge

Corporate/commercial background

Legal ops processes

Passion for health and wellbeing

Job description

Build the Future of Wellbeing

Do Your Lifes Best Work

If modern wellbeing were redesigned from scratch it wouldnt live in a GPs office or a cluttered supplement aisle. It would be digital-first beautifully curated and powered by data that actually helps you feel your best.

Thats what were building at Healf - an ecommerce platform at the intersection of personalised health and curated wellbeing. We connect customers with the worlds most effective products across EAT MOVE MIND and SLEEP and were just getting started.

We combine culture-shaping storytelling cutting-edge health tech (like our new blood testing platform Healf Zone ) and a best-in-class product experience to help people build rituals that work.

Backed by investors behind Soho House Alo Yoga Cult Beauty and Innocent were scaling fast - and redefining how the world shops and lives well.

The Role

As the Head of Legal youll be creating a world class legal function from the ground up. Youll thrive under pressure think pragmatically and bring a relentless focus to driving value whilst protecting the business and our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Establishing a modern foundation for the legal function - including the design and roll out of key legal ops processes using AI legal ops & automation tools.
• Drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial and partnership agreements.
• Build scalable compliance processes - encompassing the ownership of our data privacy compliance programme.
• Partner with the founders and incoming CFO on corporate fundraising EMI & share scheme and other corporate initiatives.
• Partner with the HR function on various employment law related matters.
• Monitor for laws impacting Healf and rollout compliance and mitigation strategies as we scale into new our external counsel relationships.

Qualifications

• This role requires a highly organised results-driven individual who thrives in a fast-paced high-intensity environment.
• Proven experience in an in-house role (c. 5 PQE) within a smaller legal function. Experience in the health technology sector is desirable.
• Background in corporate / commercial. Generalist experience is desirable.
• Experience utilising and / or rolling out legal ops processes and tools.
• Commercial & practical in character but with an aptitude to take a more considered approach where required.
• Proven experience operating with minimal supervision.
• Passionate about health and wellbeing with an energetic can-do attitude.

Why Join Healf

• Do your lifes best work Build something that matters with a team that moves fast and aims high
• Surround yourself with A talent Youll work with high-performers who care deeply and raise the standard every day
• Be a builder This isnt a cog-in-the-machine role. Youll help shape our voice culture and growth
• Wellbeing is the lifestyle From office yoga to Healf Zone insights everything we do is rooted in our pillars : EAT MOVE MIND SLEEP

Benefits (UK)

• 50% staff discount on all products
• Premium Wellhub membership access 1000s of gyms yoga & fitness studios
• In Office Gym and Sauna
• Hybrid working : 3 days / week in our London office (or open to exceptional remote candidates or candidates relocating to London)