Head of Legal

Navro; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a rapidly scaling B2B payments startup as the Head of Legal, where you will shape the legal framework of an innovative FinTech. This is not just another in-house role; it's an opportunity to build the legal and regulatory foundations from the ground up. You'll provide impactful counsel, navigate complex regulations, and work closely with diverse teams to ensure compliance and drive growth. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are ready to make a real impact, this is your chance to lead and grow with a dynamic company at the forefront of payments innovation.

Benefits

26 days annual leave

Private Healthcare

Pension Scheme

Company Options Scheme

Comprehensive Training

Flexible working arrangements

Team socials

Qualifications

• 5-6 years of relevant Post-Qualification Experience (PQE).
• Experience in financial services or payments regulatory environments.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic legal advice on regulatory matters.
• Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.

Skills

Legal Advice

Contract Drafting

Regulatory Compliance

Risk Assessment

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

UK-qualified solicitor or barrister

Job description

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Not Your Typical Head of Legal Role

This isn’t just another in-house legal position. No legacy systems. No endless corporate red tape. No coasting along. This is about building the legal and regulatory foundations for a category-defining FinTech from the ground up. Fast.

Not Your Typical Head of Legal Role

This isn’t just another in-house legal position. No legacy systems. No endless corporate red tape. No coasting along. This is about building the legal and regulatory foundations for a category-defining FinTech from the ground up. Fast.

We’re Navro, a rapidly scaling B2B payments startup, and we’re looking for an organised, detailed, self-starting Head of Legal / General Counsel. This is your chance to shape our legal posture, advise on cutting-edge FinTech regulation, influence our market position, set the vision for legal risk management, and make decisions that impact the entire business. You won’t have layers of approval slowing you down. You will have the freedom to provide real, impactful counsel from day one. This isn’t a passenger role. We’re bringing you in for your expertise, legal acumen, and relentless drive.

Who We Are

We are building the world’s first regulated payments curation platform. By consolidating best-in-class payments infrastructure under our ecosystem, we will enable marketplaces and eCommerce brands to scale their payments operations smoothly around the world.

We are building a workplace that encourages growth, development, and fun. Working in a startup can be both rewarding and challenging, we’ll be with you throughout the highs and lows as one team. We need people who have passion, resilience, and willingness to find Solutions, not just problems and work well within our global team of almost 30 nationalities.

Requirements

What This Role Demands:

You Own It – You’re accountable for every piece of advice, every contract drafted, every risk assessed, and every regulatory interpretation. If a legal strategy misses or a compliance gap exists, it’s on you to fix it.

You Ask the Hard Questions – You don’t just answer legal questions; you challenge assumptions, anticipate risks, and push for legally sound, commercially viable solutions. Why this structure? What are the regulatory implications? Is there a better way?

You Fix What’s Broken – No waiting for permission. If a contract template is outdated, a process creates risk, or a policy is unclear, you dive in and solve it, building scalable legal infrastructure.

You’re Hands-On – One minute you’re advising the exec team on strategic partnerships, the next you’re drafting complex payment agreements or interpreting new FinTech regulations.

You Thrive in Chaos – Startups are messy. Regulations evolve, priorities shift, and ambiguity is constant. You bring legal clarity and structure without getting bogged down by unnecessary bureaucracy.

You Handle the Pressure – Fast-paced. High stakes. You balance multiple legal demands, manage tight timelines for deals and product launches, and keep moving forward with sound judgment.

You’re Here for the Journey – This is career-defining. It’s hard, rewarding, and requires building something new. If you’re ready to grow the legal function alongside Navro, let’s build something amazing together.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing strategic legal advice on a wide range of legal and regulatory matters impacting the business.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating diverse commercial agreements, including complex client and vendor contracts, partnership/supply agreements, and referral/reseller agreements.
• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating key regulatory issues and legal risks across multiple jurisdictions (initially UK/EU focus).
• Interpreting new regulations and advising on their impact on Navro's operations and product roadmap.
• Advising proactively on payments regulatory matters, ensuring compliance with relevant payments laws in the UK and Europe.
• Developing, maintaining, and updating company agreement templates to align with changing laws, regulations, and business needs.
• Advising on data privacy related issues (e.g., GDPR) and best practices.
• Partnering closely with commercial, product, risk, treasury, and compliance teams as a real-time, embedded legal advisor to understand their needs and find creative, compliant solutions.
• Providing end-to-end legal support for the development, launch, management, and expansion of innovative payment products and services.
• Developing and implementing internal legal policies, procedures, and controls to ensure robust compliance.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

Qualified Expert: UK-qualified solicitor or barrister with 5-6 years of relevant Post-Qualification Experience (PQE). Some relevant EU legal experience is required.

Regulatory & Industry Pro: Demonstrable experience in financial services, payments, or other relevant regulatory environments is essential.

In-House Acumen: Previous in-house experience is strongly preferred, especially within a start-up or scale-up FinTech environment.

Clear Communicator: Ability to communicate complex legal and regulatory issues clearly and concisely to non-legal audiences at all levels, including senior executives.

Detail-Obsessed & Proactive: A keen eye for detail, strong analytical skills, and a proactive, "can-do," self-starter attitude. You don't wait to be asked.

Collaborator Extraordinaire: Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build relationships and influence effectively across diverse teams and disciplines.

Problem Solver: Proven analytical and problem-solving skills applied to complex legal and commercial challenges.

Driven & Adaptable: Passion for working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where creativity, resilience, and adaptability are key. Desire to broaden expertise and embrace new challenges.

Desirable Skills

• Experience in advising on financial regulation pertaining to operational resilience, consumer is particularly advantageous
• Genuine interest in payments, fintech and innovative financial products
• Understanding of the Interchange Fee Regulations, Cross Border Payment Regulations, DORA, Consumer Duty, Money Laundering Directives
• Understanding of payments, fintech, banking, or securities industries Experience of working closely with financial services regulators - whether as a regulator, within a regulated firm or advising regulated firms
  
  

Why Navro?

• Lead and Shape the Future: This is your chance to build and grow a market from zero to one.
• Make Real Impact: Your decisions will directly shape Navro’s growth journey.
• Innovative Environment: Be at the forefront of Fintech innovation and payments disruption.
• Career-Defining Role: This isn’t just another job. It’s a legacy.
  
  

Ready to Build Something Big?

This is your chance to leave your mark. If you’re ready to lead, build, and grow with the intensity that only startups offer, we want to hear from you.

Apply now and be part of Navro’s journey to revolutionise global payments.

Benefits

As part of this role, you will receive the following:

• You will enjoy 26 days of annual leave (excluding Bank holidays)
• Volunteering and Compassionate leaves
• Maternity and Paternity leaves
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Company Options Scheme
• Team socials
• Comprehensive, interactive & engaging Training - Leadership, Communication and Presentation Skills, Behavioural Profiling, Conflict Management, etc
• Career frameworks
• Flexibility surrounding other commitments; within your team we will work around child-care or other appointments you have. We just ask for advance notice!
• For those London Based 2-3 days per week in office
• Working in a diverse and inclusive environment where we ensure that our people thrive
  
  

Navro does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Navro will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.

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