Senior Legal Counsel (maternity cover)

Elvie; London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering FemTech company in London is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to provide primary legal support for commercial teams and new product developments. The ideal candidate will have extensive legal expertise, particularly in commercial law and data protection. This role offers flexibility in working patterns and a dynamic work environment focused on empowering women through technology.

Benefits

9-day fortnight working pattern

25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays

Generous parental leave policies

Healthcare plans and life insurance

Wellbeing support and unlimited GP appointments

Qualifications

• At least 8 PQE qualified lawyer in England & Wales.
• Preferably some working knowledge of medical devices and consumer product regulation.
• Ability to deliver commercial and pragmatic solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal advice on commercial, data & privacy, and product matters.
• Manage legal input for new product launches including regulatory requirements.
• Support the commercial teams to strengthen the market position.

Skills

Legal expertise in commercial law

Experience in data protection regulations

Negotiation skills

Organizational skills

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Qualified lawyer in England & Wales

Job description

We’re Elvie – a pioneer in the FemTech industry, developing cutting-edge smart technology to transform previously overlooked categories like breast pumping and pelvic floor health. Our mission is to empower women through radical, female-first innovation, breaking taboos and challenging stigma along the way.

Elvie recently joined forces with Willow, a fellow leader in FemTech and maternal health based in the U.S. This powerful combination brings together two iconic brands, combining a market-leading product portfolio with teams of world-class engineers, designers, and commercial experts. Together, we're set to shape the future of maternal health on a global scale.

As we embark on this exciting new transitional chapter, this role will play a pivotal part in helping to define and deliver our vision across international markets.

Did you know?

In some regions our amazing products are considered to be medical devices. This means we maintain our Medical Device quality management system in compliance with ISO 13485:2016, to support the development of our groundbreaking products.

About the role:

Okay, we’ve waffled long enough. So let’s get to the good bit: You.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us as Senior Legal Counsel (maternity cover). Reporting to the General Counsel, you will be responsible for primary legal support for the commercial teams as we deepen and broaden our global sales footprint as well as advising on all product development and new product launches, together with providing keystone support for our internal quality and compliance teams. As Senior Legal Counsel at Elvie you will enjoy an extremely broad role, providing strategic legal advice on a wide variety of legal projects and challenges facing Elvie across all its countries of operation (US, Europe and beyond), with a particular focus on commercial, data & privacy and product matters. This is a highly visible and exciting role, offering exposure to all levels across the business, including C-suite & Board. This is a great opportunity to make the role your own and get involved with exciting projects in a fast-paced, creative and fun environment.

Location: UK. The role could be fully remote, but if you like an in-person connection, we have an office in Bristol and staff in London have access to shared office space (via Hubble).

Employment type: 12m FTC (please note, you must have the right to work in the UK). Open to applicants seeking 3 or 4 days a week as well as full time working patterns (with salary pro-rated accordingly)

Salary range: £60,000 to £100,000 dependent on working pattern and experience

What you’ll be doing at Elvie:

• Primary legal support for EMEA and a growing international reach, reporting to and liaising closely with General Counsel.
• Supporting the commercial teams to strengthen current market position with existing and new vendors, including maximising revenues through D2C and retail marketplace activities, e.g. Amazon.
• Supporting the commercial teams to deliver expansion of new products into existing markets, as well as growing international reach by expanding current products into new markets.
• Providing all legal input for new product launches including regulatory requirements, clearance of all consumer facing information (advertising claims, IFU, packaging artworks, legal T&Cs, warranty etc),
• Working closely with our regulatory affairs and quality team to support on product regulatory issues, including horizon scanning, new country launches, regulatory filings, risk assessments, product warranties and any contentious product matters.
• Primary legal support for our product engineers during the product development process and liaising with in-house IP team to communicate IP protection needs and product research/user trials)
• Supporting operations teams on commercial supplier issues including negotiation of contracts.
• Privacy and Security: working closely with product and engineering teams to ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations and responsible for in-house training and documentation.
• Strategic projects: Acting as a business partner to help structure and provide legal advice on new strategic initiatives launched by the company from time to time
• Managing external counsel and legal budgets relating to your areas of responsibility
• Preparing and conducting legal education and training for different teams across the business

What we are looking for:

• At least 8 PQE qualified lawyer in England & Wales
• Preferably some working knowledge of medical devices and consumer product regulation
• Experience in US and/or other countries is a bonus
• Trained in a top-tier private practice firm, and ideally also had in-house experience, (preferably in a start-up, tech, e-commerce and/or consumer electronics in-house environment)
• Ability to work autonomously with little supervision
• Ability to deliver commercial and pragmatic solutions and concise advice, with strong influencing and negotiating skills
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to juggle and prioritise a large number of competing matters and work to deadlines
• Self-motivated, independent and results-focused; with a willingness to roll up your sleeves, undertake a wide variety of tasks and to take ownership
• Adaptable and be able cope with change quickly, and be enthused and excited about what’s around the corner for us
• Most importantly, you must be keen to support the our mission, and like the idea of working in a fast-paced start-up environment where you can share your future

The benefits you’ll get:

We're on an exceptional journey. And we can offer you a genuinely purpose-led career with a culture built on trust, autonomy, and flexibility. In addition, we'll give you:

• 9-day fortnight working pattern - for our full time employees we work 9 days every fortnight with every other Friday as a non-working day for you to spend as you wish.
• Lots of flexibility: whether it’s working from home, doing the school run, or life admin. We believe trust and flexibility allows everyone to show up as their best selves.
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Life leave days; getting married, moving house, menopause or just things that you can’t put a label on that matter to you.
• Generous parental leave policies; maternity & adoption (16 weeks at full pay, then 8 weeks paid at 75% followed by 15 weeks at SMP rate), paternity/partner (6 weeks at full pay to take at any point during the first year of your child’s life), shared parental leave.
• Healthcare plans, life insurance, and an employee assistance program for you and your family.
• Group income protection; protect your salary if you get sick.
• Generous employee and friends & family discounts on Elvie products.
• Wellbeing support from YuLife and access to SmartHealth app with unlimited GP appointments for you and your family.

What you can expect after you’ve applied:

A member of our team will reach out to you after they have reviewed your application. You must ensure your application is completed correctly.

We do often receive a large number of applications for our roles, please don’t let visibility of this deter you from applying. We review and aim to respond to every application.

We would like to get to know you through your background, attitude, experience and understand your motivation to work with us. Our interview process for this role may include:

• 30-minute video call with one of our recruiters
• 30-45 minute video call with the hiring manager
• 45-60 minute video interview with the team (some positions may require you to complete a task/presentation)
• For some positions, there may be an additional interview with one of our senior leadership team

This is an exciting time to join Elvie. You’ll have a voice, make an impact, and have the opportunity to mould your role. So be ready to learn, have fun, and be inspired by our passionate, talented team - having a sense of humour helps too

Belonging at Elvie

We value building broad, diverse and inclusive teams - because we believe everyone being able to show up authentically at work is key to our success. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and we don't discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, marital status, disability or age.

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