Senior Employment Counsel providing legal guidance on employment law. Building the legal function for a rapidly scaling company focused on family caregiving.
About the role
- Head of Legal at Tillo managing legal strategy and complex negotiations for a digital gift card leader. Leading legal team and ensuring compliance while supporting global expansion.
Responsibilities
- Lead Tillo’s legal function, setting the legal strategy and ensuring the business is supported with practical, commercially focused advice.
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements with clients, suppliers, and global brand partners.
- Own and evolve Tillo’s contracting strategy, including templates, negotiation playbooks, and scalable legal processes.
- Manage and mentor the legal team, ensuring efficient legal operations and supporting their development.
- Provide strategic legal advice to senior leadership on commercial, regulatory, and operational matters.
- Support B2B2C, B2B, and possible B2C product and platform development, including regulatory analysis, intellectual property considerations, and new market launches.
- Oversee data protection and privacy strategy, supporting internal teams and delivering guidance where required.
- Develop and maintain Tillo’s risk management and governance frameworks in partnership with our Group COO, CIO, and CFO.
- Manage relationships with external counsel, ensuring effective use of outside legal support.
- Support the company’s international expansion, including navigating regulatory requirements and structuring global partnerships.
- Deliver training and guidance to internal teams on legal and regulatory matters.
Requirements
- Qualified solicitor with 6–9+ years’ PQE (or equivalent experience).
- Strong experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
- Experience working in-house within a technology, fintech, or payments business, ideally in a start-up or scale-up environment.
- Strong commercial judgment and the ability to balance legal risk with business priorities.
- Comfortable acting as the primary legal adviser to the business.
- Experience managing external counsel and supporting legal team members (including contractors) or paralegals.
- Experience in a regulated or B2C technical product environment.
- Experience implementing legal operations tools or AI-driven legal workflows.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Pragmatic, solutions-oriented mindset.
- Familiarity with international expansion and cross-border commercial arrangements.
Benefits
- Enhanced annual leave of 26 days per annum (plus an additional day for your birthday 🎂)
- Private Medical care through Vitality
- Employee Incentive Scheme
- Access to Tillo’s Storefront with discounts & gift card vouchers
- Hybrid Working
- Top spec equipment including laptop, mouse, keyboard, monitor
- Anniversary gifts
- Monthly breakfasts, drinks, snacks and events
- Team Learning & Development budget
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