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About the Role

Join us to get hands-on and take ownership of building a modern, strategic, and technology-enabled team that partners closely with the organisation, using data, AI, and innovative ways of working to deliver user-centric legal services that maximise our impact in beating cancer for everyone. We’re looking for builders, pathfinders, and changemakers who can act as a strategic partner, thrive in complexity, challenge the status quo, and are bold in their approach to legal service delivery and design. You will be joining a legal team with dedicated legal operations capabilities leading the organisation with our bold use of gen AI and AI for legal processes and legal work.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality, pragmatic and commercially focused legal advice on complex and strategically important matters, acting as a trusted adviser and strategic business partner.
Play an active role in shaping the future of Legal at CRUK, contributing to strategic initiatives, service redesign, and operational improvements.
Champion innovation and smarter ways of working, embracing legal technology, data, process improvement and generative AI.
Act as a builder, problem-solver and changemaker, helping to develop an innovative, efficient, technology-enabled legal service.
Bring deep expertise in relevant legal specialisms, acting as a recognised subject matter expert.
Develop innovative, practical and risk-based solutions to complex challenges.
Manage a diverse and complex portfolio of legal matters independently.
Act as a collaborative team player within the function, sharing expertise and coaching colleagues.
Work closely with the Legal Lead to support the effective delivery of legal services.

Requirements

Significant experience operating as a Senior Legal Counsel or equivalent within a fast-paced or complex legal services environment.
A dynamic and agile approach, with the confidence to navigate complexity, manage competing priorities and enable decision-making.
Strong legal negotiation and advisory experience across a broad range of complex matters including a good understanding of commercial contracting.
The ability to act as a trusted business partner, building strong stakeholder relationships and providing pragmatic, solutions-focused advice.
Experience driving improvements in legal service delivery, processes, ways of working or legal operations.
A genuine interest in innovation, legal technology and new approaches.
A commitment to delivering an empowered, user-centric legal service that balances legal risk with organisational objectives.
Must be eligible to work in the UK.
Must be 18 years of age or older.

Skills

Legal negotiation
Legal advisory
Commercial contracting
Stakeholder relationship building
Solutions-focused advice
Legal service delivery improvement
Process improvement
Legal operations
Innovation
Legal technology
User-centric legal service delivery

Location

Office-based with high flexibility

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

£75,000 - £88,000 per annum

Benefits

Substantial retirement plan
Generous and flexible leave allowance
Discounts on travel and technology
Gym membership

About the Company

Cancer Research UK is the UK's leading cancer charity.
Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do.
We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

Equal Opportunity

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work.
Please inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.