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About the Role

This role will provide parental leave cover for a senior leader within CRUK's Legal team, offering expert strategic and legal leadership. You will drive high-quality legal service delivery and contribute to a period of transformation, leveraging dedicated legal operations capabilities and pioneering the use of gen AI and AI for legal processes. This is a highly impactful role where you will empower teams, gain broad exposure to internal operations, deliver real impact, and help shape the future of Legal at CRUK.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and inspire the service delivery team, providing line management, coaching, performance management, and professional development support.
Effectively manage resourcing and work allocation for all transactional matters, ensuring timely completion.
Lead strategic legal activity within the designated area, providing specialist oversight and quality assurance.
Develop and present innovative, feasible solutions to complex legal challenges.
Maintain strategic oversight of business partnering relationships, delegating responsibilities appropriately while ensuring service quality.
Support the design of and ensure delivery against team SLAs and KPIs.
Develop strong GenAI legal capability and contribute to training and knowledge-sharing on GenAI.

Requirements

Qualified solicitor, barrister, or equivalent with significant post-qualification experience in-house and/or private practice.
Strong track record of delivering high-quality, efficient, and client-focused legal services.
Demonstrable experience designing, improving, or overseeing legal service delivery models, processes, triage systems, and operational performance.
Ability to develop innovative, pragmatic solutions to complex legal and organisational challenges.
Strong business partnering skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence senior stakeholders.
Experience managing external legal providers and ensuring cost-effective, high-quality delivery.
Enthusiasm for legal technology, matter management systems, data-driven service delivery, GenAI, and continuous improvement.
Must be eligible to work in the UK.

Skills

Strategic legal leadership
Legal service delivery
GenAI and AI for legal processes
Line management
Coaching
Performance management
Professional development
Work allocation
Quality assurance
Problem-solving
Business partnering
Stakeholder management
Legal technology
Matter management systems
Data-driven service delivery

Location

Office-based with high flexibility (2 days per week in the office)

Work Type

Fixed-term contract (8-12 months)
Full-time (35 hours per week)

Experience Level

Senior leader
Significant post-qualification experience

Education Level

Qualified solicitor, barrister or equivalent

Salary/Compensations

£90,000 - £98,000 per annum

Benefits

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

About the Company

Cancer Research UK is the UK's leading cancer charity.
The organisation is undergoing a period of transformation.
The Legal team is leading the organisation with a bold use of gen AI and AI for legal processes.
The company is committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.
They actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, particularly those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

Equal Opportunity

Operates an anonymised shortlisting process in commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.
Believe that a diverse workforce will help to beat cancer sooner.
Requests candidates to inform them of any concerns or adjustments needed for the application or interview process.
Unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18 due to health & safety and safeguarding risks.