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About the Role

This role provides parental leave cover for a senior leader within the Legal team, offering strategic and legal leadership during a period of transformation. The position focuses on driving high-quality legal service delivery, leveraging generative AI and data-driven insights to support the organization's mission.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and inspire the service delivery team through coaching and performance management.
• Manage resourcing and work allocation for all transactional legal matters.
• Provide specialist oversight and quality assurance on complex legal matters.
• Develop and present innovative solutions to complex legal challenges.
• Maintain strategic oversight of business partnering relationships, including the CFO Directorate and Research & Innovation Operations.
• Support the design and delivery of team SLAs and KPIs to ensure operational excellence.
• Develop GenAI legal capabilities and contribute to training and knowledge-sharing across the organization.

Requirements

• Qualified solicitor, barrister, or equivalent.
• Significant post-qualification experience in-house or in private practice.
• Proven track record of delivering efficient, client-focused legal services.
• Experience designing or improving legal service delivery models and operational processes.
• Strong business partnering skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing external legal providers.
• Must be eligible to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

Skills

• Strategic legal leadership
• Legal service delivery design
• Business partnering
• Stakeholder management
• Legal technology and GenAI application
• Matter management systems
• Data-driven service delivery
• Team management and coaching

Location

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

Work Type

• Full-time
• Fixed term contract (8-12 months)
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior

Salary/Compensations

• £90,000 - £98,000 per annum

Benefits

• Substantial retirement plan
• Generous and flexible leave allowance
• Discounts on travel and technology
• Gym membership
• Career and personal development opportunities

About the Company

• Cancer Research UK is the UK's leading cancer charity.
• The organization is focused on funding cutting-edge research and developing public policy to beat cancer.

Equal Opportunity

• Operates an anonymized shortlisting process to ensure equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Encourages applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, particularly those from ethnic minority backgrounds.
• Provides reasonable adjustments for candidates throughout the application and interview process.