About 9fin9fin is the AI platform powering global debt markets — the world’s largest asset class at over $145 trillion.Debt markets are vast, global, and mission-critical, yet still run on fragmented data, PDFs, and manual workflows. 9fin replaces this broken infrastructure with a single platform that centralises proprietary credit data, deep analysis, and high-value workflows across global markets.Today, 9fin powers teams at 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide, including global banks, asset managers, private equity firms, law firms, and advisors. The business is scaling at exceptional speed, with rapid expansion in the US and best-in-class retention driven by deep workflow adoption.With proven product-market fit and strong, global market pull, 9fin is accelerating toward becoming the category-defining platform for debt markets worldwide.The opportunityWe're hiring our first dedicated legal operations team member to sit at the heart of 9fin's growing Legal Affairs function. This is a broad, hands-on role and a rare opportunity to shape how a scale-up in-house legal team runs from the inside out.You'll own the operational engine of the team: our contract lifecycle platform (Ironclad, which is deeply embedded across sales, procurement and RevOps), our commercial playbook (and developing non-commercial playbooks), our tech stack (including AI implementation), our front-door (right now, ticketing is done in Linear), our knowledge management (currently spread across multiple systems), our reporting and KPIs, and the tracking and governance around outside counsel spend.You'll also be a project manager and a hands-on partner to the General Counsel. That includes co-drafting monthly and quarterly business reviews, leading and coordinating cross-functional initiatives (for example M&A diligence coordination, trademark portfolio work, or regulatory readiness workstreams), and holding a high bar for organisation so nothing on a small, fast-moving team drops.You'll report to the General Counsel and work alongside legal colleagues in London and New York. This is a London-based role and we typically expect the team to be in the office three days a week.What you’ll work onBelow is the shape of the role, laid out as prioritised by Now, Next and Later so you can see the broad strokes of the path ahead - but by no means is this set in stone. NowTune legal intake - help us build out the “front door” for legal requests across the business.Partner with Sales, Finance, InfoSec and Procurement to streamline deal-desk and approval processesSupport on knowledge management and internal policy administration. Build our external legal spend tracker from scratch. Own operational and reporting support across the Legal function, including responses to internal stakeholders including Finance, RevOps, and the People team.Build, maintain and roll out templates, playbooks and self-serve legal resources so the business can move quickly.Own Ironclad workflow hygiene and adoption end-to-end. Work with the team to clean up metadata and archiving, tighten approvals and signatory workflows, and work with commercial counsel to roll out training across sales, procurement, RevOps and other frequent users.Keep track of open projects, drive follow-through, and make sure balls do not drop across a small team with a lot of surface area.Maintain our sales contract playbook. Keep it current, propose updates as commercial patterns and RevOps feedback surface them, and make sure the team is actually using it.Assist with management of large legal projects on GC instruction. Recent examples include M&A diligence coordination, and trademark portfolio work.Support company secretarial administration.About youWe're looking for a highly organised operator who is energised by building order out of scale-up complexity. You do not need to be a lawyer, but you do need to have run legal operations end-to-end before. Commercial, action-biased, comfortable with ambiguity: You understand what the business needs from legal, get things over the line without waiting to be asked twice, and you're comfortable being the first hire writing the map as you go.Legal operations track record: At least five years' experience running legal operations, contracts operations or a closely adjacent function (compliance operations, legal project management, or legal chief-of-staff), ideally in a scale-up or in-house legal team that is fast paced and where you can demonstrate ownership.End-to-end project delivery: You have owned legal or cross-functional projects on your own steam, including timelines, risks, stakeholders and outcomes.Reporting and data fluency: Experience setting up spend tracking, panel management or legal project management would be useful, but we're also open to someone with the capability and appetite to build this from scratch.Experience as a team’s first or only legal-ops hire, or a member of a small team in the early stage of the build-out of a legal ops function, would be a strong advantage.We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel.Financial & InsuranceCompetitive Salary (our salary bands are benchmarked at the top end of the market)EquityPension (your minimum contributions are 4% with 9fin matching up to 7%)Private Medical InsurancePaid sick leave with Income Protection for long periods of illnessGroup Life AssuranceSeason Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemesTime off25 holiday days per yearLocal public holidays (with the ability to exchange them for alternative days)Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best workWork abroad for up to 3 months a year1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of serviceEnhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements availableTraining & CultureProfessional learning and development budgetAI experimentation budget of 800 (UK) per employee to trial AI toolsQuarterly team socialsSummer and Winter company social events9fin is an equal opportunities employerAt 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment.
Senior Legal & Business Operations Manager in London employer: 9fin
9fin is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture, empowering employees to take on significant responsibilities while providing ample opportunities for professional growth. With competitive salaries, equity options, and a strong commitment to employee well-being through benefits like private medical insurance and flexible working arrangements, 9fin ensures that its team members thrive both personally and professionally in the fast-paced fintech landscape.
