Legal Director in London

Multiverse is an up‐skilling platform that teaches AI and tech skills to people at any career stage. We partner with over 1,500 companies and have delivered $2 bn+ ROI by helping learners increase productivity and performance. With 800+ employees and a $220 million Series D round, we are a tech‐powered scalability engine in the AI era.

Your Impact

Reporting directly to the General Counsel (GC), you will serve as the GC's strategic partner and right‐hand, holding the title of Legal Director. This pivotal role requires a versatile legal leader who can shift between strategic thinking and tactical execution — from commercial contracts to M&A to IP strategy — while building a high‐performing legal team.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Strategy (GC's Strategic Partner)
  • Act as the GC's strategic partner and day‐to‐day manager of the legal function, representing the legal perspective in key business discussions.
  • Assist the GC in developing and implementing the company's legal strategy, risk‐management framework, and governance policies.
  • Drive continuous improvement and scalability of the legal function, achieving measurable efficiency gains.
• Corporate & Commercial Legal Expertise
  • Commercial focus: supervise enterprise‐level contracts (MSAs, strategic partnership agreements) with major global employers.
  • Corporate focus: lead M&A due diligence, transaction management, post‐merger integration, fundraising, board management, international subsidiary oversight, equity administration, and corporate structuring.
  • Data, AI & IP: advise on GDPR, UK DPA 2018, information security, AI governance, and manage the IP portfolio (trademarks, patents, proprietary technology).
  • International expansion: execute legal workstreams across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring regulatory compliance and managing external counsel networks.
• Team Management & Legal Operations
  • Manage, mentor, and develop a high‐performing in‐house legal team, fostering mission alignment and professional development.
  • Close seniority gaps by building mid‐level capability and succession planning.
  • Design and implement scalable legal processes, templates, playbooks, and training programs.
• Legal Technology & Innovation
  • Champion adoption of AI tools to increase efficiency, reduce time‐to‐close, and free up legal time for strategic work.
  • Stay current on emerging legal technology and best practices to optimise the legal function.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 8‐10 years PQE with progressive responsibility in a high‐growth environment.
• Mandatory in‐house legal experience within technology (SaaS, FinTech, Cloud, AI, or EdTech).
• Proven team‐leadership experience (performance reviews, mentoring, hiring).
• Deep expertise in both Corporate Law (M&A, financing, governance) and Commercial Law (complex contract negotiation).
• Experience supporting international expansion and coordinating cross‐border legal workstreams.
• Autonomous, self‐managed, and comfortable with rapid context‐switching.
• Track record of building scalable legal infrastructure (playbooks, templates, self‐serve tools).
• Enthusiasm and experience leveraging legal technology, AI, or automation.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.

This role is ideal if you:

• Value impact and influence over climbing a traditional hierarchy.
• Prefer a generalist powerhouse rather than narrow specialisation.
• Enjoy variety and problem‐solving across the full legal spectrum.
• Are energised by building and optimising systems, teams, and processes.
• Want to shape outcomes at a scale‐up inflection point.

This role may not be right if you’re primarily seeking:

• A clear path to General Counsel within 2‐3 years.
• Deep specialisation in a single practice area.
• A large, established legal team structure.

Benefits

• Opportunity to be the GC's strategic partner in a purpose‐driven technology company.
• Exceptional breadth and autonomy.
• Direct partnership with the GC, influencing team strategy.
• Chance to build the legal function's future infrastructure and culture.
• Competitive salary, equity package, and benefits commensurate with a Legal Director role.
• Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and inclusive culture focused on AI‐era workforce empowerment.
• Significant scope for professional growth and innovation.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We're an equal‐opportunity employer. Every applicant and employee is afforded the same opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. This will never change.

Right to work

Do you have the right to work in the UK? Unfortunately, at this time we cannot offer sponsorship for this role and we cannot consider overseas applications.

Safeguarding

All posts in Multiverse involve some degree of responsibility for safeguarding. Successful applicants are required to complete a Disclosure Form from the Disclosure and Barring Service ("DBS") for the position. Failure to declare any convictions (that are not subject to DBS filtering) may disqualify a candidate for appointment or result in summary dismissal if the discrepancy comes to light subsequently.