At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead Trainline’s global competition and regulatory strategy while supporting sustainable growth.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to engage with emerging technologies and influence business strategies.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by shaping legal strategies in a fast-paced, evolving market.
- Qualifications: Senior legal leadership experience with strong judgement and team development skills.
The predicted salary is between 100000 - 150000 £ per year.
Responsibilities Lead Trainline’s competition and regulatory strategy globally, helping the business anticipate and respond to evolving market dynamics while supporting sustainable growth.
Act as a trusted strategic adviser to senior leadership, bringing clear judgement, commercial awareness and pragmatic legal input to Executive and Board-level discussions.
Partner with teams across Legal, Product, Technology, Commercial, Policy and Finance to connect legal and regulatory considerations with business priorities, enabling confident and well-informed decision making.
Represent Trainline with external stakeholders, including regulators and industry bodies, helping shape our market positioning and supporting constructive, credible engagement.
Lead, coach and develop a high‑performing legal team, creating clarity around priorities, strengthening capability and fostering a collaborative, commercially minded team culture.
Oversee team strategy, planning, budgets and goals, ensuring the Legal function is set up to deliver effectively against current needs and future business ambitions.
Support Trainline’s response to complex and high‑profile matters, balancing risk, opportunity and customer outcomes with sound legal and commercial judgement.
Help the business understand and respond to innovation, emerging technologies and evolving ways of working, including the opportunities and considerations created by AI.
Qualifications Significant senior legal leadership experience in regulated environments, with strong judgement and a clear understanding of how legal, policy and regulatory developments can shape business strategy.
Experience advising Executive teams, Boards or similarly senior stakeholders on complex matters, with the ability to influence decisions in ambiguous or fast‑moving situations.
A strong track record of leading, developing and motivating teams, creating clarity, high standards and an inclusive environment where people can do their best work.
Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to balance legal risk, business opportunity and customer impact in a practical and solutions‑focused way.
Experience working across multiple jurisdictions or markets, ideally within an international business where regulatory frameworks, stakeholders and commercial priorities vary by region.
Confidence collaborating closely with product, technology, commercial or policy teams, helping colleagues move forward with clarity in a dynamic, cross‑functional environment.
Experience engaging with regulators, industry bodies or other senior external stakeholders, with the ability to build credibility and represent an organisation thoughtfully and effectively.
An interest in innovation and emerging technologies, including how AI and new tools may influence legal delivery, ways of working and broader business opportunities.
Benefits Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare
