Legal Counsel, Prolific
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High-quality human-powered data at scale
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High-quality human-powered data at scale
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To accelerate human understanding.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years PQE; US-qualified
- Significant experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements (in-house or private practice)
- Confident engaging with counterparties across the UK, US, and Europe
- Experience supporting RFPs/tenders, ideally including public sector and academia
- Experience with labor and employment laws
- Ability to streamline contracting processes and develop playbooks, templates, and training
- Strong communicator able to translate legal issues clearly for non-legal stakeholders
- Comfortable working independently and under pressure, with excellent stakeholder management skills
- General understanding of data protection laws is a plus
- Please note you must be located in New York or within a 1.5-hour commute to be considered, as this role is hybrid
What the job involves
- As the Legal Counsel at Prolific, you’ll lead our commercial contracting work and provide clear, pragmatic legal support across the business
- You’ll work closely with Sales, Partnerships, Services and other key stakeholders to drive efficient contracting, enable growth, and help teams make informed decisions
- Additionally, you will have experience with other areas of the law, including employment law, IP, and corporate
- This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments and enjoys combining autonomy with cross-functional collaboration
- Join us in shaping a scalable, efficient, and business-aligned legal function at Prolific — ideal for someone who is adaptable, clear-thinking, and driven to make meaningful impact
- Lead on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts with clients, suppliers, and partners
- Maintain and improve standard terms, templates, and contracting processes to speed up deal cycles
- Support RFPs and tender submissions, particularly for government and academic institutions
- Provide clear, commercially focused legal advice to internal stakeholders
- Develop contracting playbooks, training materials, and scalable legal workflows
- Collaborate closely with Sales and other key stakeholders to support commercial aims and risk mitigation
- Coordinate work with external counsel when needed
- Advise on labor and employment law, and worker classification
- Advise on broader commercial matters as they arise, including marketing, IP, and consumer issues
Our take
Founded in 2014, Prolific is a marketplace and data analysis company that provides researchers with a network of test participants. From eye-tracking to human-facing AI applications, Prolific’s network acts as both a recruiter for test participants and as a marketplace for researchers scientists to hire said participants.
Founded in 2014, it’s already used by the likes of Google, Stanford, Oxford and Kings College London Universities to test new AI products, providing “stress tests” for its clients. Prolific’s user base now counts over 2000 potential test subjects, whilst researchers leverage its network to launch surveys, tests and evaluation tasks every 2 minutes.
An indicator of Prolific’s success is maintaining of profitability for years after its initial Y Combinator investment. In 2024, it raised $32 million in Series A to maintain its healthy position. This funding will allow it to expand its operations.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2023
$33.8m
Series A
Total funding: $33.8m
Company benefits
- Bank holiday swaps
- Enhanced sick pay
- L&D budget – £1000 per year
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Company values
- We win together
- We care deeply about our customers
- We make every minute count
- We're optimistic and find a way
- We embrace change
- We aim high
Company HQ
Kings Cross, London, UK
Leadership
Phelim Bradley
(Co-Founder & CEO)Currently also Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund. Previously Dphil at Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Bioinformatics Intern at Illumina and MPhil of Computer Biology at University of Cambridge.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Prolific
- At Prolific, we want all of our employees, researchers, and participants to be included and so we commit to having ongoing discussions about diversity and inclusion and regularly look at areas where we can improve. This policy aims to: - treat all our employees fairly and respectfully, regardless of their job status, location, or work hours ⏰ - avoid any illegal discrimination based on age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, and traveler status. These are protected by the UK Equality Act (2010), Ireland Employment Equality Act (2004), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at the federal level and the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) at the state level. ⚖️ - refuse to tolerate any kind of illegal discrimination 🙅🏻♀️. This includes pay and benefits, work conditions, grievance and discipline handling, termination, redundancy, parental leave, flexible working requests, employment selection, promotion, training, and other opportunities for development.
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