Head of Legal, Scarlet
£160-175k
Offers Equity
Specialised certification of medical AI and software
Posted today
Specialised certification of medical AI and software
21-100 employees
Posted today
£160-175k
Offers Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To hasten the transition to universally accessible healthcare.
Role
Who you are
- We’re not looking for “just a lawyer”. This is a role for a builder and an operator, somebody with high agency who can leverage tooling to expand their reach and enable the wider team to self-serve
- It’s a role for somebody who has good instinct to distinguish the risks that enable pace from the risks that just aren’t worth it. This individual must be comfortable providing strategic advice to drive the commercial agenda. We’re looking for somebody who doesn’t just tell us what the law says, but finds solutions for how we can work within it
- Qualified solicitor in England and Wales, or an equivalent common law jurisdiction
- 7-12 years PQE, ideally with a mix of top-tier firm and in-house experience
- Experience working in a high-growth, startup environment
- Exceptional written and verbal communication and advocacy skills
- Ability to quickly upskill in and understand new technologies
What the job involves
- Fundraising and acquisitions - driving the legal aspects on all things M&A. This role will manage the process from term sheet to completion - running due diligence, advising on deal structure, partnering in negotiations, and executing transactions that fuel our mission
- New market expansion - identifying and actioning all legal aspects of new market entrance. This role will be tasked with entity set-up, balancing permanent establishment risks, and creating the jurisdiction-specific legal infrastructure to enable the commercial machine
- Customer acquisition - negotiating critical agreements with new customers. You’ll partner with our sales and go-to-market teams to support deal velocity, while adequately managing risk
- Strategic regulatory support - enabling our regulatory operations team by providing pragmatic advice. You’ll need to be comfortable in the “grey”, and your output should be founded in first principles thinking, while considering the bigger picture
- Corporate governance - supporting the board and engaging with investors on all legal matters. We’ll need someone who can provide strategic, commercial updates + advice on legal and compliance risk
- Employment and people - facilitating Scarlet’s recruitment and people strategy. You’ll be managing our adherence to labour laws across the (currently) nine jurisdictions that we hire in
- Equity and incentives - managing all aspects of Scarlet’s Employee Share Option Program. You’ll oversee pool usage, company valuations (to support tax requirements across multiple jurisdictions), options grants, exercise requests, and associated cap table management
- IP and value protection - protecting and defending Scarlet’s portfolio. We’ll need your support on attack and defence in respect of our trademark registrations, and the highly valuable outputs of our employees and contractors
- Insurance and risk - managing our portfolio to ensure our coverage scales with new market expansions. We operate in a high risk environment, and our policies need to support that
- Data protection and GDPR - ensuring compliance with cross-jurisdictional data processing legislation
Application process
- Intro call with Felicity (our outgoing Head of Legal) – 20 mins
- Team interview with Marco - 45 mins
- Technical interview with Felicity – 45 mins
- Culture & values interview with James and Jamie – 2 × 30 mins
- References
- Offer
- Where possible, we will try to collapse some of the core interviews into one session in our London office
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Software is rapidly taking centre stage in the development of new medical technology. However the approach used to certify new solutions was optimised for hardware rather than software, restricting patient access to innovation. This is what health tech compliance company Scarlet is solving.
After working closely with regulators, Scarlet has received the key designations that allow them to certify medical software, and do so in a software-focused way. This makes for a much more efficient process, and caters to the frequent updates inherent to good software. It means new products can be updated and released often, ensuring patients can safely get the most up-to-date technology.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2024
$17.5m
SERIES A
Aug 2022
$8.1m
SEED
Total funding: $27.7m
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
James Dewar
(Co-founder)Previously a Data Scientist at Smarkets and Senior Data Scientist at Babylon Health. Worked extensively on software medical devices.
Jamie Cox
(Co-founder)Originally studied medicine before becoming a software engineer. Previously was a Software Engineer at Babylon Health.
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