Location: London (Hybrid: 2–3 days on-site per week)

Reports To: Emma Kelly, Chief Operating Officer

Team: Central Functions

About Us

At hyperexponential, Central Functions empowers our global teams with tools, insights, and strategies to thrive in a high-performance, self-motivated culture. We’re forward-looking, growth-minded, and committed to scalability, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

This newly created Head of Legal role is pivotal to supporting our mission and driving growth. As the first legal hire, you’ll work directly with senior leadership to build a scalable, business-savvy legal function that protects our assets, supports informed decision-making, and creates sustainable value.

Key Responsibilities

As the Head of Legal, you will:

• Partner with Leadership: Provide strategic legal advice, manage risks, and foster risk-informed decision-making across teams.

• Build Scalable Operations: Design policies, processes, and practices to manage commercial contracts and cross functional programmes in your remit.

• Lead Risk and Compliance: Develop frameworks for managing legal, information security, and business risks, aligning them with company goals.

• Oversee IT and InfoSec: Manage our Information Security Manager and IT services, ensuring strong controls and compliance.

• Drive ESG Initiatives: Support governance-focused programs, including sustainability reporting, KPIs, and compliance frameworks.

• Champion Process Improvements: Leverage automation and data-driven insights to improve workflows and implement tools for compliance and risk management.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for a strong, business-oriented legal professional with:

• Experience: 6–10 years post-qualification, ideally in tech or high-growth environments.

• Expertise: Skilled in intellectual property, data protection and privacy and information security

• Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to advise senior executives, develop compliance programs, and foster a culture of awareness.

• Operational Savvy: Experience negotiating commercial contracts, working in multiple jurisdictions (specifically in the US) and implementing risk frameworks.

• Collaboration: Exceptional communication skills and a history of working with cross-functional teams, including finance, IT, and HR.

• Ownership: A proactive approach to building scalable, impact-driven legal functions.

Why Join Us?

This role offers a rare opportunity to shape a new function within a fast-growing, international tech company. With high levels of ownership and autonomy, you’ll collaborate with senior leaders to drive impact and gain deep insights into a business on the path to becoming a multi-billion-dollar enterprise.

Interview Process

1. Initial call with our Talent team

2. Hiring Manager interview with Emma

3. Skills Assessment panel interview

4. Values interview

5. Meet the CEO

6. We offer!

Please note that background checks will be conducted as part of the hiring process to ensure compliance with our governance policies. We handle all background checks sensitively and in full compliance with relevant regulations. All applicant data will be processed in accordance with data protection regulations and our privacy policy.