Legal & Compliance Manager

Role Description

We are a fast-growing AI start-up seeking a technically strong and detail-oriented Legal & Compliance professional to support the Head of Legal & Compliance across contract execution, regulatory documentation, due diligence, and policy implementation. This role is hands-on, operational, and focused on delivering high-quality legal and compliance outputs in a fast-paced tech environment.

Commercial & SaaS Contract Support

• Draft, review and ope rationalise SaaS agreements, MSAs, DPAs, and other commercial templates.
• Maintain clause libraries, templates, and contract playbooks under guidance from the Head of Legal & Compliance.
• Support contract lifecycle management, including tracking obligations, renewals and variations.

Compliance Operations

• Implement and maintain internal compliance policies across: GDPR and global data protection, AI governance, Information security and data governance, Anti-bribery and ethical policies, etc
• Run regular internal checks to ensure policy adherence and escalate issues to the Head of Legal & Compliance.
• Lead first-line responses to client/vendor due diligence, including data protection, information security, AI risk, financial services regulatory questionnaires
• Coordinate with technical teams to gather required evidence and escalate complex matters appropriately.

Documentation & Information Management

• Manage all compliance documentation, including GDPR records, DPIAs, Risk logs, Policy attestations, Audit trails and evidence repositories
• Ensure that documentation is accurate, complete, audit-ready and aligned with company policy.

Cross-Functional Support

• Provide commercial, practical legal input to Product, Engineering and Growth teams under the direction of the Head of Legal & Compliance.
• Translate regulatory requirements (GDPR, AI, SaaS regulation) into actionable internal steps.

Regulatory Monitoring

• Track developments in data protection, AI regulation and industry standards.
• Prepare summaries and recommendations for review by the Head of Legal & Compliance.

• Qualified lawyer (UK/EU) or experienced legal/compliance professional with strong technical background in GDPR, SaaS, tech and AI compliance.
• 3–5+ years experience in:
• GDPR compliance and record-keeping
• due diligence and vendor assessments
• compliance policy implementation
• Experience in fast-paced tech/AI/start-up environments preferred.
• Strong document and information management skills.
• High integrity and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple work streams accurately under time pressure.