humanoid - Director of Contracts & Business Support

London, United Kingdom+ Equity3w ago

In Office Director EMEA Medical Devices Robotics Director of Legal CLO Contract Review Contract Management Team Management Contract Drafting Intellectual Property

Requirements

• 10+ years' post-qualification experience (PQE); qualified solicitor in England and Wales (or equivalent), with a current practising certificate. • 5+ years in highly regulated or safety-critical sectors — for example robotics, AI, automotive, aerospace, medical devices, or comparable technology. • 5+ years of people management experience. • A strong track record on supply chain contracts and technology partnerships, including revenue share arrangements. • Solid IP and dispute resolution experience. • Proficiency with contract management systems and AI contract review tools. • Comfortable managing senior stakeholders and holding your own with commercial leadership. • Hands-on and execution-oriented — you draft and negotiate yourself rather than only overseeing others. • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity in a fast-moving environment. • Motivated by a long-term in-house role. This is a demanding position in a company building at pace, where priorities shift and no two weeks look the same. • Dual UK/US qualification. • Experience in deep-tech, robotics, hardware, or advanced manufacturing organisations. • Experience implementing a CLM platform from scratch, ideally an AI-enabled one. • Experience scaling a legal function through rapid commercial growth or a funding round.

Responsibilities

• Own commercial contracting end to end — drafting, negotiating, and closing customer, partner, and supplier agreements across every country we operate in. • Act as the legal partner to our GTM and supply chain teams, from early deal shaping through to signature, with fast and commercially practical answers. • Negotiate supply chain and manufacturing agreements, and technology partnerships including revenue share and other non-standard commercial models. • Build and own the contracting operating model: templates, playbooks, guidelines, delegation of authority, escalation paths, and the internal processes that keep deals moving. • Select, implement, and get real value from CLM and AI-assisted contract review tooling — running a pipeline in the hundreds without simply adding headcount. • Protect and commercialise our intellectual property (IP), advising on ownership, licensing, and confidentiality across customer, partner, and supplier arrangements. • Manage commercial disputes and pre-litigation matters, working with the Head of Compliance and outside counsel where it makes sense. • Work with the Head of Compliance and the CLO to make sure commercial terms reflect our regulatory obligations. • Instruct and manage outside counsel with a clear view of cost and value. • Build, manage, and develop the contracts team as it grows, while staying hands-on yourself. • Be a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, and the executive team.

Benefits

• Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. • 30+ days off, including 23 days annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas–New Year shutdown). • Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care. • Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. • Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office. • Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. • Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.