Head Of Legal

Employment Law Legal Director – Strategy & Compliance

Join a global leader in healthcare technology in a pivotal senior role shaping and delivering the organisation’s employment-law strategy across the UK, EU, and wider regions. You will drive legal strategy, oversee governance structures, and ensure compliant, ethical people practices in a complex international environment.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead the development of a global employment-law strategy aligned with organisational and HR objectives.
• Advise the Board, C-Suite, HR and business leaders on strategic employment-law risks, legislative changes, and workforce-related decision-making.
• Embed employment-law considerations into restructuring, organisational design, compensation, employee relations, culture programmes, and workforce transformation.
• Provide strategic advice on contractual matters, employment regulations, HR policies, restrictive covenants, employment litigation, recruitment, redundancies, and exits.
• Identify and mitigate emerging employment-law risks across legislative, regulatory, and employee-relations areas.
• Oversee governance of HR policies ensuring legal compliance, commerciality, and cultural alignment.
• Partner with HR on complex employee-relations matters including investigations, grievances, disciplinary cases, whistleblowing, trade union issues, and works council engagement.
• Design and maintain a comprehensive employment-law compliance framework spanning the full employee lifecycle (hiring, contracts, working time, performance, ER issues, TUPE, redundancies, terminations, post-termination obligations, and data protection).
• Monitor and advise on UK and EU legal compliance, including preparing for key changes such as the UK Employment Rights Bill.
• Draft, negotiate, and review employment contracts, policies, and related documentation.
• Deliver training on employment-law topics and HR best practice.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with 10+ years’ PQE and a valid UK practising certificate.
• Significant employment-law experience gained in both in-house and private practice.
• Proven experience influencing Board and C-Suite stakeholders.
• Strong technical expertise in UK employment law with experience advising across European jurisdictions.
• Demonstrable experience designing and implementing employment-law strategies and compliance frameworks.
• Ability to balance risk and commercial needs in a fast-paced global environment.

Technical Expertise

• Deep knowledge of key employment legislation including the Employment Rights Act, Equality Act, Working Time Regulations, TUPE, redundancy frameworks, and employment-related data protection.
• Experience with senior executive contracts, restrictive covenants, settlement agreements, and employment litigation strategy.
• Proven capability advising on workforce transformation, organisational design, global mobility, and cross-border matters.

Leadership & Governance

• Experience leading and developing legal or HR-legal teams.
• Skilled in managing external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong background in HR governance, policy frameworks, risk-monitoring tools, and compliance programmes.
• Ability to horizon-scan and prepare the organisation for upcoming legislative developments.

To apply, please submit your CV along with a summary of your employment law experience, your current salary, salary expectations, and notice period.