Senior Legal Counsel - London

Murphy AI is a next-generation debt collection platform powered by artificial intelligence, designed to optimize recovery rates while maintaining respectful and personalized communication. Our advanced automation streamlines the process of collecting overdue invoices for businesses, providing a seamless and effective solution.

At Murphy AI, we're tackling one of the toughest challenges in fintech: making debt recovery more efficient, autonomous and scalable. Our AI-powered agents adapt instantly, engaging with debtors across channels like voice, email and sms to maximize results while preserving trust. By combining advanced artificial intelligence with powerful automation, we're setting a new standard for how businesses recover payments.

As a fast-growing startup that has already made an impact within less than a year in the market, we are building a talented team to scale our operations and drive our vision forward

We're looking for a business savvy, hands on legal & compliance generalist - someone who's equal parts pragmatic problem solver, risk spotter, commercial enabler, and operational builder. You'll serve as a trusted partner to leadership, revenue teams, finance, people operations, and product.

You'll own and scale Murphy AI's in house legal capabilities across commercial contracting, corporate governance, equity and compensation matters, data privacy, employment, intellectual property, and compliance operations. You'll also design and implement processes and automations that help Murphy move faster while staying safe.

This role is perfect for someone with broad in house experience who thrives in high growth environments and likes wearing many hats across legal, compliance, and business operations.

• Draft, build, negotiate & manage the full spectrum of commercial and company contracts (customer MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, partnerships, vendor agreements, contract playbooks etc.).
• Own and maintain all company contracts and policies.
• Advise Sales & Revenue teams during negotiations; solve contract interpretation issues quickly and pragmatically.
• Maintain and update standard templates (NDAs, supplier/customer agreements, partnership docs).
• Lead corporate, governance & equity matters (cap table hygiene, option grants, comp plans).
• Manage global data privacy (GDPR, CCPA) and support security initiatives.
• Support employment matters, IP strategy, and new product development with legal and regulatory insight, providing solutions focused advice across the business.
• Implement and optimize a modern legal tech stack (CLM, automation, AI native workflows).
• Build a proactive risk spotting function that supports the business rather than slows it down.

• 5+ years experience at an early stage hyper growth startup or scale up or other in house or private practice, legal/legal ops experience.
• Strong commercial contracting background (SaaS/tech experience a big plus).
• Comfortable wearing multiple hats and juggling various business needs at once.
• Adept at risk spotting and prioritising across a high volume of matters across a mix of areas from privacy, employment, corporate to IP and compliance.
• Comfortable making judgement calls in ambiguity and shifting seamlessly between hands on execution and strategic advising.
• Not required to hold a formal legal qualification - bonus if you do.
• Fluent/native English; Spanish or other languages are a plus.
• Builder mindset: process driven, autonomous, pragmatic, and business friendly.
• Tech savvy - excited about building out a hyper growth ready and innovative legal and compliance/legal operations function from the ground up!

Stock options: Because we all build Murphy together - you'll own a piece of what we're creating.

Impact: Be part of our startup journey from day one, playing a key role in our growth and building something meaningful from the ground up.

Learning: Continuous development through trainings, knowledge sharing, and exposure to other top tier startups in our ecosystem.

We are currently designing our Benefits package for London. Please stay tuned.

Hybrid & Flexible: Our default setup is hybrid - 3 days a week at our office in London, surrounded by a thriving tech scene, and 2 days of remote work. But if there's one thing that defines us, it's flexibility: we trust you to organize your time and space in the way that helps you do your best work.

We believe that hiring is a two way street: while we get to know you, you also deserve the chance to understand who we are, how we work, and what makes Murphy AI special. Here's what you can expect:

1️ First Interview - Getting to Know You
A conversation with a future teammate who's excited to find a new colleague. We'll talk about your story, what drives you, and what you're looking for next-no trick questions, just a genuine exchange.

2️ Second Interview - Deep Dive
You'll meet the Hiring Manager and potentially another team member. This is a more technical discussion where we explore your skills in detail, walk through real scenarios, and answer any questions you might have about the role.

3️ Tech Assessment or Business Case
A practical exercise to see how you approach challenges similar to those you'd tackle at Murphy. You'll have time to reflect and showcase your thinking-no rush, no surprises.

4️ Meet the Founders
Finally, you'll get to meet with the founders and the Hiring Manager. It's the perfect opportunity to experience our culture firsthand and meet more of the team who could soon be your colleagues.

To learn more about how we hire and what to expect at every step, feel free to explore our Hiring Guide!

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone, regardless of background, identity, or experience, feels valued and empowered to thrive. We believe that different perspectives drive innovation and success, and we actively foster an environment where all voices are heard and respected.