Head of Legal
PaltaSimple Life is the #1 AI-powered health coaching app for adults who want to lose weight and enjoy a healthier lifestyle—without the stress or extremes. Our mission is to empower people to feel their best every day. By challenging traditional, restrictive approaches, Simple offers a more sustainable method grounded in ease, personalization, and real-life support.
Simple has had over 17 million downloads and more than 300,000 5-star reviews, having helped millions lose weight successfully and sustainably. Simple has earned recognition as Best Virtual Coach and one of the Top 100 AI companies — all thanks to a dedicated global team driving real impact.
With SIMPLE as a partner in their pocket, users feel cared for and empowered to embrace — and stick to — new healthy habits. To learn more, visit simple.life.
We are excited to announce an exceptional opportunity to join Simple as our very first Head of Legal. This pivotal role is designed for a strategic and hands-on legal expert who will act as a key partner to our business, driving day-to-day legal operations, shaping our legal strategy, and corporate governance questions.
What You’ll Do:
Establish and lead the legal function within the company with a focus on lean and scalable legal and compliance operations.
Provide high-quality legal support tailored for a fast-growing, Series B startup.
Design and implement data protection governance frameworks across multiple jurisdictions, including GDPR and key U.S. state privacy laws (e.g., CCPA/CPRA), and establish scalable compliance processes for high-growth technology companies.
Address and manage all legal matters related to intellectual property, brand protection, and contract management.
Manage and oversee key corporate transactions, including equity and debt financing, and fundraising initiatives, and manage associated corporate governance matters, including cap table management, shareholder documentation, corporate secretarial processes, and board and shareholder approvals.
Identify and mitigate legal and compliance risks related to consumer-facing wellness and fitness mobile products, including risks arising from product claims, health and wellbeing representations, subscription models, digital consumer protection laws, regulatory scrutiny, and consumer class actions.
Lead the implementation of legal compliance and risk management strategies, policies, and processes.
Provide expert legal advice on international business matters, coordinating efforts between internal teams and external legal consultants.
What is Expected from You:
Minimum 10+ years of post-qualified experience
Experience in the consumer mobile applications industry, preferably within the healthtech or digital wellness sector, with a strong understanding of regulatory and legal risks in data-driven consumer platforms
Proven experience in corporate governance and commercial, ideally within a technology or startup setting.
Proven ability both to execute complicated one-off legal tasks and maintain efficient routine legal workflow
Proven track record of at least 3 years of the managerial experience
Strong knowledge of laws and regulations across European and US markets affecting such businesses as Simple
Experience in setting up effective and lean legal operations, including the adoption of relevant work management and legal tooling.
Fluency in English (both spoken and written).
Perks and Benefits:
Open-minded teams, a welcoming and inclusive company culture, plus the opportunity to make a real difference with a game-changing health tech product;
A competitive salary package based on your unique expertise, skillset, and impact on the product plus stock options;
In-office, remote and hybrid work opportunities;
Relocation package (Cyprus) - optional;
The equipment whatever you need to be happy and productive;
A premium SIMPLE subscription;
21 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (those observed where you live);
Flexible hours. We focus on your results, not how long you spend at your desk.
About our values:
Think deeper: We understand that in order to grow we need to make all our decisions reality-based and change our opinion based on what we learn. We appreciate data coming in various forms – quantitative and qualitative, feedback from users and colleagues, and strong and weak signals.We treat data as the main source for leveraging insights and expect people at every level to have conversations that start with data.
Focus on impact: Results and speed matter. When we are competing to become an A-player in the digital health market, we don’t have the luxury of deliberation. We need to make decisions and changes quickly and, swiftly learn from our mistakes.We prioritize what will have the greatest impact and aren’t distracted by anything else. We create products that benefit users while we are meeting our metrics.
Take ownership: We seek to improve all facets of our company even in ways beyond our job description. We seek and take responsibility for our actions and their impact. We value and set high expectations for our own work so that it can add to the overall quality and innovation results of the team. Each one of us is empowered to make this company a success, take the lead to resolve disagreements and systemic issues.
Push the limits: We encourage our team to explore new ideas, challenge conventional thinking, and continuously improve work. This mindset can lead to breakthroughs in product development, improved operational efficiency, and increased competitiveness in the market. We believe that a culture and mindset of constantly striving to exceed existing standards, boundaries, or expectations that include innovation, experimentation, and a willingness to take risks, can bring us success. We don't accept what someone says as truth if we disagree with it, no matter what authority that person has in the company and express ourselves directly, not through back channels. We challenge ideas, from policy to product decisions, and always seek to understand the reason behind what we do.
Be a Championship Team: As a part of the championship team, you must improve your own performance constantly also know your teammates, their talents and skills and be focused on a common goal and how to achieve it together. We hold each other accountable for our contribution to the shared success or failure, and we constantly look for ways to help our colleagues to improve and for us to perform better as a team. We collaborate within the team in order to compete with challengers in the outside world. We build relationships of trust. We provide our teammates with the autonomy and support they need to deliver their part of the goal.