Legal and Compliance Manager

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 About the Role 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. Responsibilities 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. Requirements 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