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Managing Director of Legal Services

United Kingdom, Maidenhead 150000.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted April 11, 2026
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This is a rare one. Dignity and Farewill have come together to do something genuinely ambitious: build the UK's most comprehensive end-of-life legal services platform, combining Farewill's award-winning digital services with Dignity's nationwide network, trusted brand, and millions of existing customer relationships. The result is a business with extraordinary reach, a powerful mission and serious commercial momentum. We're looking for a Managing Director to lead it - and take it to the next level.

Job Responsibility

  • Own the Legal Services P&L and drive ambitious, sustained revenue and profit growth
  • Scale our probate, wills, and LPA - launching new digital products, improving customer journeys and outpacing the competition
  • Build and deepen strategic partnerships with charities, commercial organisations and digital platforms
  • Lead and inspire high-performing, cross-functional teams across legal, commercial, product and operations
  • Ensure robust compliance with FCA and SRA requirements while building a business that scales with confidence and rigour
  • Represent the business externally - with regulators, industry bodies and strategic partners

Requirements

  • Proven senior executive with full P&L accountability and a track record of scaling high-growth, customer-facing businesses - as Managing Director, COO or equivalent
  • Commercially hungry and results-driven
  • Legally trained - a qualified solicitor (England & Wales) with experience across probate, wills and LPAs and a clear understanding of regulated environments (FCA/SRA) is desirable. Or experience of managing services / working in a service organisation
  • Digitally savvy and data-driven - comfortable building and scaling consumer-facing digital products and using insight to drive decisions at pace
  • A natural partnership builder - with a track record of forging strategic relationships, particularly in the charity and philanthropic sectors
  • An inspiring communicator and leader who builds strong teams, sets a high bar and brings people with them on a demanding journey
  • Genuinely excited by the next couple of years

What we offer

  • £6,000 car allowance
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • 10% annual company bonus
  • 4x life assurance
  • pension scheme
  • private healthcare
  • hybrid flexible working

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