Job Details

Overview

Sword Health is on a mission to free two billion people from pain. With 67% of members achieving a pain-free life and a 70% reduction in surgery intent, Sword uses AI care to change lives for 25,000+ enterprise clients across three continents. We have a strong patent position, have won 70% of competitive evaluations, and have raised more than $400 million from top venture firms. We were recognized as a Forbes Best Startup Employer in 2025 and are in a phase of hyper growth and expansion, aiming to scale our global impact.

Joining Sword means committing to a set of core values, including to do it for the patients every day and to deliver more than expected for our members and clients. This is an opportunity to make a significant difference at scale, working with 1000+ colleagues across three continents to build a pain-free world powered by AI and enhanced by people accessible to all.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, including client services contracts (MSAs, SOWs, SLAs), vendor agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.
• Provide clear, business-focused advice on UK and EU contract law and commercial best practices.
• Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of contract templates, playbooks, and legal processes.
• Collaborate with operational, commercial, clinical and leadership teams to provide high quality, commercially-focused and pragmatic legal advice on a wide range of topics.
• Advise generally on legal and regulatory requirements relevant to our business and services in the UK and EU, including GDPR, AI, advertising and marketing standards, and technology-related regulations.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales with 510 years post-qualification experience in a law firm or in-house legal role preferred. Applicants qualified only in EU jurisdictions may be considered with compelling UK commercial experience.
• Strong experience negotiating and drafting software/SaaS commercial contracts, license agreements, services agreements, technology agreements, vendor contracts, and other types of commercial agreements, especially in healthcare and health tech.
• Solid experience providing in-house legal advice in a fast-paced start up or scale up environment.
• Ability to provide pragmatic, commercially minded solutions to legal issues.
• Excellent drafting skills, attention to detail, and analytical capabilities.
• A proactive, collaborative team player who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced and rapidly-evolving start up environment.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); additional European languages are a plus.
• Proficiency in data security, data privacy and AI regulations are a plus.
• Experience in the healthcare or health tech space is a plus.

Compensation and Benefits

85,602 - 134,518 a year. This range includes base, variable and equity. These compensation bands are starting points; adjustments are made for outlier talent as they join and demonstrate impact. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Actual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, location, market demand, and other factors. Compensation details reflect base salary and potential variable, bonus or sales incentives, and the value of private company stock options, if applicable. The pay range is subject to change and the future value of stock options is not guaranteed. Sword offers a number of additional benefits as listed below.

Sword Health complies with applicable Federal and State civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of Age, Ancestry, Color, Citizenship, Gender, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender information, Marital status, Medical condition, National origin, Physical or mental disability, Pregnancy, Race, Religion, Caste, Sexual orientation, and Veteran status.