Senior Legal Counsel - Data, Privacy & AI

About the role

You will be a trusted business partner for stakeholders across the company, acting as both an enabler and guardian. In this role you will develop a deep understanding of our business and tech stack, take ownership of our core data protection workstreams, and contribute to the legal team's growing use of AI tooling.

What you'll do

• Own our core data protection operations end to end - including Data Subject Requests, Records of Processing Activities, Data Protection Impact Assessments, and data retention
• Set legal standards and provide oversight for our privacy operational processes, working closely with stakeholders across the business
• Review and negotiate SaaS, vendor, and AI tool agreements as part of our procurement legal review process
• Act as a trusted legal partner to key business teams, embedding privacy-by-design into product development and advising on AI features, new data flows, and high-impact processing activities
• Track regulatory developments in data protection and AI, and translate them into actionable updates for the team and business
• Contribute to the legal team's process improvement and AI tooling work - using AI to make our own legal processes more effective and to support compliance across the company

What you'll need

• Full legal qualifications or alternative qualifications for in-house lawyers with excellent results
• 3-5+ years of post-graduate work experience in an international law firm and/or in a tech company with substantial exposure to data privacy and tech law
• Strong GDPR and data protection foundations across DPAs, DSARs, ROPA, DPIAs, and retention - comfortable owning these workstreams independently
• Genuine interest in AI regulation and the legal implications of AI-powered products and internal tooling
• A builder mindset - curious about using AI tools to improve legal processes and willing to contribute to internal tooling
• Foundational knowledge of and affinity for tech and platform business
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills - comfortable working directly with engineers, product managers, and operational teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; German is a strong plus

What they offer

• Annual personal growth budget
• Virtual stock options
• Hybrid work-from-home and telecommuting policy
• Discounted public transportation tickets
• Generous maternity and paternity leave policies