Privacy Counsel

In a nutshell

Picnic is growing rapidly and dealing with broader more complex and international challenges every day. We are looking for a lead privacy counsel to be a part of our legal team at our Amsterdam HQ taking full ownership of GDPR compliance and related matters (e.g. AI and cyber security regulations). In this pivotal role you will be the face of all privacy topics taking a leading role in further shaping and driving our privacy strategy. You will work primarily from our office where you will get a 360-degree view of Picnic and work on a wide range of privacy topics both independently and together with members of other teams. Topics will range from product counseling data handling processes data breach management privacy at the workplace machine learning online advertising a wide variety of compliance matters and disputes the full package.

Picnic is a highly inspiring environment where you will work with a diverse group of highly talented and motivated people whilst at the same time having some fun. If you are someone who is highly motivated pragmatic self-starting and looking for a unique opportunity to lead privacy compliance at an international scale-up then wed love to discuss the role further with you!

Tricks of the trade

• Lead GDPR compliance and scaling: Spearhead and further enhance our international GDPR compliance programme ensuring it scales with our growth
• Represent the company on privacy matters: Serve as the face of all privacy-related matters both internally and externally
• Advise on EU privacy law implementation: Provide hands-on actionable and pragmatic advice on the implementation and impact of EU privacy laws across our operations balancing compliance with business objectives
• Cross-team collaborations: Collaborate closely with product marketing tech security legal HR and operational teams on a wide variety of privacy topics such as personalisation employee privacy data subject requests third party agreements AI and DPIAs
• Manage daily privacy queries and incidents: Oversee day-to-day privacy related questions incident response and other ad-hoc issues ensuring timely and effective resolution
• Monitor and mitigate emerging privacy risks: Proactively identify assess and address emerging privacy risks and developments
• Run privacy training and awareness programs: Conduct and further develop privacy training and awareness programs for teams across the organisation
• Maintain privacy policies and documentation: Develop maintain and update privacy policies procedures and documentation

Your superpowers

• MSc. degree in Dutch law
• 8 - 12 years of relevant professional experience as a privacy consultant or lawyer preferably in-house
• In-depth knowledge of EU privacy laws and solid experience advising non-legal stakeholders in this regard
• Ability to independently quickly and accurately assess legal practical and business risks in a fast-paced environment and make sound judgments under tight deadlines
• Passion for and understanding of technology
• Proactive and hands-on mentality
• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in English

Picnic perks

Fresh Lunch coffee and snacks

Our offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.

Health insurance discount & bike plan

We have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore through our partnership with Lease a Bike you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate

Learning & development

Youll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. We offer personal development through Lepaya courses Academy trainings and more. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses.

All the rest

At Picnic you get 25 holidays we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us as well.

Join us and make an impact!

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