Senior Privacy Counsel (mfd)

Berlin - Germany

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This role exists to build and own the privacy and data protection agenda in a fast-moving tech business. Youll be the senior legal lead driving how personal data is governed protected and used responsibly across products and operations - bridging legal engineering compliance and risk to keep the business ahead of shifting regulatory expectations.

This is a senior individual-contributor role. Despite the Head of title you wont have direct reports and will lead through influence rather than hierarchy.

Tasks

Set the direction lead execution

Own the end-to-end privacy and data protection framework across the group with accountability for how it operates in practice.
Turn complex EU and UK privacy law into clear usable guidance for product commercial and operational teams.
Embed privacy by design into new products and major initiatives balancing regulatory risk with commercial reality.

Operational ownership

Keep the business compliant day-to-day: DPIAs RoPAs audits reviews and ongoing monitoring of processing activities.
Act as the internal authority on data subject rights breach response and regulator engagement where required.
Manage incidents calmly and decisively owning escalation and remediation.

Enable the business

Build practical training playbooks and tools that teams actually use.
Partner closely with engineering product security and leadership to keep privacy aligned with how the business operates.

Requirements

German-qualified lawyer with 5 years of hands-on data protection experience in a commercial environment (in-house or top-tier private practice).
Deep working knowledge of GDPR UK GDPR and German data protection law with a strong grasp of how it plays out in real businesses.
Comfortable operating independently in a senior role without a team setting priorities and making judgement calls.
Clear pragmatic communicator who can influence senior stakeholders without relying on formal authority.

This is not a compliance box-ticking role. Its a chance to own privacy end-to-end in a scaling tech business with direct exposure to leadership and real influence over how products are built and launched.

Youll define the function set standards and play a central role in managing risk while supporting growth.