Senior Legal Counsel at DeepL providing strategic legal advice on privacy and regulatory compliance. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to embed compliance into AI product development.
Responsibilities
Provide proactive, strategic legal advice to advance DeepL's innovation while managing risk and maintaining compliance with global standards.
Global Strategic Privacy & Regulatory Guidance: Deliver comprehensive legal advice on regulatory affairs, i.e. digital strategy of the EU, data protection and regulatory requirements.
Product Partnership: Collaborate directly with Product, Engineering and Commercial teams to embed compliance into cutting-edge AI products and features.
Regulatory Foresight: Monitor, interpret and advise on new and changing legislation, assessing the potential impact on DeepL and supporting the business in implementing new legal requirements effectively.
Strategy & Training: Contribute to DeepL's long-term regulatory and data protection strategy, update internal policies, and conduct necessary legal training for internal teams.
Requirements
You are a fully qualified lawyer within your jurisdiction (e.g. German or UK qualified).
You have 5+ years of demonstrable experience practicing law with a focus on regulatory compliance and/or data protection and privacy topics, preferably inhouse in a tech or scale up environment.
Significant experience with other key regulatory domains (e.g., AI regulation, copyright laws, cyber security laws as well as consumer protection laws).
Proven ability to partner with cross-functional teams and translate complex legal requirements into clear, actionable guidance for non-legal business stakeholders.
You bring business-oriented thinking and have a proactive, solution-oriented way of working and can effectively manage multiple projects in a global, fast-growing company.
You are willing to work in a highly demanding, fast-changing environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Benefits
Diverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities.
Open communication, regular feedback: as a language-focused company, we value the importance of clear, honest communication.
Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week.
Virtual Shares: An ownership mindset in every role.
Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team.
Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you're passionate about.
30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind.
Competitive benefits: we've crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location.
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