Senior Legal Counsel - Product & Privacy (d/f/m)

Personio's intelligent HR platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Our team of 1,500 Personios is building user-friendly products that delight our 15,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees. Ready to make an impact from day one?

This role requires 3 days per week in the office and can be based in Munich, Berlin, Dublin or London.

Personio is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Legal Counsel (Privacy) focused at the cross-section of privacy and emerging AI legal issues.

This role will report into the Head of Legal (Product & Privacy). In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for implementing and monitoring data protection policies and ensuring the organization's adherence to privacy and AI laws, through the provision of expert guidance to internal teams - in particular bridging the gap between legal expertise and technical expertise.

Create real value with your subject-matter expertise. Tackle interesting challenges and partner closely with departments across Personio to drive operational excellence. Join us to make a significant impact on the next phase of our scaling journey, together.

Role Responsibilities: What you'll do

• You will shape the legal standards underpinning Personio's privacy framework, providing legal risk assessment and recommendations as it evolves to scale in line with company growth.
• You will act as the translator between legal reasoning and technical design, providing privacy legal support on highly technical AI product development and internal AI tool use, and embedding 'privacy by design' principles into our AI and engineering practice.
• You will empower the organization through training and expert guidance, answering privacy-related queries and advising internal stakeholders and customers on an ongoing basis.
• You will support cross-functional, company-wide privacy projects, partnering across teams to embed privacy considerations into broader business initiatives.
• You will keep Personio at the foreground of privacy standards by researching and integrating emerging best practices and regulatory developments into our compliance posture.

Role Requirements: What you need to succeed

• Tech Focused Legal Expertise: You're a qualified lawyer with 7+ years of experience at a law firm or in-house at a tech company, specializing in privacy & AI laws.
• Technical Curiosity: You bring strong technical curiosity or background—engineering experience or a genuine passion for technology and AI is highly valued and will help you thrive in this role.
• Complex Legal Analysis: You quickly analyze complex legal issues, evaluate key risks, prioritize effectively, and make clear recommendations with a customer-first mindset.
• Project Management in Fast-Paced Environments: You excel at managing multiple workstreams simultaneously in dynamic, fast-paced settings while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Process Automation & Innovation: You proactively identify and execute opportunities to automate legal processes, driving efficiency and scalability across the team.
• Language: You are fluent in English, German language is a plus.

Why Personio

Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.

At Personio, we value in-person collaboration while also offering flexibility. This role is office-based, with 3 days per week required in your contracted office location. The remaining days can be worked from home or in the office if you prefer. In addition, you’ll have 20 Flex Days per year to work remotely from other locations.

Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work:

• Receive a competitive reward package – reevaluated each year – that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years
• Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 Impact Day per year
• Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities
• We enjoy gathering for meals, cultural initiatives, and events like local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations. There's also healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch.