Senior Legal Counsel, Privacy

Company Description

We’re Checkout.com

Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We’re the strategic payments partner for some of the best-known fast-moving brands globally such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how.

We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That’s why we’re on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and a Great Place to Work accredited company. And we’re just getting started. We’re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world — because that’s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. 

Job Description

The role:

Checkout.com is seeking a talented and dynamic Senior Legal Counsel with a strong privacy and data protection background to join our Legal team. The Senior Legal Counsel will be expected to advise on privacy and data protection matters globally, as well as play a key role in maintaining Checkout’s privacy governance framework. As Senior Legal Counsel, you will work closely with all areas of the business in our offices around the globe. You will need to take a consultative and collaborative approach to solving complex legal, regulatory and business issues. 

As you will be collaborating with all core functions within the company, the successful candidate will be able to handle multiple areas of responsibilities autonomously, demonstrating excellent critical judgment with hands-on approach. This is a great opportunity to work with our expanding legal team on a broad range of projects across multiple jurisdictions and play a key role in supporting the company’s rapid growth. You will report into our Global Data Protection Officer based in London.

You will be joining a high-achieving legal team in one of Europe's most valuable fintechs. Our mission is to be the best legal team in the world, providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice, finding creative solutions to manage risk and becoming trusted advisers to our colleagues in the business.

How you'll make an impact

• Advise on privacy and data protection matters across our different geographies, with the support of external counsel where necessary.
• Partner with our commercial, product, engineering, and information security teams, acting as a real-time legal advisor to understand their needs and help find creative solutions to achieve business objectives.
• Provide legal support for the development, launch, management and expansion of innovative payment products and services, embedding a privacy by design approach.
• Advise key business functions on new regulatory developments and the privacy implications of emerging technologies, including advising on the effective governance of artificial intelligence.
• Support relationships with data privacy regulators. 
• Provide input into the development and implementation of Checkout’s privacy governance framework, including internal policies, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with global privacy requirements.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior legal team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment.
• Act as deputy for the Global Data Protection Officer as required.

Qualifications

About You:

• UK or EU-qualified lawyer in good standing with 8+ years of relevant post-qualification experience or equivalent, either in-house or in private practice
• Significant experience in a dedicated privacy and data protection role 
• Comfort with ambiguity, constant change, and a fast-paced culture.
• A practical, solutions-oriented focus to solving legal challenges.
• Proactive and capable of working with minimal direction and independently driving projects to completion.
• Excellent judgment and project leadership skills, able to handle and deliver on numerous high-priority projects concurrently.
• Someone who does not settle for the status quo, but is always thinking about innovative ways of doing things.

Additional Information

Apply without meeting all requirements statement 

If you don't meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role, please apply anyway. We're always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

We believe in equal opportunities

We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use. 

Our clients come from all over the world — and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.

When you join our team, we’ll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We’d love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us. 

We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We’ll be happy to support you.

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