Vice President - Legal & Compliance

Deine Mission

We’re looking for you to join us as VP Legal & Compliance (m/f/d) – full-time, starting immediately, based at one of our offices (Munich / Berlin) or remotely within Germany in a flexible hybrid setup.

In this key leadership role, you take full responsibility for all legal and regulatory matters in our company – from data privacy and platform regulation to strategic contract negotiations and the leadership of our legal team.
You act as a sparring partner to our C-level leadership, build and scale pragmatic, future-ready legal structures, and develop Legal & Compliance into a true business enabler.

• Strategic Lead: You actively contribute to shaping our legal and compliance strategy and develop a scalable, future-proof legal organization with a strong business focus.
  
  
• Leadership & Team Building: You lead and continuously grow a highly qualified and expanding legal team, fostering a strong performance and development culture.
  
  
• Legal Business Partner: You advise our executive and leadership teams on legal, regulatory, and strategic matters at eye level, combining sound judgment with actionable insights.
  
  
• Platform & Gig Economy Expertise: You bring deep knowledge of regulatory requirements for platforms and freelancers, ensuring legally secure and flexible solutions tailored to our model.
  
  
• Compliance & Data Privacy: You are responsible for expanding our Compliance Management System, including ISO certifications, audit processes, and full GDPR compliance.
  
  
• Cross-Border Legal Work: You manage complex cross-border legal issues across the European landscape, delivering pragmatic and actionable legal solutions.
  
  
• Commercial Contracts: You negotiate complex SaaS, licensing, and partnership agreements with confidence and a strong entrepreneurial mindset.
  
  
• Legal Transformation: You drive the evolution of our legal function – through Legal Tech, process optimization, and a clear change mindset.
  
  
• Representation & Thought Leadership: You represent our company at industry events, panels, and in public and legal policy discourse, contributing thought leadership to the wider ecosystem.

Dein Skillset

• Legal Background: You are a fully qualified German lawyer with both state exams – ideally holding a doctorate (PhD or equivalent).
• Experience in Tech: You bring several years of in-house experience in a fast-scaling tech or platform company.
• Leadership: You have a strong leadership track record, including experience in managing other leaders.
• Legal Expertise: You are highly skilled in employment law, data privacy, compliance, risk management, and contract law.
• Regulatory Know-How: You have in-depth understanding of platform and freelancer regulations – ideally from hands-on experience.
• Executive Communication: You confidently operate at C-level, are decisive, and bring a solution-oriented and business-enabling approach.
• Transformation Experience: You’ve successfully guided legal teams through scaling phases – including Legal Tech adoption, process optimization, and ideally have also supported M&A processes, funding rounds, or internal restructurings.
• Networker: You’re well connected in the legal, tech, and startup community and actively contribute to legal innovation and regulatory conversations.

Dein Winning Deal

• Deine Benefits: Neben 30 Tagen Urlaub bieten wir dir außerdem einen Joblunch-Zuschuss (69 € im Monat), eine "Givve"-Card (wird monatlich mit 50 € aufgeladen), Rabatte via "Corporate Benefits", die Möglichkeit eines JobRad-Leasings, Zuschüsse zur Altersvorsorge (bAV & VL) sowie grandiose Team- und Companyevents.
• Dein Arbeitsplatz: Bei uns arbeitest du im flexiblen, hybriden Modell aus einem unserer hundefreundlichen und modernen Offices und hast zudem die Möglichkeit auf 2 Wochen im Jahr “Workation” innerhalb der EU (*gilt nur für Mitarbeiter:innen mit EU-Pass).
• Dein Footprint: Eine Position in einer profitablen Company, in der du die Freiheit und das Vertrauen erhältst, diese mitzugestalten und mit uns gemeinsam an der “future of work” zu arbeiten.
• Die Werte: Wir punkten mit einer offenen, authentischen Kultur und einem leistungsstarken sowie humorvollen Team, das sich schon jetzt darauf freut, mit dir mutigeEntscheidungen zu treffen und neue Wege zu gehen, die uns zu nachhaltigen Erfolgen führen.
• Deine Chance: Bei uns hast du vom ersten Tag an die Möglichkeit, Verantwortung zu übernehmen, Innovationen voranzutreiben und gemeinsam mit einem Team aus Expert:innen das Unternehmen und dich weiterzuentwickeln.