Lead Privacy and Product Legal Counsel - Remote

Overview

The Legal & Compliance team empowers Veriff’s innovation and scalability from a legal front. We advise on best operational practices to deliver a world-class service, ensuring responsibility, compliance, and legal risk mitigation. Our team is a network of knowledgeable and supportive professionals who work as a unit, bringing bold ideas to the table and providing collaborative problem-solving.

In Short

• Acting as the main legal point of contact for designated Product Areas, advising on legal and privacy risks, compliance strategies, and supplier engagements.
• Leading privacy-by-design initiatives, ensuring compliance throughout the product lifecycle, and managing related legal documentation.
• Managing and owning parts of data privacy compliance, including documentation such as DPAs, DPIAs, LIAs, privacy policies, and privacy notices.
• Supporting or leading privacy negotiations with customers and suppliers, as well as engaging with regulatory authorities.
• Monitoring, reviewing, and analyzing legislation, policies, public policy decisions, and legal frameworks relevant to Veriff.
• Keeping up with global privacy regulations and data protection developments and advising on their impact.
• Developing and delivering trainings, training materials, guidelines, policies, and blog posts for internal and external use.
• Managing outside counsel engagement for their work.
• Leading cross-functional legal projects, mentoring junior colleagues.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in the area including privacy law, e.g. GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD, preferably in an international SaaS (B2B/B2C) environment.
• A Master’s degree in Law (or equivalent)
• Proven ability to advise product and engineering teams from ideation to launch, balancing legal risk with business needs.
• Strong project management, negotiation, and stakeholder collaboration skills, with the ability to work in a multi-jurisdictional, fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a proactive and structured approach to legal challenges.

Benefits

• Flexibility to work from home
• Stock options that ensure your share in our success
• Extra recharge days on top of your annual vacation
• Comprehensive relocation support to Estonia or Spain
• Extensive medical, dental, and vision insurance to ensure you’re feeling great physically and mentally
• Learning and Development & Health and Sports budget that you are free to tailor to your own needs
• Four weeks of fully paid sabbatical leave after reaching your 5th work anniversary