Privacy Legal Counsel

4 weeks ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Cybersecurity
Pennylane

Pennylane

Pennylane offers an all-in-one financial management and accounting platform designed for business leaders and their accountants, enabling them to efficiently manage their finances and accounting in one place while focusing on their core business activi...

Diversified Financial Services
251-1K
Founded 2020
$97M raised

Description

  • Support and help implement Pennylane’s data protection strategy and compliance projects, including ownership of selected program workstreams.
  • Build and maintain the company’s global data protection policies and documentation.
  • Develop and deliver awareness and training initiatives on data protection across the organization.
  • Monitor French and German data protection regulations through legal watch and assess their impact on Pennylane’s activities.
  • Work closely with the legal team and other internal stakeholders on privacy-related matters.
  • Support Product Counsel in embedding privacy by design into product features from the design stage.
  • Run data protection compliance activities such as processing records, trainings, impact assessments, and certifications.
  • Contribute to the investigation and resolution of privacy incidents when needed.

Requirements

  • Qualified lawyer or legal counsel with at least 4 years of experience in personal data protection.
  • Experience gained in a high-growth company, ideally in fintech or another product- and tech-driven environment.
  • Strong command of personal data protection regulations, including GDPR.
  • Solid technical understanding of IT tools and security measures in a SaaS environment.
  • Pragmatic, solution-oriented, and focused on simplification.
  • Creative, resourceful, rigorous, and able to think with a strong business mindset.
  • Able to manage multiple projects at once while keeping track of the details.
  • Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with tech and product teams.
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills in both French and English.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-changing environment and making innovative legal recommendations.
  • Ability to prioritize actions that create the most business value.
  • Experience with privacy or data protection in fintech is preferred.

Benefits

  • Private health insurance with Alan Blue and Alan Mind.
  • Meal vouchers through Swile.
  • 6 to 12 additional RTT days on top of 5 weeks of paid vacation.
  • English learning support through Busuu.
  • Monthly work-from-home or coworking budget.
  • Office located a few minutes from Saint-Lazare in central Paris.
  • BSPCE equity package.
  • Access to Gymlib fitness and wellness offerings.
  • Company Mac provided.
  • Regular team sports, Tech Days every 3 months for remote employees, and an annual company seminar.

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