Legal Counsel - IT & Data Protection

The role

You will act as a data protection advisor by partnering with product and engineering teams. You will manage data protection risk assessments, track international regulations, and review vendor contracts.

What you will do

• Be a trusted data protection advisor for teams
• Partner with product and engineering from concept to launch
• Own data protection risk assessment across systems and processes
• Track data protection and related regulation in markets
• Review and negotiate data processing agreements
• Assess new software and vendors
• Own policies, record of processing activities and handling of data subject requests
• Collaborate with DPO, General Counsel and the wider Legal team

Required qualifications

• Legal qualification (Diploma; 1st state exam, LLM or international equivalent)
• At least 4 years of experience in IT law and data protection at a law firm or in-house
• Strong working knowledge of GDPR
• Prior experience working alongside engineering, product, and technical teams
• Technical curiosity

Nice to have

• A pragmatic interest in AI and legal technology
• Experience using AI and legal technology tools to work faster and more effectively

Benefits

• 30 paid vacation days
• AMBOSS holiday
• Personal purpose day
• Daily healthy breakfast and lunch by in-house chef in Berlin HQ
• AMBOSS daycare
• Work remotely from other office spaces in Cologne, Sardinia, Cape Town
• Urban Sports Club -M plan-
• Fitbit Versa 3
• Deutschland Ticket

About the company

AMBOSS is the copilot for medical professionals, providing a learning and clinical decision support tool. The company has over 600 employees and is active in over 180 countries.