Vice President Legal

Your missionWe’re looking for you to join us as Vice President / General Counsel (m/f/d) – full-time, starting immediately, based in our modern office in Munich in a flexible hybrid setup. Sie erwägen, sich auf diese Stelle zu bewerben Zögern Sie nicht, scrollen Sie nach unten und bewerben Sie sich so schnell wie möglich, damit Sie nichts verpassen.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.Your skillsetLegal 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.Your winning dealYour benefits: In addition to weekly Pizza and Snacks, we also offer you a job lunch allowance (€69 per month), discounts via "Corporate Benefits” and great team and company events.Your workplace: You will work in a flexible, hybrid model from one of our dog-friendly and modern offices.Your footprint: A position in a profitable company where you have the freedom and confidence to help shape it and work with us on the "future of work.”The values: We score highly with an open, authentic culture and a high-performing and humorous team that is already looking forward to making bold decisions with you and breaking new ground that will lead us to sustainable success. xbzrezb Your opportunity: From day one, you will have the opportunity to take on responsibility, work on strategic initiatives, and develop the company and yourself together with a team of experts.