Senior Legal Counsel

**Company Description**
As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

In July 2024, Delivery Hero SE merged three of its market-leading food delivery businesses, foodora and Yemeksepeti in Europe, and foodpanda in Asia. All three businesses now make up the second-largest organization within the Delivery Hero Group, and leading food and QCommerce delivery in 18 markets in both regions.

We are seeking a **Senior Legal Counsel - Product** to ensure that our products meet global standards and are fit for purpose and aligned with business objectives without exposing us to unacceptable legal risks. This role is a unique opportunity to shape the legal foundation for product compliance across diverse markets and work at the intersection of technology, law, and business. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and local and functional legal experts, to support product compliance from inception to roll-out.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Product Compliance Oversight:

- Ensure compliance of assigned product domains/groups with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain and update catalogues of compliance rules relevant to product operations.

Product Design Alignment:

- Guide product design to align with compliance rules and ensure legal assessment as part of the Product Requirement Document (PRD).
- Align design systems with key compliance rules to support business objectives.

Compliance Project Leadership:

- Initiate and lead new product compliance projects to address emerging legal requirements.
- Identify and coordinate legal changes, such as updates to terms and conditions (T&Cs) and notices.

Legal Assessments:

- Conduct legal assessments of product changes, initiatives, and new services, in collaboration with local and topic-specialist counsels.
- Source and coordinate inputs from local, functional, and topic-specialist legal experts (e.g., privacy).

Roll-Out Planning:

- Develop and manage legal roll-out plans, identifying dependencies and timelines.
- Coordinate localisation needs, including legal resources (such as T&C or other contract template) changes and notifications.
- Design standardised legal resources and coordinate with regional and local counsels for implementation.

Risk Assessment:

- Identify the need for local and functional inputs to assess risks effectively.
- Ensure localisation requirements are addressed in coordination with local counsels.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

- Act as a liaison between product teams and legal experts to ensure comprehensive compliance coverage across all markets.
- Develop local roll-out plans for legal compliance in collaboration with relevant teams and stakeholders.

**Requirements**:
Experience and Expertise:

- Min 4 years of experience as an in-house counsel or in a law firm.
- Experience conducting product reviews and working with cross-functional product teams.
- Expertise in consumer laws, data privacy, and regulatory compliance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex regulatory landscapes.

Mindset and Approach:

- A proactive and solution-oriented mindset with the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with a commitment to delivering high-quality results.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders at all levels

Preferred Qualifications:

- Familiarity with international legal systems and regulatory frameworks.
- Experience working in the technology or digital services industry is a plus.

**Additional Information