Senior Legal Counsel

Personio's intelligent HR platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Our growing team of 1,800+ Personios across Europe and the US are building user-friendly products that delight our 15,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees. Ready to make an impact from day one?

The Role: How you'll make an impact at Personio
This role requires 3 days per week in the office and is based in London, Munich or Berlin.
Personio is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Legal Counsel focussed at the cross-section of
product
,
privacy
and emerging
AI
legal issues. You will report into the Senior Lead Counsel (Product & Privacy) and will play a key role in shaping and scaling Personio's product offering, in particular bridging the gap between legal expertise and technical expertise. Create real value with your subject-matter expertise. Tackle interesting challenges and partner closely with departments across Personio to drive operational excellence. Join us to make a significant impact on the next phase of our scaling journey, together.

Role Responsibilities: What you'll do

• You will advise our product and engineering teams by proactively identifying legal risks including privacy, product, regulatory, IP and provide solution focussed mitigations to support innovation at Personio.
• You will support the implementation of "privacy be design" and "responsible AI principles" acting as a translator between legal reasoning and technical design.
• You will provide legal support on highly technical requests relating to the development of AI products and the internal use of AI tools, becoming an expert in AI legal matters to help propose and advance AI strategy positions.
• You will support cross-functional company-wide privacy projects and support day-to-day product & privacy queries.
• You will develop and improve processes for scaling legal support aligned with company growth.

Role Requirements: What you need to succeed

• Legal Expertise: You're a qualified lawyer with 7+ years of experience at a law firm or in-house at a tech company, specializing in product counselling and privacy compliance.
• Tech-Focused Legal Advisory: You have advanced experience advising on legal issues impacting technology companies, including privacy, artificial intelligence, commercial law, intellectual property, and emerging regulations across the EU and UK.
• Technical Curiosity: You bring strong technical curiosity or background—engineering experience or a genuine passion for technology and AI is highly valued and will help you thrive in this role.
• Complex Legal Analysis: You quickly analyze complex legal issues, evaluate key risks, prioritize effectively, and make clear recommendations with a customer-first mindset.
• Project Management in Fast-Paced Environments: You excel at managing multiple workstreams simultaneously in dynamic, fast-paced settings while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Process Automation & Innovation: You proactively identify and execute opportunities to automate legal processes, driving efficiency and scalability across the team.

Why Personio
Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.

At Personio, we value in-person collaboration while also offering flexibility. This role is office-based, with 3 days per week required in your contracted office location. The remaining days can be worked from home or in the office if you prefer. In addition, you'll have 20 Flex Days per year to work remotely from other locations.

Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work:

• Receive a competitive reward package – reevaluated each year – that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years
• Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 Impact Day per year
• Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities
• We enjoy gathering for meals, cultural initiatives, and events like local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations. There's also healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch.