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Senior Privacy Counsel (d/f/m)

Brand: Kleinanzeigen
  • Full time
  • Berlin, Germany
  • Finance, Strategy, Legal
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We are looking for you to join our team as a Senior Privacy Counsel (d/f/m)!

About the team: Reporting to the Head of Privacy Business Advisory & Projects, as a Business Partner you work with relevant product, engineering, business teams and other departments to facilitate business development through responsible use of data and risk balance.

What you´ll do

  • Contribute to define and implement privacy strategy, and balance risk for the business and multiple functions within the organisation.

  • Assess risks suggest and implement mitigation actions

  • Handle data breaches and ensure their resolution, including incident response, investigation and mitigation 

  • Manage data subject requests (DSRs) and inquiries in close connection with the Customer Service team

  • Lead regulatory claims investigation and strategy

  • Be close to stakeholders to identify new projects or changes with an impact on privacy 

  • Lead privacy projects and provide strategic advice

  • Collaborate with other teams to embed privacy considerations into the development of new products, technologies, and processes – including conducting assessments and DPIAs

  • Manage records of processing activities (ROPA) and privacy policies / notices

  • Support Third Party Management with contract support, advice or process management

What you´ll bring:

Soft skills:

  • Interpret complex regulations while conveying compliance requirements into simple and actionable steps and finding strategic solutions

  • The regulatory environment is in constant change, so embracing change and being responsive to new laws and industry dynamics is important, especially in an innovative company as Adevinta

  • Foster collaborative relationships within and outside the team

  • Bring a high level of enthusiasm and optimism. Encouraging a positive and open dialogue and providing constructive feedback to colleagues on privacy-related matters

Hard skills:

  • You are a qualified privacy lawyer with a minimum of 6 years demonstrated experience in data protection, privacy, or compliance roles at an international law firm or in-house

  • You can plan, and implement projects with multiple stakeholders 

  • You are proficient in compliance management, including the ability to identify and assess risk and implement compliance to ensure adherence to regulations

  • You bring knowledge of how to handle regulatory requests, data breaches, including developing response plans and conducting investigations

  • Business fluency in both languages, German and English is a must.

Additional information

Life at Adevinta comes with its perks! Our Adevintans enjoy the following benefits:

  • An attractive Base Salary.
  • Participation in our Short Term Incentive plan (annual bonus).
  • Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere! Maybe not from the moon - well why not! just make sure you have internet connection!
  • A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, because we care.
  • Win together, lose together is one of our key behaviours. At Adevinta you will find a collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow.


On top of these, we also provide a range of locally relevant benefits. Wanna know more? Apply and ask our recruiters!

Company description

Kleinanzeigen is the leading online classifieds market in Germany. An average of more than 50 million ads are available in numerous categories – from children’s supplies to electronics to real estate. With more than 36 million users per month, Kleinanzeigen has the widest reach of all online selling platforms in the country. Most of the items traded on Kleinanzeigen are second-hand. In this way, users make an active contribution to sustainability. The Kleinanzeigen market allows companies the opportunity to easily offer their services online. Kleinanzeigen was launched in September 2009 as eBay Kleinanzeigen. Since June 2021, the company has been part of Adevinta, a leading global provider of online classified ads. In May 2023, the name was changed to Kleinanzeigen.

Kleinanzeigen is part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist and sustainability leader with 25+ products in 10 countries.

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We strongly encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply and look forward to speaking with you.

Interested? Apply now

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