Overview
Join us as Vice President - Legal & Compliance (m/f/d) at yoummday — full-time, starting immediately, based at one of our offices (Munich / Berlin) or remotely within Germany in a flexible hybrid setup.
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.
Responsibilities
* Strategic Lead: 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: lead and continuously grow a highly qualified and expanding legal team, fostering a strong performance and development culture.
* Legal Business Partner: 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: bring deep knowledge of regulatory requirements for platforms and freelancers, ensuring legally secure and flexible solutions tailored to our model.
* Compliance & Data Privacy: responsible for expanding our Compliance Management System, including ISO certifications, audit processes, and full GDPR compliance.
* Cross-Border Legal Work: manage complex cross-border legal issues across the European landscape, delivering pragmatic and actionable legal solutions.
* Commercial Contracts: negotiate complex SaaS, licensing, and partnership agreements with confidence and a strong entrepreneurial mindset.
* Legal Transformation: drive the evolution of our legal function — through Legal Tech, process optimization, and a clear change mindset.
* Representation & Thought Leadership: represent our company at industry events, panels, and in public and legal policy discourse, contributing thought leadership to the wider ecosystem.
* Legal Background: fully qualified German lawyer with both state exams – ideally holding a doctorate (PhD or equivalent).
* Experience in Tech: several years of in-house experience in a fast-scaling tech or platform company.
* Leadership: strong leadership track record, including experience in managing other leaders.
* Legal Expertise: highly skilled in employment law, data privacy, compliance, risk management, and contract law.
* Regulatory Know-How: in-depth understanding of platform and freelancer regulations – ideally from hands-on experience.
* Executive Communication: confidently operate at C-level, decisive, and with a solution-oriented, business-enabling approach.
* Transformation Experience: successfully guided legal teams through scaling phases, including Legal Tech adoption, process optimization, and ideally supported M&A processes, funding rounds, or internal restructurings.
* Networker: well connected in the legal, tech, and startup community and actively contribute to legal innovation and regulatory conversations.
Benefits
* Your benefits: weekly pizza and snacks, job lunch allowance (69 EUR per month), discounts via Corporate Benefits, and great team and company events.
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.
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.
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.
Details
* Seniority level: Director
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Legal
* Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting
#J-18808-Ljbffr