SumUp is a leading global fintech company committed to levelling the playing field for small businesses. Founded in 2012, we’re the trusted partner of over 4 million merchants in 36 markets worldwide, providing simple and affordable tools that enable them to manage payments, business finances and customer relationships. 

We are looking for a motivated Legal Product & Privacy Counsel to be part of our Global Product & Privacy Team, based in a large office in Sofia, Bulgaria. We are an English-speaking organisation and therefore fluent written/verbal English is essential. 

As a Legal Product & Privacy Counsel, you will play a critical role in counselling our European product teams on how to design and launch products that comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

 What you'll do

• Support the Legal Product & Privacy team in all product and privacy related tasks. This involves assisting in ensuring compliance with applicable financial and tax regulations, data privacy laws, consumer protection law, IT/IP-law, competition law and other relevant legal requirements with either advising directly or engaging with other functions/external advisors as applicable.
• Work closely with other departments, such as product tribes and engineers, tax, and compliance, to seek input from their perspectives and ensure cohesive understanding of all obligations across the organisation.
• Support other members of the legal and business teams on privacy and product matters, including in areas related to partnerships and other business development opportunities.
• Identify potential legal risks associated with SumUp products and advise on risk mitigation strategies. 
• Monitor and review internal compliance with relevant privacy requirements and standards. 
• Keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in fintech, including technological advancements, competitive landscape, and regulatory and legal changes, to provide proactive legal support.

You'll be great for this position if

• You have a law degree, Data Protection qualifications are advantageous.
• You are fluent English and have great communication skills 
• Legal professional and/or data protection professional, with a minimum of 2 - 3 years’ experience.
• You have understanding of data protection laws, IT law, competition law, consumer law 
• You are organised, analytical, pragmatic, solution orientated, with the ability to prioritise and execute projects in an ever-changing environment.
• You are familiar with launching products and advising on the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the technology space.
• You understand the structure and regulatory framework of the payments industry or related financial services.
• You have sound judgement and the ability to analyse situations and information quickly.

Why you should join SumUp

• We’re a truly global team of 3200+ people from 80+ countries, spread across 4 continents
• The opportunity to work on large scale fintech products used by millions of businesses around the world
• You’ll receive 25 days’ paid leave, plus 1 additional day for each year of employment.
• You can take up to 10 days’ educational leave to expand your skill set.
• A dedicated annual Learning & Development budget (2000 Euro / year) for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education
• Enrollment onto our virtual stock ownership program - you will own a stake in SumUp’s future success
• Access to the SumUp Sabbatical, our Employee assistance program for mental health
• We offer additional health insurance, a subsidised Multisport card, free shuttle buses from Joliot-Curie metro station and other great benefits.
• You’ll attend global offsites and/or hackathons

About SumUp

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love. 

SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.

SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.

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We recognise that candidates feel they need to meet 100% of the job criteria in order to apply for a job. Please note that this is only a guide. If you don’t tick every box, it’s ok too because it means you have room to learn and develop your career at SumUp.