Babbel is the top-selling language learning platform globally. We are driven by our purpose of creating mutual understanding through language. Through the Babbel app, Babbel Live classes, Babbel podcasts, and Babbel for Business products, we provide learners with the most effective solutions, enabling them to communicate in real-life scenarios with real people.

The Babbel team is as diverse as our content. With headquarters in Berlin, Germany and our US office in New York, we're a team of 1,000+ people from over 80 different nationalities. 

For more information about Babbel and our language learning solutions, please visit www.babbel.com or download our app from the App Store or Play Store.

We are looking for a Senior Privacy Counsel for our Legal team in the heart of buzzing Berlin! 

As Babbel embarks on an exciting new stage of its development, we are looking for a legal counsel with a focus on Data Protection to enhance the capabilities and capacity of our legal team. 

As a key focus area for the Babbel legal team, you will have the opportunity to lead the further development of Data Protection planning for Babbel globally. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance across a range of different jurisdictions, and will lead training and education processes for the broader Babbel team. At the same time, you will have the opportunity to expand your skill set working across a wide range of commercial and other legal topics with a great team of lawyers who love our product and our business.  

You will:

• Design a scalable and sustainable approach for Data Protection Management across Babbel
• Manage, monitor and mitigate ongoing data protection exposures, risks and legal developments
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders on commercial topics and projects with data protection touch points 
• Provide legal advice to all departments and the management in various fields of law as required in day to day business
• Coordinate external counsel as we build out our data protection capabilities and strength across business units
• Plan and conduct internal trainings on any required areas of data protection or compliance

You have:

• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience as a fully qualified lawyer, ideally including a number of years as in-house counsel
• Education as a fully qualified German lawyer (1st and 2nd state exams) or comparable education preferably with above average results
• Excellent communication, organizational, presentation and analytical skills, as well as the ability to develop practical legal solutions to complex issues
• A proactive approach and ability to not shying away from assuming responsibility for your own tasks or identifying gaps and moving to address them
• Experience with working in a truly international environment
• Relevant experience in business law with a demonstrated focus on data protection law, CIPP/E or similar would be a plus
• Full proficiency in both German and English (oral and written)
• A sense of humor, common sense and a good team spirit

Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:

• Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3-month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling.
• Decide how, when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms. 
• Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes.
• Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership. 
• Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers, DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups), attend cultural and regular social events. 

Diversity at Babbel

As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.

Sounds good? We are already looking forward to hearing from you! Check out also our jobs page, our blog andour techblogto get an impression about #lifeatbabbel!