Legal Director - Group Data Protection (m/w/d)

About us

We’re one of the world’s largest privately owned real estate tech companies and a subsidiary of Axel Springer. Our mission is to unlock everyone’s perfect place! Some of Europe’s best known digital real estate marketplaces and brands form part of our Group, they are: Meilleurs Agents, Groupe SeLoger, Immoweb, Immowelt, Housell and Yad2.

We also invest in innovative business models which shape the future of how people buy, sell, rent or lend properties and hold minority participations in companies such as: PurpleBricks, Homeday, Zumper and Parcel.

Our ambition is to be the leading Employer in PropTech across Europe and this is a pivotal time to join us as we embark on this journey enabling us to help unlock everyone’s perfect place!

We are an equal opportunities employer and place where everyone is welcome. We strongly encourage people from minority backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, parents, and individuals with disabilities to apply. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

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What we do in Legal in AVIV

Legal is a pivotal function at AVIV Group. We are a team of currently 15 lawyers spread over Germany, France, Belgium, and Israel. We provide high quality legal advice to the various divisions and business lines of the AVIV Group in all legal fields typically associated with a digital company, in particular contract law (drafting and negotiations), corporate, data protection, competition, and dispute resolution. We work with the businesses very closely on our journey to become the “To-Go-to”-platform in real estate in Europe.

What we are looking for

• Be responsible for AVIV’s data protection matters throughout the entire group
• Ensure compliance of the business models with the applicable data protection laws
• Form a first-class uniform data compliance organization for the entire AVIV Group with a view to our journey to become the leading real-estate marketplace in Europe
• Work closely with the data protection colleagues and privacy managers throughout the Group
• Educate and train management and teams on data compliance
• Act as the first point of contact and central coordination point for all data protection matters for the AVIV leadership team
• Monitor political initiatives and legal changes in the data protection field
• Negotiate data protection aspects of agreements with customers and suppliers
• Selection, coordination and control of external advisors as well as management of data protection disputes
• Report directly to AVIV Group´s General Counsel

Who we are looking for

• You are a German qualified lawyerwith at least 5 years of experience in a data protection function
• You have great entrepreneurial spirit and understand business needs whilst ensuring legal necessities are adequately reflected at the same time
• You feel confident in a cross-cultural matrix organisation and have experience of working globally, with a proven track record in complex commercial negotiations & litigation
• You have excellent problem-solving capabilities, strategic thinking and interpersonal skills
• Your written and verbal communication skills are excellent, and you are business fluent in English and German, French is a plus

WHAT WE OFFER YOU:

• Joining a highly successful business in a fast- pacing market, leveraging a proven model, great brands, many outstanding people, considerable financial firepower, and a strongly supportive board to lead the company through its next phase of growth
• Working with a great international team and full ownership from day one
• Flexible working hours, remote work options and 30 vacation days per year