Legal Product Counsel, Eu - Berlin, Deutschland - SumUp

SumUp

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Berlin, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

Our passion at
SumUp is championing small businesses. We believe in creating technology that is flexible, fair, affordable and easy to use. Every day millions of people around the world dream of starting their own businesses. We strive to help them to do this. Our long-term ambition is to "close the loop" by enabling businesses to turn transactions with customers into long-term relationships.

At SumUp, we build point-of-sale (POS) systems that allow merchants to accept card payments and manage their sales transactions.

As a
_Legal Product Counsel_, you will play a critical role globally in supporting SumUp's POS tribe to develop and launch legally compliant POS products.

You will collaborate with your Legal Product Counsel peers in the USA and Brazil as well as with other main stakeholders from privacy, compliance, tax and marketing amongst others.

What you'll do:

Serve as part of the legal department, reporting directly to the Global Head of Legal Product Counsel
Act as a dedicated Legal Product Counsel for the POS Tribe in particular collaborating with the product and engineering Teams, handling all legal aspects for this team draft and review all kind of contracts, including the draft and update of product terms and conditions and product policies
Manage key stakeholder relationships (Privacy, Compliance, Risk, Marketing and the Tax Team) to allow product managers and engineers to focus on their core competencies
Oversee legal needs for all global POS operations
Provide legal advice regarding all kinds of legal areas: e.g. IT law, Tax law (fiscalisation) regulatory law, competition law, consumer law and answer ad hoc legal questions from the POS tribe
Remain uptodate on relevant laws, regulations and industry practices so as to provide the best possible legal advice and strategic input on POS product development initiatives

You'll be great for this role if:

You are a fully qualified lawyer
You come with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience at a technology company or law firm.
You are familiar with launching products and advising on the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the technology space, including fiscalisation matters.
You understand the structure and regulatory framework of the payments industry or related financial services.
You are comfortable dealing with high volumes and complex projects and can navigate them independently
You have a solid understanding of IT law, competition law, consumer law and do not shy away from tax law with regards to POS products either
You possess excellent commercial negotiation and drafting skills in English
You are capable of translating legal advice into practical, actionable guidance for innovative product and business teams
You have strong relationship building and communication skills across a diverse geographical population group
You're equipped with strong common sense, sound judgement and a cando attitude

Why you should join SumUp:

We're a global and growing team of 3000+ people from 90+ nationalities, spread across 4 continents.
You can truly create your own path here and help us shape the future for small businesses globally.
You'll receive a budget for your individual development, attending conferences and external training.
We offer a competitive compensation package, including subsidised child care, private health insurance, life insurance, mental wellbeing support, and 28 days of paid leave.
You will have access to the SumUp Sabbatical, our Employee Referral and Employee assistance program for mental health as well as Fitness and language learning benefits.
We get together regularly for breakfasts, team events, and office parties.

About SumUP
We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating tools that 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, color, 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._

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