Head of Legal (m/f/d)

We are searching intelligent and innovative employees. If you are interested in working for a dynamic company with flat hierarchy, we look forward to receiving your application.

Your tasks:

• Advising the Managing Director, business units and functional departments in all legal matters such as intra-group contracting, customer- and project acquisition, purchasing activities including preparing, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, and other contractual documents in the area of automobile engineering, software programming, service provision, licensing as well as matters concerning the company
• Responsible for internal legal projects such as implementation of a Contract Management System, management of IP rights, running and further developing the Compliance Management System
• Lead data protection matters with the internal data protection officer
• Lead all questions of individual and collective labour law
• Drafting, implementation and continuous evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of compliance policies, standard legal procedures and processes, internal controls
• Support of the MD, R&D departments with questions of IP-Rights as of patent protection as well as negotiation of development contracts with both external companies as well as with affiliated companies within the company
• “Corporate Housekeeping” including maintenance of relevant registers, processing of KYC requests and UBO questionnaires, interaction with affiliated group companies and shareholder
• Managing external law firms on specific legal matters
• Manage all legal matters and relevant areas of law

Your profile:

• German qualified lawyer with a minimum of 10 years of PQE either at a reputable law firm or company (Full lawyer)
• Have acquired good knowledge of laws in the fields of corporate, contract, commercial transactions and negotiation processes
• Relevant experience in dealing with data protection/privacy matters (GDPR) and Compliance issues
• Excellent communication/relationship building skills with an ability to influence at all levels both internally and externally
• Intercultural experience and open mind to work within an international workforce
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English (legal and business English) and German
• Experience in an international environment and as an in-house of a company is strongly preferred
• Exposure in employment or intellectual property is a plus

You can expect ...

• Experience in exciting and international projects
• Continuous salary development
• Da Vinci Corporate Benefits
• On-the-job training and language courses
• Appreciation, motivation and commitment

Nothing provides more motivation than success. Da Vinci Engineering is highly committed to ensuring the own employees' success. Become a part of us!