Head of Legal - Privacy & AI

Ready for a challenge?

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.

About this role

We are looking for an ambitious Head of Legal - Privacy & AI to join our dynamic Legal & Compliance team. In this role, you will lead our global privacy and artificial intelligence (AI) legal strategy, ensuring we aim high while protecting our community. You will deliver robust risk management and care for our customers, partners and people, by embedding responsible data practices across our global operations. This is an opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional and multi-jurisdictional teams, driving excellence and innovation in a fast-paced environment.

Location:

London, UK; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; or Berlin, Germany

These are some of the key components to the position:

Shape and drive the global privacy and AI governance strategy to enable secure product innovation across all markets.

Lead the legal response to emerging global data and AI regulations, ensuring the suitability of our frameworks.

Partner with Product and Technology teams to embed privacy-by-design and responsible AI principles into core systems.

Oversee comprehensive privacy and AI risk assessments for high-impact global initiatives and vendor partnerships.

Provide clear, actionable, and commercially minded legal counsel on automated decision-making and data monetization.

Drive collaborative alignment across global security, compliance, and engineering teams to foster shared ownership of risks.

What will you bring to the team?

Proven ability to translate complex current and emerging data privacy and AI regulations into highly practical commercial advice in an in-house environment.

A track record of pragmatic and commercially-led business partnering.

Extensive knowledge of global data protection laws, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and digital governance frameworks.

Strong track record of leading, mentoring, and developing legal professionals in a collaborative, high-growth setting.

Exceptional communication skills, with a track record of building trust and influencing senior stakeholders.

Strong commitment to achieving strategic goals within fast-paced, digital, or technology-focused environments.

Professional legal qualification required to practice as an in-house lawyer in the UK, the Netherlands or Germany.

At JET, this is how we play

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment. Being the best at what we do isn’t just about delivering on our strategy. It's a competition for something incredibly valuable – our customers' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they're picking a side. At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly, to surpass the competition and earn our customers’ loyalty, again and again. Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we’re building a customer-first culture which enables us to stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.

What else is cooking?

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Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now!

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