Data & AI Counsel

Mesh-AI Limited; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A global consulting firm in Berlin seeks an experienced Data & AI counsel to strengthen their compliance team. The position involves enabling Data Privacy programmes, supporting operational privacy matters, and enhancing service models. Candidates should be qualified solicitors or barristers with at least 4 years of experience in legal advising within technology sectors. This role emphasizes the importance of collaboration, legal risk management, and innovative solutions in a dynamic environment, along with the firm's commitment to a people-first culture.

Leistungen

Generous annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Corporate Responsibility Days

Wellbeing Fund

Profit Share Scheme

Qualifikationen

• 4+ years post-qualification experience in relevant fields.
• Experience in a fast-moving technology-related environment.
• Ability to balance legal risk with commercial priorities.

Aufgaben

• Enable Data Privacy programme components and support operational matters.
• Evolve the service model for privacy queries and processes.
• Lead Data Privacy aspects of vendor due diligence.

Kenntnisse

Legal advising in technology

Data Privacy expertise

Excellent drafting skills

Organizational skills

Collaboration and relationship building

Ausbildung

Qualified solicitor or barrister

Jobbeschreibung

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people‑first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start‑ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder‑to‑shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world – from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there’s a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

Our Data & AI compliance team are looking for an experienced Data & AI counsel to join them.

The Data & AI Compliance team is a strategic enabler of Baringa’s global Digital & AI services. By unifying our product, Data Privacy and Responsible AI legal and compliance programmes, we provide a joined‑up approach to legal support and governance that enables innovation while maintaining high standards of integrity, accountability and client trust.

Our vision is to make responsible innovation and delivery the default, with an emphasis on efficiency, consistency and speed to value. We partner closely with our Sectors to help Baringa deliver Digital & AI solutions that are not only compliant, but trusted.

What you will be doing

• Enable the continuous iteration of key Data Privacy programme components (e.g., DPIA process, TIA process, records of processing, training, policy/standards).
• Work with the wider team to support operational privacy matters including DSAR strategy and escalations, and incident/breach response support (working with stakeholders in other teams).
• Help evolve the Data & AI Compliance team’s service model for queries, triage, prioritisation and tracking, including establishing templates and playbooks.
• Help evolve practical processes, guidances and tooling (checklists, model clauses, FAQs, decision trees) to optimise user experience and throughput.
• Lead and support Data Privacy and Responsible AI aspects of vendor due diligence.
• Support our commercial teams on privacy and AI‑related contracting positions and negotiation strategy, including customer questionnaires and assurance materials.
• Track programme metrics and produce leadership‑ready reporting.
• Keep abreast of relevant regulatory developments and translate them into practical action for the firm.
• Influence ways of working and build strong relationships across all Sectors in Baringa.

Your skills and experience

• Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales or Commonwealth or common law country with 4+ years post‑qualification experience (but we will consider all relevant equivalent experience).
• Experience advising in a fast‑moving environment (preferably in a technology business with a global footprint) with an ability to balance legal risk and commercial priorities.
• Excellent drafting skills (policies, guidance, contract positions, regulator/customer responses).
• Organised and delivery‑focused: comfortable running processes, managing pipelines and using tools to track work.
• Experience providing legal, data protection/privacy and AI governance support to product/tech teams (SaaS, ML/AI, data platforms, analytics, adtech/martech, or similar) an advantage.
• We’re looking for someone who is responsive, pragmatic, curious, collaborative, and tech‑fluent with an ability to build relationships, move work forward promptly, and explain complex issues clearly.

What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting People First.

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work‑life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well‑deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5‑Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work‑life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and wellbeing in the workplace for all.

Using business as a force for good.

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI‑verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis – helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time.

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed.

For UK & EU

Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our UK Recruitment Privacy Notice / EU Recruitment Privacy Notice, to evaluate your application and meet our legal and reporting obligations. In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure (subject to legal limitations) of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at [e-mail]

For the USA

Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact [e-mail]

Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at [e-mail]

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