Legal Counsel (Data Protection)

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 60+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth,‌ 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

The Legal team sits at the heart of Revolut and is a core part of the business. Members of the team provide front-line guidance and support to all areas of the company, contributing to decisions that impact Revolut’s growth every day.

We're looking for a Data Protection & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Legal Counsel to sit within our growing team. Reporting to the Head of Legal (Data Protection & AI) in London, you can be based in our London HQ, but there's also the possibility to work remotely in the UK or Ireland.

The breadth of work you'll encounter (and level of commercial involvement) is pretty unique for an in-house role, from structuring features for customer to launching into new territories. You'll have a large degree of responsibility for Revolut’s ongoing development and growth.

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What you'll be doing

• Advising the business on privacy, data protection, and AI legal issues surrounding the structuring of new and existing financial products, and the marketing of them
• Collaborating with product and commercial teams to help design and deliver compliant solutions
• Ensure privacy, data protection, and AI considerations are core parts of the review process when launching features
• Drafting and negotiating contractual data protection and AI clauses with a wide variety of third parties and other Revolut entities
• Maintaining customer-facing privacy notices, explainers, and cookie policies
• Liaising with our global legal counsels on privacy, data protection, and AI matters that impact multiple jurisdictions
• Supporting our Data Subject Rights teams to respond to data protection requests where legal review is required
• Proactively engage and working alongside regulators in multiple countries
• Keeping on top of and advising on legal, regulatory, and industry developments
• Excelling at leadership while also undertaking executional work to handle significant and complex legal matters with short turnaround times

What you'll need

• 1–2 years of PQE
• Excellent academic and law firm credentials
• Experience advising on privacy, data protection, and AI matters in the United Kingdom and/or Europe
• Sound judgement, composure under pressure, and a collaborative mindset
• Confidence making decisions where there's ambiguity or incomplete information
• Significant experience providing privacy and data protection legal advice
• Some experience providing AI legal advice (alongside a genuine interest in the area)
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience providing detailed product counselling advice on innovative, customer-facing products
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• Additional privacy and data protection qualifications

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

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