Privacy counsel - GDPR spokesperson & advocate

Salary Competitive

Are you passionate about privacy & GDPR? Do you love engaging with people? Would you like to educate people about privacy? Do you like talking about GDPR and want to share insights with our community & customers? 


A powerful wave is sweeping across the world – data privacy. This new paradigm brings new challenges: it imposes trade barriers and legal complexity and makes it difficult for companies to know what they need to do.

In our experience, most companies want to be good data citizens but many companies also struggle to comply with new data privacy rules around the world. 

Through our platform and our community, we help companies and legal teams with exactly that. 

We have built one of Europe’s fastest-growing legal communities with members from the biggest brands & companies in the world. 


Your role

You’ll report to the CEO and you’ll play an important role in educating and communicating with our community and customers about GDPR & privacy. You’ll work on a wide range of exciting tasks and assume a high degree of responsibility. 

Some of the tasks will be:

  • Educate our community & customers about GDPR & privacy, 

  • Have online sessions and meetings with the community members,

  • Guide our customers on their privacy journey, 

  • Host webinars & events around GDPR & privacy, 

  • Facilitate discussions in the community and do feedback sessions with members, 

  • Engage with potential customers and build relationships and assist our commercial team when potential customers have privacy questions,

  • Communicate with data processors and assess their privacy compliance status. Assist our customers with privacy issues, such as DPAs, TIAs, risk assessments,

  • Support our privacy success team if they have questions or need assistance, 

  • Create content for blogs, support articles, etc. related to privacy,

  • Be our best ambassador by embodying the philosophy and tone of our brand internally and externally.


The Requirements

We are looking for a person who loves working in the intersection between law and business - and who is interested in GDPR. You have the following skills: 

  • Law degree (candidate level), cand.merc.jur or similar degree,

  • Experience and very good knowledge of GDPR, 

  • You are a people person that enjoys connecting with people,

  • You feel comfortable working in a high-growth, fast-paced environment,

  • You are comfortable reading, speaking, and writing English,

  • You have a passion for our mission,

  • You are proactive and organized,

  • You are curious, dedicated, and have a strong personal drive,

  • A Danish full-time work permit is required for non-EU citizens.


What we offer

You can expect varied workdays, an international environment, and being part of a startup on a mission of making an impact and difference for companies so that they can become better data citizens. You’ll be working with in-house legal professionals from some of the biggest brands out there.

We promise that you’ll learn a lot and there are a lot of growth opportunities - and you’ll make a difference; every day.

  • An opportunity to be part of a tech company on a mission.

  • Work with and learn from a smart, fun team of highly passionate and dedicated people who all care about data privacy and compliance and making a difference.

  • Strong personal as well as professional development at a company with a lot of potential.

  • Interesting problems to solve, and awesome colleagues to solve them with.

  • There is always room for exploration, fun, and a healthy work-life balance.

  • A place to work where you can be yourself.


About us

We’re a venture-backed startup and our CEO, Stine Tornmark, is a privacy lawyer with extensive experience in building successful SaaS companies. The rest of us also bring substantial SaaS experience and we’re passionate about product-led growth, building products that make a difference, and having a customer-centric focus.

We’re located in Copenhagen and the team consists of more than 6 different nationalities so we speak English in the office. 

We have a culture of fantastic people who all have a voice, who all matter, and who all make a difference. And so will you.

"To me, Openli isn't just a job. It's interesting, it's fun, but most of all, it's a family where everyone contributes and everyone is listened to." —Paul Chaplin, Tech Lead

For more information or questions please contact us at jobs@openli.com

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Free lunch
Free lunch

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Near public transit
Near public transit

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Free friday beers
Free friday beers

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Working at
Openli

A powerful wave is sweeping across the world, moving control of personal information away from businesses and back into the hands of consumers. However, this new paradigm of data privacy brings new challenges as well: It has imposed unprecedented trade barriers and legal complexities between companies and across the countries in which they operate. We are here to enable companies to become amazing data citizens and make it effortless to do business in a global world.

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