Senior Privacy Counsel, Israel/South (English & Hebrew)

Company Description

Wolt is a Helsinki-based technology company that provides an online platform for consumers, merchants and couriers. It connects people looking to order food and other goods with people interested in selling and delivering them. To enable this, Wolt develops a wide range of technologies from local logistics to retail software and financial solutions – as well as operating its own grocery stores under the Wolt Market brand. Wolt’s products include Wolt+ (subscription service for customers), Wolt for Work (meal benefits and office deliveries for companies), Wolt Drive (fast last-mile deliveries for merchants) and Wolt Self-Delivery (service for merchant partners with their own delivery staff). Wolt’s mission is to make cities better by empowering and growing local communities. Wolt was founded in 2014 and joined forces with DoorDash in 2022. DoorDash operates in 31 countries today, 27 of which are with the Wolt product and brand.

So, why work at Wolt?

At Wolt, We’re About Getting Things Done.
You’ll probably enjoy it here if you like taking ownership, developing yourself and being around friendly, humble and ambitious people.

We work hard to make cities into better places, and it’s pretty cool seeing us grow every week. If you’re passionate about building things that just… work, Wolt might be for you.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We want to have all sorts of people in our team – people like you and me, and people different from you and me. To be able to work with diverse teammates – when it comes to gender, age, ethnicity, life background, sexual orientation, political views, religion, or any other personal trait – we consciously aim to offer equal opportunity for everyone to work with us. This is because we believe diverse teams make the most thought-through decisions and build things in the most inclusive way.

Join us today to build Wolt together.

Job Description

Are you an experienced legal professional seeking a challenging role in data protection in a technology company? Are you passionate about privacy and working in a fun environment while solving complex issues? If this sounds like you, then read further!

Wolt is a technology company that makes it incredibly easy to discover and get the best restaurants, grocery stores, and other local shops delivered to your home or office. We’re one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies and currently, we operate in 29 countries. Our local commerce platform makes it easy for customers to order whatever they need on one app, for merchants to make additional sales, and for couriers to make meaningful earnings flexibly. To enable this, Wolt develops a wide range of technologies from local commerce platforms to retail software and financial solutions, as well as operates its own grocery stores.

For us privacy and security are core elements of everything we do to ensure we can operate and scale. We’re now looking for an experienced, pragmatic, and technically-minded data protection professional to join our privacy team. You would participate in the development of our data protection practices and provide support in day-to-day privacy legal matters across countries, different business functions, and multiple data subject groups. The scope of the role and responsibilities may be tailored depending on your experience level.

We’re looking for someone who can tackle complex privacy issues across different countries and business functions. A person who can maneuver multiple cases and stakeholders simultaneously, understand core business needs, and support our people with the Wolt way of doing things will excel in this role. In this position, you get to influence how to improve processes and scale our way of working. Ultimately, we are looking for an enabler with an entrepreneurial mindset and solution-driven ways of working. Our ideal team member can be close to our business, is dynamic and proactively gets things done. We also appreciate the quick thinking and a can-do attitude of rolling up one's sleeves, no matter the task or if it is in one's comfort zone or not.

In this role, you will be ideally located in Israel. However, we are also open to considering other countries in the EU where Wolt operates.

What you’ll be doing

Work at the cross-section of product, security, engineering and ops teams alongside other experts on the privacy and legal team.

Develop and contribute to our privacy framework that ensures compliance across our markets.

Partner with central and local teams across Wolt’s operating countries while focusing on privacy matters affecting our services for users, merchants, couriers, businesses, etc.

Focus on providing legal and compliance support to our product teams & local country legal experts in various privacy matters in Israel and other countries where we operate.

Maintain internal and external policies and guidelines together with our other experts.

You’ll also work closely with the Data Protection Officer (DPO) and the privacy team and help maintain compliance with applicable privacy laws and our privacy program.

Qualifications

Solid 7+ years (after internship) experience working with privacy and data protection matters as an in-house counsel and/or at a reputable law firm in an international setting.

Excellent working knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements pertaining to privacy and data matters, data security, and other relevant regulations.

A law degree from a reputable academic institution

Knowledge of international data privacy and compliance frameworks, particularly the Israeli privacy laws as well as general knowledge of the EU GDPR

A practical mindset on how to apply the rules in a fast-growing and complex business environment is seen as an advantage.

Proven experience with working on cross-functional teams and non-legal environments is a strong asset.

Ability to take ownership and manage multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining focus on the right priorities.

Proven ability to balance privacy compliance and business objectives.

Ability to lead, organize, prioritize, and manage projects effectively.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. We are looking for a collaborative team player with a stakeholder-focused approach.

Ability to solve real-life problems both on strategic and practical levels.

Excellent English and Hebrew skills. Any other language skill is considered an advantage.

Additional Information

If you are excited about working in a high-growth environment, taking ownership, and being part of an extremely ambitious team, then click below to apply and get the conversation going!

What you’ll get by joining us

Opportunity to be part of building something exceptional, in an international environment
Lots of learning and growth in a globally scaling tech company
Along with a competitive salary and benefits, you will also be eligible for our stock option plan