Privacy Counsel, Trustly
EU/UK
£60-120k
Secure online banking payments
Be an early applicant
Secure online banking payments
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
£60-120k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make online bank payments convenient for everyone by connecting consumers and merchants through the bank account, the hub of people’s financial life.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires strong expertise in EU and UK privacy laws and regulations, with proven experience advising on cross-border data transfers
- The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with practical problem-solving abilities, who thrives on partnering closely with business teams to navigate the complex and rapidly evolving privacy landscape
- Law degree (LLB, LLM, or equivalent) and qualified solicitor, barrister, or equivalent legal qualification in an EU member state or the UK
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience as a privacy lawyer (including demonstrated experience advising on GDPR, UK GDPR, and national data protection laws)
- Demonstrated experience in the FinTech or the payment services sector, with knowledge of the unique privacy challenges and regulatory landscape affecting payments and financial technology companies would be a bonus
- Experience working as part of a global privacy team, with proven ability to collaborate effectively across multiple jurisdictions and time zones
- Demonstrated experience handling data subject rights requests and data disclosure requests from law enforcement authorities
- Strong knowledge of EU and UK privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR, UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, ePrivacy Directive, and national data protection laws across the EU
- Experience advising on cross-border data transfers, including standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions, and other transfer mechanisms
- Relevant professional privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT) are highly desirable
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to explain complex legal issues in simple terms
- Entrepreneurial and creative by nature, with a bias for action
- Strong legal drafting skills, with experience developing privacy policies, notices, consent mechanisms, data processing agreements, and controller-processor agreements
- Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple complex privacy initiatives simultaneously
- Proven ability to provide practical, business-oriented privacy advice that balances legal compliance with business objectives
- Experience managing data breach incidents, including regulatory notifications to supervisory authorities and communications with affected data subjects
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess privacy risks and develop pragmatic solutions
- Willingness to work flexible hours to collaborate with global privacy team members across different time zones
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Privacy Counsel to join our global Legal, Compliance & Risk team at an exciting period in Trustly's growth
- Reporting directly to the Global Head of Privacy & DPO, you will support the implementation and adaptation of Trustly's global privacy framework across EU and UK, advise on data protection matters, and ensure compliance with the highest privacy standards
- Working closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing and Compliance teams, you will embed privacy by design throughout the organisation
- Support the execution of Trustly's privacy strategy for the EU and UK region, ensuring compliance with the EU GDPR, UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, ePrivacy Directive, and national data protection laws across EU member states
- Conduct privacy impact assessments and DPIAs for new products, services, features, and business initiatives
- Provide practical, business-focused legal advice on privacy matters to internal stakeholders
- Advise on data subject rights requests (including rights to access, erasure, portability etc)
- Support privacy breach preparedness and incident response efforts for the EU and UK region, including contributing to incident response plans, coordinating breach investigations, and managing notifications to supervisory authorities and communications to data subjects
- Advise on and support the negotiation of data processing agreements, data transfer mechanisms (including standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions, and other transfer tools), and privacy terms with vendors, partners, and customers
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments affecting privacy and data protection in the EU and UK, including tracking national implementations of EU directives and regulations, providing timely analysis and recommendations to senior leadership
- Collaborate closely with the global Privacy & DPO team to ensure alignment on privacy strategies, share best practices, and coordinate cross-regional privacy initiatives
- Develop and maintain privacy documentation, including records of processing activities, legal advice notes and privacy compliance registers
- Support privacy-related audits, assessments, and due diligence activities
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Trustly is a fintech platform that makes accepting bank transfers for merchants a simple experience, just like taking card payments. Founded in 2008, the company has grown from just three people to operate offices across Europe and the Americas.
Trustly is a customer of banks, while its customers are merchants who are charged a transaction fee when they receive payments. Thousands of merchants use Trustly, including global players likes Facebook, AT&T, Alibaba, PayPal and TransferWise.
Whilst not a common payment method in certain countries (like the UK), people in many others prefer to pay via bank transfer - so there is a real need for what Trustly is offering. The company has made significant expansion progress, secured some highly advantageous partnerships and acquired SlimPay in 2024 - all suggesting a bright future ahead.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2023
$53m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Nov 2014
$26.2m
LATE VC
Total funding: $79.2m
Company benefits
- Free breakfast every morning and catered dinner if you need to work late. And happy hour every Friday to celebrate the week
- Each employee gets a generous health allowance, and Trustly Sports Club keeps us active together
- Each month, our teams go on fun outings. Which we’d probably do anyway, even if Trustly didn’t foot the bill!
Company HQ
Vasastan, Stockholm, Stockholm County
Leadership
Carl Wilsson
(Co-Founder & CEO)Obtained a degree in Economics at Stockholm School of Economics before founding Trustly in 2008. Since September 2016, they are the VP of Business Development of Trustly Group AB.
Lukas Gratte
(Co-Founder)Obtained a degree in International Economy at Harvard University, a Master's degree in Engineering physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a second Master's degree in Business Administration and Economics at Stockholm University and co-founded Redbet in 2002.
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