Privacy Counsel

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Privacy Counsel

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Privacy Counsel to join our Privacy team in Amsterdam. The team works closely with our commercial, compliance and product teams, while collaborating and negotiating with some of the biggest companies, in order to ensure compliance with applicable data privacy laws and regulations around the world. 

You have a passion for Adyen and you would like to contribute to ensure our further growth.

What you'll do:

• Together with the team, strengthen Adyen’s data privacy compliance framework.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, including commercial, product, marketing, data and regulatory teams, ensuring that privacy matters are effectively and efficiently managed.
• Review and negotiate on data processing agreements with customers and suppliers. 
• Anticipate data protection obligations and risks, and ensure that these are appropriately addressed. Keeping track of new legislative proposals and other legal developments regarding privacy. 

Who you are: 

• You have 4+ years of experience in the privacy field (including GDPR) preferably with experience in privacy compliance and negotiating data processing agreements;
• A natural-born networker with high energy, a confident self-starter with a proven commercial edge, entrepreneurial mindset and strong negotiation skills;
• You are a team player and include different people to sharpen your ideas. 
• You have solid interpersonal skills, specifically you will be able to liaise and connect with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and customers from varying disciplines and cultures;
• You have the ability to structure and prioritize in a high volume, fast-paced environment and build and drive processes to completion.
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.