Privacy Advisory & Compliance Business Partner (N/F/H)

We’re Adevinta, a global leader in digital marketplaces. Our household name brands, including Marktplaats in the Netherlands, mobile.de in Germany and leboncoin in France, reach hundreds of millions of people every month. 

We’re all about matchmaking, and our sites help people find whatever they’re looking for in their local communities – whether it’s a car, an apartment, a sofa or a new job. Every connection made or item found makes a difference by creating a world where people share more and waste less. 

Our brands are supported by global Tech Hubs in Barcelona, Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin. Their goal is to develop common global products and innovation platforms which all of our brands can use. This means using cutting edge technology to create highly scalable, customisable and secure products and components that free up development time and leverage our access to global data.

Reporting to the Head of Privacy Business Advisory & Projects, as a Business Partner you work with relevant product, engineering, business teams and other departments to facilitate business development through responsible use of data and risk balance.  

We are looking for you to join our team as a Privacy Advisory & Compliance Business Partner! 

Here’s what you´ll do :

• Contribute to define the privacy strategy and risk balance for the business and multiple functions within the organisation.

• Assess risks suggest and implement mitigation actions

• Handle data breaches and ensure their resolution, including incident response, investigation and mitigation

• Manage data subject requests (DSRs) and inquiries in close connection with the Customer Service team

• Support regulatory claims investigation and strategy

• Be close to stakeholders to identify new projects or changes with an impact on privacy

• Lead privacy projects and provide strategic advice

• Collaborate with other teams to embed privacy considerations into the development of new products, technologies, and processes - including conducting assessments and DPIAs

• Manage records of processing activities (ROPA) and privacy policies / notices

• Provide advice or process management in relation to privacy aspects of contracts and third party management 

• Manage Compliance projects, monitor compliance with Sapin II , maintain  anti-corruption measures (risk mapping, third-party assessment, alert collection, etc), monitor changes in law and implement them, maintain compliance contract clauses and Code of Conduct and provide training and operational support. 

  • Implementation of required adjustments in response to legislative changes

  • Review and update of contractual clauses and compliance code

  • Amendments to our Code of Conduct

  • Organisation & implementation of training programs (Sapin II law, employee guidance and operational support)

  • Ensuring compliance with vigilance obligation

  • Monitoring of legal and regulatory developments

What you´ll bring :

Soft Skills :

• Interpret complex regulations while conveying compliance requirements into simple and actionable steps and finding strategic solutions

• The regulatory environment is in constant change, so embracing change and being responsive to new laws and industry dynamics is important, especially in an innovative company as Adevinta

• Foster collaborative relationships within and outside the team

• Bring a high level of enthusiasm and optimism. Encouraging a positive and open dialogue and providing constructive feedback to colleagues on privacy-related matters

Hard skills :

• You are a French qualified privacy lawyer with a demonstrated experience in data protection, privacy (particularly in the field of advertising), and compliance roles at an international law firm or in-house

• You can plan, and implement projects with multiple stakeholders

• You are proficient in compliance management, including the ability to identify and assess risk and implement compliance to ensure adherence to regulations

• You bring knowledge of privacy issues in the online environment, ideally in the marketplace / e-commerce or ad-tech business

• Business fluency both in French  and English

• You preferably have a privacy certification such as CIPP/E/M

Life at Adevinta comes with its perks! Our Adevintans enjoy the following benefits:

• An attractive Base Salary 💸

• Participation in our Short Term Incentive plan (annual bonus) 🏆

• Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere! Maybe not from the moon🌛well why not! just make sure you have internet connection! 🌍

• A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, because we care ❤️

• Win together, lose together is one of our key behaviours. At Adevinta you will find a collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow 🌱

On top of these, we also provide a range of locally relevant benefits. Wanna know more? Apply and ask our recruiters! ✨

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We strongly encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply and look forward to speaking with you.