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About the Role
In this role, you will be the core link between regulatory requirements and day-to-day operations. By partnering in early stages with product and engineering teams, you turn complex privacy rules – including emerging AI frameworks – into straightforward, actionable guidance that keeps projects moving forward & safely. Your work will lead to practical processes, ensuring AMBOSS expands into new markets with scalable compliance already built in.
Responsibilities
- Be a trusted data protection advisor for our teams, partnering with product and engineering from concept to launch, including on AI-based features and new markets, providing clear, pragmatic recommendations.
- Own data protection risk assessment across our systems and processes, identifying, assessing, and prioritizing compliance risks, and turning them into practical frameworks for teams.
- Track data protection and related regulation in our markets, including AI-related rules, and translate them into pragmatic solutions for AMBOSS.
- Review and negotiate data processing agreements and assess new software and vendors to provide fast, reliable answers.
- Own our policies, the record of processing activities, and the handling of data subject requests, simplifying, standardizing, and automating wherever possible.
- Collaborate closely with our DPO, the General Counsel, and the wider Legal team, and bring in external input when appropriate.
Requirements
- Legal qualification (Diploma; 1st state exam, LLM or international equivalent).
- At least 4 years of experience in IT law and data protection at a law firm or in-house, with a clear track record of giving practical, decision-ready advice to a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Strong working knowledge of GDPR and its pragmatic application in a product environment.
- Prior experience working alongside engineering, product, and technical teams to translate complex legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements into actionable product features, technical specifications, and workflows.
- Technical curiosity and an enjoyment of understanding how systems and data flows work.
- A pragmatic interest in AI and legal technology, ideally with experience using these tools to work faster and more effectively.
Skills
- IT law
- Data protection
- GDPR
- Risk assessment
- Vendor review
- Contract negotiation
- Policy development
- AI frameworks
- Legal technology
Location
- Berlin
- Cologne
- New York
- Cagliari
- Cape Town
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote work from other office spaces
Experience Level
- At least 4 years of experience
Education Level
- Legal qualification (Diploma; 1st state exam, LLM or international equivalent)
Benefits
- 30 paid vacation days
- AMBOSS holiday
- Personal purpose day
- Daily healthy breakfast & lunch by in-house chef in Berlin HQ
- AMBOSS daycare
- Work remotely from other office spaces in Cologne, Sardinia, Cape Town
- Urban Sports Club -M plan-
- Fitbit Versa 3
- Deutschland Ticket
About the Company
- AMBOSS is the copilot for medical professionals, empowering them to provide the best possible care through our learning and clinical decision support tool.
- Our team brings together care, innovative thinking, and cutting-edge AI medical technology.
- Our founders launched AMBOSS in 2012 with the goal of creating a tool they wished they had during medical school and clinical practice.
- We've grown to over 600 employees and are active in over 180 countries - primarily in Germany and the US.
- Our offices are located in Berlin, Cologne, New York, Cagliari and Cape Town.
Equal Opportunity
- We believe that diversity is a powerful driver of innovation and progress. That’s why we are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and supportive environment where everyone—regardless of gender, age, ethnic or cultural background, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity—is valued and given equal opportunity to thrive.
- We warmly welcome people of all backgrounds to help us fulfil our mission: empowering all medical professionals to provide the best possible care.