Senior Legal Counsel Technology

Make a Difference as Senior Legal Counsel Technology at Ahold Delhaize

What do we offer?

• To be courageous
• To live wholeheartedly
• To keep growing

What do you bring?

• Oog voor detail
• Passie voor je vakgebied
• Focus op kwaliteit

Why Ahold Delhaize

• Huge Impact
• Work with fun and smart colleagues
• (Inter)national growth opportunities

How you can make a difference

Are you an experienced legal professional with a passion for technology and innovation? Ahold Delhaize is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our European Legal Technology team. You’ll work at the heart of a dynamic, international retail organization that’s navigating rapid digital transformation—and you'll help ensure that innovation moves forward responsibly and compliantly.

About Ahold Delhaize
We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together with our 17 strong local retail brands in the United States, Europe and Indonesia, we make a meaningful difference in the lives of our brands’ customers, our people and the world around us. We offer a highly dynamic, international work environment in which our associates thrive.

Your new work environment
The pace of technological innovation has never been faster. Artificial Intelligence is reshaping industries and raising new ethical and legal questions, generative AI is creating both opportunities and regulatory challenges, while cybersecurity and responsible tech use are more important than ever.

As Senior Legal Counsel Technology, you’ll be part of our European Legal Technology team, collaborating closely with business, technology and compliance stakeholders across our local brands. You’ll play a key role in helping Ahold Delhaize navigate this evolving landscape by supporting innovation, shaping policy and ensuring legal and ethical compliance in everything we do. You’ll join a team of experienced legal professionals, working together to support transformation in one of the most exciting areas of retail.

You will be given the freedom and responsibility to take ownership of your work and broaden your horizons by working together with knowledgeable colleagues from different countries who have an abundance of expertise in many areas. We will continually invest in you and help you build on your talents and skills for the future.

Key responsibilities of your role

• Lead the legal implementation of major EU regulations such as the EU AI Act, NIS2, DSA and the European Accessibility Act, ensuring alignment across our functions and brands.
• Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, providing practical, business-oriented legal advice on a wide range of technology matters.
• Help coordinate and actively participate in EU Legal Practice Groups.
• Develop and maintain internal legal tools, including contract templates, playbooks and guidance for legal, IT sourcing and business teams.
• Negotiate and advise on complex technology contracts, such as cloud services, SaaS, software implementation and digital innovation projects.
• Stay ahead of legal and regulatory developments in digital, data and technology law—and proactively identify potential risks and opportunities.

At Ahold Delhaize, legal is not just about interpreting laws—it's about helping the business move forward. That means applying legal design thinking, embracing legaltech tools, improving process efficiency and making sure your voice is heard where it matters.

What’s in it for you?

• Plenty of growth opportunities and cross-brand career options
• A hybrid working model
• A strong work-life balance in an inclusive, people-first culture
• Attractive bonuses
• A first-rate pension plan
• 20 vacation days and the option to buy an additional 12.5 days from your personal ‘flex budget’
• Travel expenses or an NS travel card
• A laptop and smartphone

Requirements

• A Master of Law degree and 5–8 years of relevant legal experience, ideally with a combination of law firm and in-house work in an international context.
• Strong expertise in IT and technology law, including digital, data and regulatory topics.
• A collaborative, solution-driven mindset, with the ability to work on complex, multidisciplinary matters.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Dutch, both verbal and written.
• A proactive, naturally curious and commercial approach.

Please note that this role can be performed from either the Netherlands or Belgium, which will also be your main base of work. However, some travel between the two countries may be required.

At Ahold Delhaize and our local brands, we broadly define diversity as being inclusive of thoughts and skills, generational differences, LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, nationalities and more, and we accept all people for who they are.

What matters to us?

Ahold Delhaize is one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together, we help people eat well, save time and live better – it’s how we make a difference. And we do it because we care: for our customers, our people and the world around us.

Be courageous

"I realized how much impact you can truly have as an individual, working for such a huge international company.”

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Live wholeheartedly

“The support this company has always offered means the world to me."

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Keep growing

“I feel the freedom to show initiative, propose changes and try new things. Having that freedom gave me wings to fly.”

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