Head of Legal - Privacy & AI

Ready for a challenge?

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you.

We are looking for an ambitious Head of Legal - Privacy & AI to join our dynamic Legal & Compliance team. In this role, you will lead our global privacy and artificial intelligence (AI) legal strategy, ensuring we aim high while protecting our community. You will deliver robust risk management and care for our customers, partners and people, by embedding responsible data practices across our global operations. This is an opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional and multi-jurisdictional teams, driving excellence and innovation in a fast-paced environment.

About this role

• Shape and drive the global privacy and AI governance strategy to enable secure product innovation across all markets.
• Lead the legal response to emerging global data and AI regulations, ensuring the suitability of our frameworks.
• Partner with Product and Technology teams to embed privacy-by-design and responsible AI principles into core systems.
• Oversee comprehensive privacy and AI risk assessments for high-impact global initiatives and vendor partnerships.
• Provide clear, actionable, and commercially minded legal counsel on automated decision-making and data monetization.
• Drive collaborative alignment across global security, compliance, and engineering teams to foster shared ownership of risks.

What will you bring to the team?

• Proven ability to translate complex current and emerging data privacy and AI regulations into highly practical commercial advice in an in-house environment.
• A track record of pragmatic and commercially-led business partnering.
• Extensive knowledge of global data protection laws, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and digital governance frameworks.
• Strong track record of leading, mentoring, and developing legal professionals in a collaborative, high-growth setting.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a track record of building trust and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong commitment to achieving strategic goals within fast-paced, digital, or technology-focused environments.
• Professional legal qualification required to practice as an in-house lawyer in the UK, the Netherlands or Germany.

At JET, this is how we play

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment. Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins.