Regulatory Counsel (Data Protection & AI)

Regulatory Counsel (Data Protection & AI)

Office: Dublin London Remote: Ireland UK

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products - including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more - help our 70+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, our people and culture are essential to our success. We are certified as a Great Place to Work and have 13,000+ people working around the world from offices and remotely to achieve our mission. We're looking for brilliant people who love building great products, redefining success, and simplifying a complex world.

About the role

The Legal team turns complexity into clarity by partnering with teams across Revolut to provide sharp, practical advice that helps the business move fast while staying protected. From structuring credit programmes to navigating new markets, the Legal team ensures growth is secure, compliant, and built for the long term.

We're looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to advise on compliance and legal issues around data protection and artificial intelligence. Reporting to the Head of Legal (Data Protection & AI) in London, you can be based in one of our European offices listed above, work remotely, or hybrid.

The breadth of work and level of commercial involvement is unique for an in house role, giving you a large degree of responsibility for our ongoing development and growth.

What you'll be doing

• Advising the business on privacy, data protection, and AI legal issues around the structuring and marketing of new and existing products
• Ensuring privacy, data protection, and AI considerations are core to the review process when launching features
• Drafting and negotiating contractual data protection and AI clauses with a variety of third parties and other Revolut entities
• Advising on complex international data transfers and how to structure these to bring them into line with GDPR requirements
• Assisting with data breaches, including drafting breach notifications to be submitted to supervisory authorities
• Liaising with global Legal Counsels on privacy, data protection, and AI matters that impact multiple jurisdictions
• Supporting our Data Subject Rights teams to respond to complex data protection requests where legal review is required
• Proactively engaging and working alongside regulators in multiple countries
• Keeping on top of and advising on legal, regulatory, and industry developments
• Leading by example while performing hands on work to manage complex legal tasks quickly

What you'll need

• 6+ years of post qualification experience (PQE)
• Excellent academic and law firm credentials
• Expertise in advising on privacy, data protection, and AI matters in the United Kingdom and/or European Union
• Sound judgement, composure under pressure, and a collaborative mindset
• Confidence making decisions where there's ambiguity or incomplete information
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience providing detailed advice on innovative, customer facing products
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• Additional privacy and data protection qualifications

Get what you need to succeed

• Financial benefits that show we value your work
• Flexibility to work from home, the office, or abroad
• A Revolut Metal subscription loaded with perks
• Exciting events year round so you can get to know your team