Legal Counsel IT & Privacy Helsing · Munich - Berlin

Who we are Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards. As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously. We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications. The role You will own data protection and privacy across Helsing's group of companies, building our framework from the ground up. Working within the Legal team, you will be the go-to adviser on the GDPR, the AI Act and international privacy regimes, guiding product, engineering and commercial colleagues on how personal data is handled in AI model development, training and deployment. You will set the records, assessments and policies that keep us compliant in Germany, the UK, France and new markets as we grow. Privacy at Helsing is not a compliance…