Global Legal Counsel (German Speaker)

More than one-third of the food produced in the world is wasted. And that has a huge impact on the health of our planet, 10% of greenhouse gas emissions coming from food waste!

At Too Good To Go, we have an ambitious goal: To inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together. We are the world's #1 app for fighting food waste. We work with thousands of restaurants and food retailers to make their surplus food available to local consumers. The magic of Too Good To Go has been spreading rapidly across Europe and now also the US, with more than 167 million meals saved globally.

As our Global Legal Counsel you will be a part of a Global Legal Team, supporting 17 countries. You will help raise the bar on support to a hyper-growth company on a great mission and supporting our expansion strategy. 

The Global Legal Team has members in different European countries and in the US and we are looking now to add another team member in Vienna. 

You will play a vital role in supporting key internal stakeholders throughout our organisation and as a part of the Global Legal Team you will be directly involved in dialogue and negotiations with suppliers, vendors, external counsels and not least stakeholders from our own departments. 

You should be excited about working in a fast-growing social-impact company and have experience with managing a legal role in an internal stakeholder environment. In addition, you will be part of an expanding and supportive Global Legal Team.

Your role

• Being a part of supporting Too Good To Go and the Global Legal Team with regulatory and contractual issues.
• As a part of the Global Legal Team, play a key role in supporting all our countries with legal assistance in connection with vendor and contract management, including drafting and negotiating vendor contracts and scaling our support to the organisation in this area.
• Support our Key Account team with negotiations of partner contracts.
• Playing a key role in building and maintaining a fruitful and cooperative relationship with other departments and stakeholders.
• Reviewing and negotiating various types of agreements, including SaaS/PaaS contracts, lease-agreements, MSAs, confidentiality agreements etc.
• Helping drafting, maintaining and updating various legal templates such as vendor contracts, consent forms, consultancy agreements etc.
• Creating legal and compliance processes designed for scalability.
• Playing a key role in Too Good To Go’s persistent expansion to new countries and continents.
• Providing day-to-day legal advice to Too Good To Go

Requirements

• Several years of relevant experience in a similar role. Experience from start-up or scale-up and hyper-growth companies is a big plus.
• Knowledge and experience with employment law related matters
• Structured and sense for details.
• Full professional proficiency in English and German
• You are based (or willing to relocate) in Vienna
• Extensive stakeholder management experience.
• Ability to work and thrive in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
• A proactive, positive and solution oriented mindset.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong team player
• You know how to prioritize and have a service-minded and curious personality. 
• You have a true passion for sustainability - you understand the urgency of action for the planet.

Our values

• We fight together: Food waste is a big beast to fight. We can do it if we fight together as Waste Warriors with no ego. We believe in a #oneteam.
• We raise the bar: We always push for more. We work smart, smash barriers and elevate one another.
• We keep it simple: Our ambitions are bold but our solutions are simple.
• We build a legacy: We’re proud of the change we’re driving. 
• We care: We always look out for each other. Caring is also about the way we do business. We do the right thing.

What we have to offer 

• A rare opportunity to work in a global social impact company (and certified B Corporation) where you get to wake up every day knowing you’re achieving positive change.
• The experience of being part of an international company with more than 1350 enthusiastic and highly talented teammates across 17 countries and counting – always ready to share knowledge and support!
• Strong personal as well as professional development in an intense and high-growth scale-up environment.
• A possibility to be influential in a fairly new company with few predefined processes.
• An open company culture where you have room for independence and creativity.
• A strong team culture where successes are celebrated together.
• 6 weeks of vacation, lunch vouchers, job ticket and pension fund contribution as well as many team events.

How to apply

• Submit your CV and cover letter as soon as possible in English.
• Please note that we only accept applications coming through our platform. No CV or cover letter will be accepted by email or LinkedIn direct messaging.
• Please also check our website and international media in order to get a good overview of Too Good To Go.

Aus rechtlichen Gründen sind wir verpflichtet, das kollektivvertragliche Mindestgehalt in der Höhe von EUR 2.805,- brutto pro Monat bekannt zugeben. Wir honorieren jedoch Qualifikation und Vorerfahrung und bieten für diese Position ein überkollektivvertragliches Bruttojahresgehalt ab EUR 75.000,- auf Basis Vollzeit bei entsprechender Erfahrung.

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