Senior Legal Counsel – Privacy – Tech Tracking

Senior Legal Counsel – Privacy

7 months – 135 EUR per hour – Independent Contractor – Outside IR35, 40 hours per week, Fully Remote

• The hiring manager is seeking Tech Tracking experience for this position.

About the role

Booking.com is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel (Privacy – Marketing) contractor to join its Privacy Legal team. In this role, you’ll advise stakeholders across the business on privacy and data protection topics impacting marketing, tracking technologies, e-commerce, and product initiatives, helping ensure personal data is handled safely in a fast-evolving regulatory and risk landscape.

This is a global-scope role, working closely with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders. The assignment is fully remote, with availability required during Central European business hours.

Contract details

• Contract type: Contractor
• Workload: 40 hours/week
• Start: July 20, 2026
• End (current estimate): February 24, 2027
• Location: Amsterdam (hybrid) or remote (CET working hours)

What you’ll do

• Provide practical, business-oriented privacy advice on day-to-day matters across marketing and product teams.
• Review, advise on, and help approve data-sharing use cases (including sharing with sister brands and third parties).
• Track and interpret privacy law and regulatory developments globally, assess impact, and advise on commercial, risk-based implementation.
• Support legal review of privacy risks relating to new products, initiatives, and processes (especially in marketing and tracking contexts).
• Partner on privacy controls, frameworks, policies, and procedures to support scalable business growth.
• Collaborate closely with Legal colleagues (e.g., compliance, litigation, product counsel), Risk & Compliance teams, and external counsel as needed.
• Communicate clearly and consistently across stakeholders to maintain alignment and avoid siloed decision-making.

What you’ll bring Required experience & background

• 5–8 years’ relevant experience in a reputable law firm and/or in-house legal team.
• Qualified lawyer (admitted to practise in at least one jurisdiction).
• Strong expertise advising on privacy/data protection in a business environment.

Strong knowledge in

• E-commerce, marketing, tracking technologies, and product privacy compliance.
• Deep understanding of GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive; familiarity with evolving EU digital regulation impacting marketing/product (e.g., DSA/DMA/AI Act concepts and implications).
• Managing privacy topics across product development, data use, and data sharing.

Skills & ways of working

• Excellent written and verbal English (native or fluent).
• Strong drafting skills; able to translate complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance.
• Confident advising senior stakeholders; able to balance risk and business objectives.
• Structured, organised, and comfortable prioritising in a fast-paced environment.
• Calm and pragmatic in escalations—able to act as a “voice of reason” when issues arise.

Preferred / nice to have

• EU, UK, or US law degree.
• Privacy certification (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPT, or similar).
• Comfort using productivity tooling (Microsoft Office / Google Workspace) and modern AI-enabled workflows.