Group Legal Counsel, Data Privacy

This role owns Stillfronts data privacy work end to end with real scope to shape how its run and where it goes next. Its a genuinely global mandate too not a Swedish role with a global label attached: your remit covers every studio and function we have wherever they sit. Youll be based in Stockholm working alongside colleagues in Sweden Germany India and the UAE with regular contact across studios functions and advisors worldwide. Youll report to the Group General Counsel.

Youll work closely with our external Data Protection Officer on the formal DPO function. The substance underneath it strategy policies assessments and the judgment calls that come up most weeks is yours. On top of that youll advise on commercial and studio agreements and instruct and manage outside counsel when we need them for disputes.

YOUR MISSION

• Run Stillfronts approach to data privacy: one consistent risk-based programme across a group of studios that each operate fairly independently

• Own GDPR and data protection work end-to-end policies DPIAs RoPA data processing agreements cross-border transfers and incident response across studios on three continents

• Work with our external DPO to keep governance solid and statutory obligations covered while you run the programme day to day

• Train and support the privacy leads embedded in our studios so good decisions get made locally without everything having to run through you

• Advise on and negotiate commercial and studio agreements from first draft through to signature

• Instruct and manage outside counsel on disputes and specialist matters and hold them to the standard we expect

• Keep on top of GDPR AI regulation and everything in between turn it into guidance people can use and report on progress and risk to senior stakeholders

YOUR BACKSTORY

• Minimum 5 years PQE from a Swedish law firm and/or an in-house legal team with real ownership of data privacy matters

• A track record of developing or scaling a privacy function not just keeping one ticking over

• Solid working knowledge of GDPR and data protection principles plus real commercial contract

  experience

• Experience instructing and managing outside counsel on disputes or complex matters

• Comfort making decisions with minimal oversight and the confidence to hold your position when

  things are ambiguous

• Comfortable working in a changing environment where priorities and structures can shift and able to adjust without losing focus

• A pragmatic outgoing style: you turn legal requirements into guidance non-lawyers can follow and

  youre comfortable with stakeholders at every level across cultures and time zones

• Native-level Swedish and fluent professional English

• Appetite for a fast-paced international environment; a background in gaming tech or another digital industry helps

WHY JOIN US

Its a small senior legal team and the kind of colleagues you learn from just by sitting near them. The work is genuinely international in the same week you might be advising a studio in Hamburg a function in Stockholm and a partner in APAC. Its demanding but its fun too.

• Real autonomy: you decide where privacy at Stillfront goes next not the other way around

• Direct exposure to Group leadership and studios worldwide work that reaches products played by tens of millions of people

• An international genuinely mixed team with colleagues worth knowing

Stillfront is a global gaming company. We develop a wide range of digital games that attract millions of players each month. From well-established franchises like Supremacy BIG and Jawaker to niche games we span multiple genres including strategy simulation RPG action and casual and mash-up games.

We believe gaming can be a force for good and we want to create a gaming universe that is digital affordable equal and sustainable. To achieve this we focus on developing games that are all about having a rewarding hobby a great social experience or a strategic challenge.

Stillfront was founded in 2010 and since then weve grown rapidly. Our professionals thrive in an organization that embodies the spirit of entrepreneurship and were proud to connect and empower game teams around the world.

Our HQ is in Stockholm Sweden but our game development is done by teams and studios all over the world. Our main markets are the US Japan MENA Germany and the UK. Were proud that our company shares are listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap.

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1