Privacy Counsel

We are looking for a Privacy Counsel (Commerce) to join our Privacy — Africa & International team.

This is a mid-level in-house role for a qualified legal and privacy practitioner with strong data protection experience, ideally gained within a bank, financial institution, regulated payment services provider, fintech, or similarly regulated environment. The role is designed for someone who can apply that experience in a fast-moving, multi-vertical technology business.

About Us

With over 200 million customers in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.

We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars, and we need your help to achieve this mission!

About The Role

As Privacy Counsel, you will focus on Bolt’s Commerce and payments-related activities, including privacy governance, data sharing, contracting, product support, vendor and partner arrangements, and regulatory-facing data protection work. You will work closely with the Senior Privacy Counsel and collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Risk, InfoSec, Product, and business stakeholders across the organisation.

Beyond Commerce, you may also support other verticals, projects, and headquarters functions as business needs evolve, offering broad exposure across one of the EU’s most diverse and operationally complex privacy portfolios.

Main Tasks & Responsbilites:

• Act as lead privacy counsel for Bolt’s Commerce function, advising on products, payments activities, and partner arrangements
• Provide practical, risk-calibrated privacy advice across Product, Legal, Compliance, Risk, InfoSec, and business stakeholders
• Draft, review, and negotiate data protection documentation, including DPAs, data sharing, intragroup, and international transfer agreements
• Support privacy in regulated and payments environments, including third-party risk, outsourcing, ICT governance, and data governance
• Advise on user journeys, customer-facing privacy materials, consent mechanisms, and data subject rights processes
• Monitor legal developments and support privacy governance, our DPO’s activities, and broader privacy initiatives across the business
  
  
  

About you:

• You are a qualified lawyer with proven experience in privacy, data protection, technology law, or financial services regulation, ideally within a regulated environment (e.g. bank, fintech, or payments provider)
• You have a strong working knowledge of GDPR and can independently analyse and apply EU data protection law in complex, real-world scenarios
• You have experience advising on privacy matters across multi-stakeholder environments, including vendors, partners, systems, and data flows
• You have hands-on experience drafting and negotiating data protection agreements, including DPAs, data sharing, intragroup, and international transfer documentation
• You understand privacy considerations in payments, outsourcing, ICT governance, vendor management, and regulated digital services, with familiarity with frameworks such as DORA or PSD2/PSD3
• You take a practical, commercially aware, and solutions-oriented approach, with strong communication skills, the ability to work independently in fast-paced environments, and interest in areas such as product launches, privacy-by-design, regulatory engagement, and AI-enabled legal operations
  
  
  

Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying if you feel you’re the kind of person described above!

Why you’ll love it here:

• Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.
• Impact millions of customers and partners in 600+ cities across 50+ countries.
• Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.
• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
• Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 2 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.
• Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.