Senior Manager, Information Compliance - Privacy & AI Governance (m/f/d)

Senior Manager, Information Compliance - Privacy & AI Governance (m/f/d)

In Germany - Berlin | Bonn | Cologne | Frankfurt/Main | Hamburg | Munich

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Information Compliance - Privacy & AI Governance to join our Legal, Compliance & Risk function as part of the Information Compliance Team.

This senior individual contributor role is designed for a legal/privacy professional with strong exposure to technology, AI, data-driven tools, and digital business models. You do not need to be an engineer or have a technical degree, but you should be comfortable discussing data flows, AI-enabled workflows, SaaS/cloud tools, access rights, retention, vendor integrations, and technical and organizational measures with engineers, IT, security, data/AI teams, consultants, and business stakeholders.

The role balances two equally important areas: core privacy and information compliance responsibility across the business, and practical AI governance advisory for internal and client-facing use cases. You will translate GDPR/EU privacy, confidentiality, contractual, and internal policy requirements into pragmatic guidance, governance processes, and controls that teams can implement.

This is a strong opportunity to develop deep, group-wide data privacy expertise and responsibility while helping shape responsible AI governance in a global consultancy.

What makes us special:

Advance your career with exciting professional opportunities in our thriving company with an entrepreneurial and startup spirit

Add to your experience with our projects that focus on growth, have a positive impact, and truly matter

Voice your unique ideas in a corporate culture defined by openness and integrity

Enjoy the opportunity to work from abroad (workation)

Feel at home working with our helpful, enthusiastic colleagues who have great team spirit

Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning programs (e.g. LinkedIn Learning)

Speak your mind in our holistic feedback and development processes (e.g. 360-degree feedback)

Satisfy your need for adventure with our opportunities to live and work abroad in one of our many international offices

Enjoy our benefits, such as hybrid working, daycare allowance, corporate discounts, and wellbeing support (e.g. Headspace).

Unwind in our break areas where you can help yourself to the healthy snacks and beverages provided

See another side of your coworkers at our frequent employee events and highly anticipated World Meeting and Holiday Party

How you will create an impact:

Advise on privacy and data protection. Support practical guidance on GDPR/EU privacy, confidentiality, data use, retention, data subject rights, vendor matters, data transfers, and privacy risk questions.

Support core privacy governance. Contribute to data protection impact assessments, transfer assessments, processing documentation, policy updates, incident/risk follow-up, training, and governance reporting.

Translate requirements into controls. Turn legal, contractual, client confidentiality, and internal policy requirements into clear control expectations and implementable guidance for business and technology teams.

Review AI and data-driven use cases. Assess AI tools, workflows, data flows, vendor/tool documentation, prompt and output handling, human oversight, monitoring, escalation, and confidentiality safeguards.

Partner credibly with technical teams. Work directly with engineers, IT, Information Security, data/AI teams, consultants, and product owners to understand how solutions work and help shape compliant, business-friendly approaches.

Build scalable governance. Develop practical playbooks, checklists, standards, and review patterns that help teams apply Privacy by Design, Governance by Design, Security by Design, and Responsible AI principles consistently.

About you:

5-8+ years of relevant experience in data protection, privacy, technology law, AI governance, legal/compliance, information compliance, or a related field.

Legal background required, for example through legal training, a degree in law or business law, an LL.M., qualification as Wirtschaftsjurist/in, or comparable professional experience in data protection, privacy, technology law, or compliance.

Strong understanding of GDPR, EU privacy requirements, confidentiality obligations, and risk-based compliance. Familiarity with German data protection requirements is a plus.

Experience advising on technology-related legal or compliance topics, ideally in a technology company, startup, consulting firm, SaaS environment, digital business, or technology-focused professional services environment.

Technology fluency and curiosity: able to discuss data flows, AI-enabled workflows, SaaS/cloud tools, access rights, retention, logging, vendor integrations, and technical and organizational measures with technical teams.

Practical familiarity with AI or generative AI use cases and related legal/privacy risks, including data sourcing, prompt and output handling, human oversight, vendor use, confidentiality, and monitoring.

Strong judgment, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to balance legal risk, business needs, practical implementation, and responsible innovation.

Professional fluency in English and at least one additional EU language is required. German language skills are a plus but not required.

Would you like to learn more about us and our company culture? Click here to watch our recruitment video.

About Simon-Kucher

As a trusted commercial advisor focused on unlocking better growth, we combine deep consulting expertise, growth specialization, and technology to scale lasting impact. We optimize every lever of commercial strategy – product, pricing, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on what customers want and value. With over 40 years of monetization experience, we are recognized as the world’s leading commercial growth and pricing specialist. simon-kucher.com

We believe in building a culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating an environment in which our people feel valued, are able to be themselves and feel their contribution matters. If we get that right, remarkable things will happen; people will grow faster, innovate, feel valued, and create better outcomes for everyone – our people, our clients and, of course, our business.

Your personal contact:

Maria Weininger

recruitment.germany(at)simon-kucher.com

Better growth starts here. With you.