Senior Legal Specialist

Job DescriptionWe are on the lookout for a Senior Specialist, Legal to join our local team at foodora Czechia on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences. The mission of our local Legal team is to safeguard foodora's fast-paced operations in the Czech Republic by providing versatile, pragmatic, and business-focused legal guidance. This dedicated role is responsible for navigating the complex local commercial landscape, as well as transforming our internal HR compliance processes. By collaborating closely with the local Business Operations, Commercial, and People departments, we aim to drive commercial success, operational excellence, and foster a seamless experience for our partners, riders, and employees. The ideal candidate is a versatile legal generalist with a strong focus on Czech employment law. You will act as a true business enabler, handling day-to-day commercial legal operations while taking ownership of complex labor relations on the local market. This role requires a hands-on, resilient professional with strong commercial acumen who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves to draft commercial agreements, remediate legacy HR issues, build robust structures, and manage gig-economy compliance. As a Legal Counsel, you will work as a strong gatekeeper and strategic partner, proactively ensuring compliance with Czech legislation without compromising our fast-paced growth and operational agility. Acting as a versatile local legal business partner, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts under Czech law (e.g., vendor, partner restaurant, marketing, and service agreements) Serving as the go-to expert and proactive sparring partner for our local HR team, helping to structure, streamline, and remediate internal processes to mitigate legal risks while supporting commercial objectives Providing hands-on, practical, and commercially viable legal guidance on gig-economy and platform worker topics specific to the Czech market, Partnering directly with the local business operations to deeply understand their goals, delivering legal solutions that enable, rather than block, innovation and market expansion in the CZ region Developing and managing standardized local templates for both commercial agreements and employment policies, ensuring global guidelines are properly localized for the Czech legal framework Bridging the gap between strict legal requirements and fast-paced business needs by building pragmatic compliance strategies, risk-assessments, and smart workarounds Engaging in the resolution of commercial and labor disputes, communicating with local authorities, and managing potential litigation or settlement negotiations Providing firm guidance, training, and support to both business and HR team members, translating complex legal jargon into clear, actionable business advice