Head of Trust & Transparency, Legal

Bunq B.V.; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid setup

Digital Nomad Program

Learning budget

MacBook provided

Travel budget for office visits

Pension plan

Job summary

bunq B.V. is seeking a Head of Trust & Transparency to own the legal infrastructure and AI-enabled processes across multiple jurisdictions. You will translate quarterly priorities into clear ownership, maintain accountability, and ensure only real decisions reach the Head of Legal.

You will elevate AI-powered contract review and regulatory monitoring, building an operating model that scales without linear headcount growth, while providing clear risk insights and high-quality outputs.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with a Master’s degree in Law and strong financial services background.
• Experience running a compliance or legal function across multiple jurisdictions.
• Direct dialogue with regulators and ability to argue a legal position without a script.
• Led a small specialist legal team, set KPIs, and held them to it.
• Designs AI systems to automate legal work at scale and build scalable workflows.
• Knows how to differentiate timely vs high-quality work with measurable frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Be the layer between legal strategy and the team that executes it.
• Take bunq's AI tooling for contract review and regulatory monitoring to the next level.
• Provide the business with an honest view of T&T health to enable fast scaling.
• You challenge senior leadership with data and translate regulatory risk into actionable decisions.

Skills

Legal expertise

Regulatory risk assessment

Data-driven decisions

Education

Master's degree in Law

Tools

AI tooling for contract review

Regulatory monitoring platforms

Job description

At bunq, users trust us with their money across 30+ countries, and that trust is only worth something if the legal framework behind it is airtight, proactive, and scales as fast as we do. We're heading towards our North Star and entering new markets, that doesn't happen without someone owning the legal infrastructure behind it: the strategy, the team, the AI-first operating model, and the accountability that makes all of it run without the Head of Legal in the loop every day.

Take Ownership.

As our Head of Trust & Transparency, you will:

Be the layer between legal strategy and the team that executes it, translating quarterly priorities into clear ownership, running the accountability cycle, and making sure only real decisions reach the Head of Legal.

Take bunq's AI tooling for contract review, T&C management, and regulatory monitoring to the next level, building an operating model that handles 5x the volume without 5x the headcount.

Give the business a clear, honest picture of T&T health across the pillar, so risks get caught early, quality stays high, and the function scales as fast as bunq does.

This challenge is perfect for you if

You are a qualified lawyer with a Master's degree in Law and a strong background in financial services.

You've independently run a compliance or legal function across multiple jurisdictions, not just supported one.

You've had direct dialogue with regulators and know how to represent a legal position without a script.

You've managed a small specialist legal team, set their KPIs, and held them to it.

You can challenge senior leadership with data and translate complex regulatory risk into something a decision-maker can act on in two minutes.

You design AI systems, not just use them, you've eliminated manual legal work at scale and built workflows others now rely on.

You know the difference between work that's on time and work that's good, and you've built the frameworks that make that distinction measurable.

You make judgment calls on what gets automated, what stays human, and what gets escalated, and you're right more often than not.

All new hires are subject to Pre-employment Screening (PES), which includes checks conducted by our third-party partner, Zinc. This is part of our commitment to a secure and trustworthy workplace.

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Your space to perform

• We give you the space and the tools you need to succeed
• Great, international colleagues who share your mindset
• Hybrid setup: after 3 months in-office, work 2 days remote, 3 days in-office weekly.
• Digital Nomad Program: After your first year, enjoy up to 20 days per year to work while traveling, combining flexibility with strong team collaboration
• We reward tenure with a dedicated travel budget: €1.5k after 2 years and €3k after 4 years to visit another core office.
• We support growth with bunq Academy and €1500 annual learning budget
• Travel expenses are covered whether you come walking or by bike, bus or car (though we prefer green choices)
• A MacBook so you can Get Shit Done with us
• Delicious lunches from our fabulous in-house chefs with vegan and vegetarian options
• An optional pension plan with monthly contribution from bunq
• €60 monthly allowance via Alleo by Epassi, rolling over monthly and resetting annually
• Friday drinks and other celebrations - bunq style

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