Jobs at Trivago in Germany

When travelers are searching for a hotel, we want the obvious choice to be trivago! By comparing prices from major booking sites, we're making it easy for people to find hotels they want at a price they'll love. In the lively city of Düsseldorf, we seize opportunities to learn everyday, innovate, and make an enduring mark on the travel industry. A career at trivago is a journey designed for people who crave continuous development and want to thrive in a high-performing team. Here you will find those who aren't afraid of change but rather embrace it, turning every challenge into a pathway for growth. Join trivago, work with a great team, and grow with us!

Our Legal team is the backbone of trivago's operations, ensuring we navigate the complex legal landscape of the global travel industry with integrity and precision. As a Legal Counsel, you'll be at the center of our business operations, providing critical legal guidance that enables our company to innovate while remaining compliant. Your expertise will help shape our approach to commercial relationships, regulatory matters, and day-to-day business decisions. Ready to apply your legal expertise in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where your work directly impacts our global success? Join our collaborative team and grow your career while contributing to a company that's revolutionizing the way people travel.

• Provide legal guidance on privacy and AI: Partner with a wide range of teams across trivago (Product, IT Security, Procurement, User Support, etc.) to give pragmatic and actionable legal advice on privacy and the use of AI in our products, ensuring compliance in a rapidly evolving tech environment,
• Drive compliance projects: Support key compliance initiatives, including updating our Record of Processing Activities (ROPA), assisting with Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and helping to set up a scalable AI governance framework.
• Support our marketing and brand efforts: Provide legal guidance to our Marketing team by reviewing marketing scripts, advertising claims, and marketing contracts, ensuring our campaigns are both effective and compliant with relevant regulations.
• Advance legal operations: Assist in creating contract templates, playbooks self-service tools that make compliance and contracting faster and easier across the organization.
• Champion legal education: Design and deliver targeted training to boost legal literacy and confident decision-making throughout trivago.
• Expand your scope: Take on emerging and interdisciplinary topics—such as intellectual property, or litigation management with appropriate guidance.

• Qualified lawyer: You're a qualified legal professional with at least 3 years' post-qualification experience, ideally with both top-tier law firm and in-house experience.
• Privacy- and AI-savvy: You're confident navigating privacy laws and emerging AI regulations in a practical, business-centric way
• Generalist mindset: Solid grounding in commercial law, complemented by experience or strong interest in areas like IP, privacy, litigation, and emerging tech regulation.
• Strong English fluency: Able to explain nuanced legal concepts in clear, accessible English to a global audience.
• Ownership mindset: Proactive, solutions-focused, and comfortable working on projects both independently and collaboratively.
• Growth-driven: Thrive in dynamic, often ambiguous environments, and see change as an opportunity to drive legal and business value.

As you grow, so do we.
We prioritize your development, offer personalized coaching through Nilo, and provide workshops, educational meetups, conferences, free online learning courses, and access to a fully-equipped campus library.
Moving to join us?
No problem. You can count on visa support from our talent support team, a relocation package, interest-free newcomer loan, free language classes, regular team and many company-wide events to build experiences together.
Life happens.
We offer self-determined vacation (with a minimum of 25 vacation days), flexible working hours, 2 WFH days weekly, the chance to work remotely for 20 days abroad, free access to the Heycare platform for personalized nanny assistance, and an on-campus kids room.
Enjoy your office days.
Use your daily canteen budget to share lunch with colleagues in our canteen, help yourself to complimentary snacks and drinks in our kitchens, choose from a variety of fitness options with our on-site gym, sports classes, and Urban Sports Club membership, and enjoy the comfort of ergonomic desks and focused work areas.

Thank you for considering a career at trivago! Our commitment to fostering an inclusive and enriching environment for all talents is at the heart of what we do. We understand that embarking on a new job opportunity is a blend of excitement and curiosity. Should any questions arise before you apply, feel free to reach out to us at joinus@trivago.com. Join us in our mission to make a positive impact on global travel, we look forward to your application!