📍 Berlin, Germany
About SumUpWe believe in the everyday hero. Those who have the courage to follow their passion and who have the strength and determination to realise their dreams.
Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that small business owners can be successful doing what they love.
🏢 Team DescriptionYou’ll join our Legal team in Berlin, working closely with People Operations, People Partners, and business leaders across Germany. The team plays a key role in ensuring compliant, pragmatic, and business-oriented employment law support that enables SumUp’s growth while protecting our people and our company.
In this role, you’ll strengthen our German employment law operations by owning day-to-day legal matters, improving documentation standards, and building scalable processes that support a fast-moving organisation. You’ll report to the Head of Labor Relations / Lead Legal Counsel, Labour Law, collaborating with senior legal colleagues on more complex labour relations and Works Council matters while driving operational excellence in individual employment law topics.
👉 Learn more about our Berlin office: Berlin (Landing Page)
🚦 What You’ll DoProvide practical, solution-oriented advice on German individual employment law matters
Draft, review, and standardise employment contracts, amendments, severance agreements, and HR documentation
Develop and maintain contract templates, clause libraries, and policy wording to ensure consistency and compliance
Support employment-related processes including terminations, investigations, and compliance cases
Collaborate cross-functionally with People Ops, People Partners, Data Privacy, and Compliance to ensure legally sound and scalable processes
You have a legal qualification suitable for practising German employment law (e.g. Second State Examination or equivalent).
You demonstrate advanced proficiency in German individual employment law and confidently apply it in operational contexts.
You have strong experience drafting and reviewing employment agreements and HR documentation with a high level of precision.
You deliver pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice and communicate complex topics clearly to non-legal stakeholders.
You are fluent in German and English.
🌎 Opportunity to work with SumUppers globally on large-scale fintech products used by millions of businesses worldwide, from our Berlin office. This involves an office-first setup
🌈 Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: be part of a workplace that values and promotes diversity, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone's perspectives are respected and embraced
🚀 Enrolment onto our Virtual Stock Option programme: you will own a stake in SumUp’s future success
📚 A dedicated annual L&D budget of €2000 for your individual development, which you can be used to attend conferences and/or advancing your career through further education
💶 A corporate pension scheme where we match up to 20% of your contributions
🏖️ Generous time off: enjoy 28 days of paid leave plus public holidays and special leave days
🚵🏾♂️ Numerous other benefits such as Urban Sports Club subsidy, Kita placement assistance, subsidised office lunches
🌴 Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service
🔗 Referral Bonus: earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team
🤔 About SumUpAt SumUp, we’re on a mission to empower small businesses around the world with simple, affordable tools to help them start, run, and grow. More than 4 million merchants across 36 markets trust us as their financial partner — and we’re just getting started.
We’re a global team of 3,000+ people from over 90 nationalities, united by curiosity, collaboration, and care. Our core values and culture shape everything we do, fostering inclusion, learning, and belonging.
SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, committed to building a safe, respectful, and diverse workplace where everyone can thrive.
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Skills Required
- Legal qualification suitable for German employment law practice
- Solid understanding of German individual employment law
- Experience drafting and reviewing employment agreements and HR documentation
- Ability to deliver pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice
- Fluent in German and English
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is positioned as a standout, including 22 vacation days that increase with tenure, public holidays, a quarterly Wellness Day, special leave, and a fully paid one‑month sabbatical after three years. This combination makes time-off benefits feel notably robust in the overall rewards package.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical plan options (including carriers such as Cigna and Kaiser) plus dental and vision. Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage are also part of the protection package in the U.S. materials.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a published 401(k) match formula that provides an employer match up to a stated cap. The clarity of the match structure supports straightforward evaluation during offer comparisons.
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SumUp believes that every business should have access to affordable, easy-to-use financial solutions, no matter their size. That’s why more than 3 million businesses worldwide rely on SumUp to run their business. What started out as one card reader has now turned into a range of payment hardware, banking solutions, marketing, and loyalty tools, invoicing, and so much more. From sales and marketing to product and engineering, our cross-functional US team works together to ensure that small business owners can be successful doing what they love.
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