Senior Legal Counsel, Employment

Brief info about Vinted

Our mission is to make second-hand the first choice, and we're looking for people who want to help us get there. Every day, we work together to help our members buy and sell pre-loved clothing and lifestyle items, giving each piece a second life – or even a third.

The Vinted Group is made up of three business units that support this mission:

Vinted Marketplace is Europe’s leading platform for second-hand fashion and a go-to destination for all kinds of pre-loved items, with a growing range of categories. Our platform connects millions of members across 20+ markets, helping great items find a new life.

Vinted Go enhances the shipping experience with a vast network of over 500,000 pick-up and drop-off points, partnering with more than 60 carriers across Europe, with added services like item verification for peace of mind on high-value pieces.

Vinted Pay is the newest part of the Vinted Group, dedicated to bringing secure, reliable payments to buyers and sellers across Europe. Seamlessly integrated into the Vinted app, it helps keep every transaction safe, efficient, and easy for our members.

Founded in 2008 in Lithuania, Vinted began as a way for friends to find new homes for clothes they no longer needed. In 2019, we became Lithuania's first unicorn! Today, our headquarters remain in Vilnius, and we've grown with offices across Europe, supported by a team of over 2,000 people.

Information about the position

We're looking for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our Global Employment Legal Team, with deep expertise in French employment law and strong working knowledge of EU employment frameworks. In this role, you'll act as a strategic partner to our People, Finance and business teams, independently owning high-risk employment matters - including litigation, works council relations, and cross-border restructuring - while advising senior stakeholders across a fast-growing, multi-jurisdictional business.

This is a senior, autonomous role: you'll be expected to lead complex matters end-to-end, make judgment calls with real business impact, and shape how our employment legal function operates as we scale.

In this position, you’ll

Provide expert legal advice on complex, high-risk employment matters, with deep expertise in French employment law and strong knowledge of EU frameworks

Independently manage employment litigation and high-risk disputes — defining strategy, overseeing external counsel, and leading settlement discussions

Act as the primary point of contact for interactions with authorities (e.g. labour inspectorate), including investigations and sensitive matters

Lead cross-functional projects such as restructurings, works council negotiations, and policy design

Draft, review, and negotiate employment-related contracts, agreements, and policies

Advise across teams on complex, multi-jurisdictional employment issues

Identify systemic risks and proactively propose improvements to policies and processes

Build strong processes with People and other teams (training, guidelines, upskilling HR)

Manage relationships with external counsel across relevant jurisdictions

Mentor and support development of more junior team members

About you

Qualified lawyer with proven experience in employment law (in-house and/or private practice)

Deep expertise in French employment law, including litigation, works council matters, and restructurings - required

Fluent English and French (written and spoken) required; Spanish or German a strong plus given our scope beyond France

Strong knowledge of EU employment law frameworks

Proven experience independently managing employment litigation and high-risk disputes

Strategic, pragmatic mindset - able to translate business needs into legally sound, scalable solutions

Excellent negotiation, drafting, and stakeholder communication skills, including with senior leadership

Comfortable working autonomously across multiple jurisdictions, prioritizing and driving projects independently

Team player, energized by a multicultural, fast-paced, cross-departmental environment

Passionate about technology-driven businesses

Note: Local bar membership not required

Work perks

The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme

25 days of paid annual leave

Newest MacBook models

Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family

Frequent team-building events

Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture

Lunch benefit per working day

Company bike leasing scheme

Monthly budget for a flexible benefits platform

Work from Home allowance

A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted

Collective Defined Contribution Pension plan

NS Business Card for your commute to the office by public transport

A dog-friendly office

Working at Vinted

Workation Policy

Better balance holidays with workdays by working remotely! Up to 90 days per year in the EU, of these, 21 days can be spent globally. For non-EU citizens, it's 21 days worldwide. This can be combined with time off for vacation or personal time.

Individual Learning Budget

Each year, you’ll be given a learning budget (starting at €3,000), and a total of up to 10 working days over a 2-year period to support your personal and professional development.

Hybrid Work

Our hybrid model, with 2 recommended office days a week, gives you and your team the flexibility to decide if and when you want to work from home, and when to catch up in person.

Equal Opportunity

We welcome applications from everybody, regardless of your background, identity, or life experiences. Job openings come with guides, not checklists. If you’re excited about a role, but don’t identify with every point in the ‘About you’ section, apply anyway – you might still be the perfect match!

*Please submit your CV in English. The whole hiring process will be conducted in English.

The annual gross salary range for this position excluding 8% holiday pay is:

€87.900—€118.900 EUR