At Alma, we believe sustainable commerce depends on fair, well‑balanced trade. Because finance plays a pivotal role in business, our mission is to put it back in its rightful place - serving merchants and consumers.
Our installment and deferred payment solutions help merchants boost sales by 20% or more, increase customer loyalty, and deliver a seamless shopping experience - without encouraging bad debt.
As the buy now pay later leader in France and active in 10 European countries, we've empowered over +25,000 merchants and 10 million consumers.
With 400+ Almakers and €100M+ ARR, Alma is scaling rapidly across Europe as a member of the Next40, and we're just getting started!
The Head of Legal & DPO supports Alma to grow safely and sustainably by anticipating and managing legal risk, providing pragmatic advice, negotiating contracts, and supporting teams across the company; in a strongly regulated environment.
The Head of Legal & DPO reports to Alma’s General Secretary and lead the Legal function. You will be a trusted partner to the Director’s Committee and work closely with Product, Tech, Sales, Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Information Security and People.
You will also act as Alma’s Data Protection Officer, with the independence, resources and direct access to senior management required to perform the role effectively.
This is a permanent position based in Paris.
As Head of Legal & Data Protection Officer, you will define Alma’s legal and privacy strategy and ensure that it supports the company’s business ambitions, regulatory obligations and risk appetite.
Your main responsibilities will include:
You combine excellent legal judgment with a strong understanding of business. You are comfortable taking clear positions on complex matters while remaining pragmatic and solution-oriented.
You are likely to thrive in this role if you:
Because of the strategic importance of this role, the recruitment process will be thorough while remaining as efficient as possible. It is expected to include:
At Alma, we believe that diversity fuels innovation and makes our community stronger. We are committed to building a workplace where every person feels seen, respected, and empowered to do their best work whatever their gender, background, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, disability or lived experience. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all walks of life, and all employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
At Alma, we are convinced that trade must be well balanced to be sustainable. Because finance has a key role in business, our mission is to put it back in its rightful place : at the service of merchants and consumers!
That’s why we create financial products that empower merchants to sell more, and help consumers purchase better products while never encouraging them to get over-indebted.
Our tech solutions are accessible to all, easy to implement, and that eliminate purchase friction.
For merchants, our instalment and deferred payment solutions are excellent ways of increasing customers' loyalty and satisfaction, as well as generating up to 20% extra sales revenues without any risk.
For consumers, the purchase experience is enhanced (4.8/5 on Trustpilot) and Alma helps them handle their budget easily. They pay later, Alma pays the merchants right away.
We are the leader in France, on track to win the European market on the (very) powerful Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) industry, as we’re now processing payments in 10 European countries. Over the past 5 years, more than 13,300 active merchants have chosen Alma to be their innovative BNPL solution, and we have served over 3,6 million consumers.
The team has grown from 2 to 300+ people, we raised a €115M series C early 2022 to help us accelerate further and Alma is already part of the French Tech 120 ranking of the most promising French technology companies. And that's only the beginning.
