Head of Legal

At Vio, we believe booking accommodation should feel fair and effortless, never overwhelming or unclear.

As one of the world's fastest-growing accommodation booking platforms, we help millions of users make smarter travel decisions by comparing stays across 100+ booking sites so that they can find the best place, at the best price, anywhere in the world.

Our goal is to help travelers book like an insider. That means cutting through the noise and complexity of hotel booking and surfacing real value with clarity, transparency, and full support. No tricks. No confusion. Just great stays, booked with confidence.

With operations in 100+ markets and growing fast, our mission is to reshape how people discover and book accommodation through technology that travelers can trust.

Who we're looking for

We are looking for an experienced Founding Legal Counsel to help us build Vio's legal function from the ground up - owning our commercial contracts, managing legal risk across the business and getting us ready for our next stage of growth.

This is Vio's first in-house legal role. You'll be our go-to person for all things legal: a commercial lawyer first and foremost and the owner of our full legal portfolio. You won't need to be an expert in every area, but you'll know when to answer yourself and when to orchestrate external support.

Reporting into our COO, you'll become a trusted business partner to our leadership team and decision makers across Vio, pragmatically solving any problems and helping us think creatively about how we manage and mitigate our risk.

What you will do

• Write, review and negotiate our commercial contracts, starting with our affiliate and supply agreements

• Be Vio's legal point of contact - orchestrating external counsel if required across all areas of the business, including but not limited to: Product and Consumer regulation (pricing transparency, DSA, GDPR, AI regulations), marketing and advertising rules, Employment (including hiring abroad and our Stock Appreciation Rights plan)

• Corporate housekeeping and investment/transaction readiness

• Baseline our current legal status and exposure and drive a plan to reduce legal debt

• Get involved early alongside commercial and analytical leaders in contract and solution design, so what we build stands up to future legal scrutiny

• Lead our outsourced legal work, including navigating the challenges of local jurisdictions

• Drive projects that make Vio 'enterprise ready' and prepared for investment due diligence

• Advise and educate leadership on legal risk, presenting clear options and recommendations

Who you are

• A technology / data oriented lawyer with significant commercial law experience

• A legal generalist comfortable owning a broad legal portfolio and managing external specialists

• Experienced in taking a legal function from 0 to 1, ideally in a founder-led, fast-growing company

• Hands-on and motivated to drive projects yourself - you roll up your sleeves and get things done

• Pragmatic, creative and a critical thinker - you don't just follow frameworks, you find solutions

• Flexible - comfortable jumping across multiple topics in a single day

• A concise, factual communicator who can break down complex topics and present business cases with multiple options. Able to push back when required.

• Based in or able to relocate to the Netherlands, able to work from our Amsterdam office 3 days a week

Why join us now?

• We're one of the fastest-growing accommodation booking platforms in the world today, having grown our bookings 30x between 2017 and 2025, and catering to the needs of millions of travelers each year. We do that by harnessing the power of advanced algorithms and an innovative suite of product features.

• In 2026, we underwent a company-wide rebrand and launched our first StoryTelling marketing campaign in the UK. This was the next step in our commitment to help travelers book like insiders, and to establish Vio as a consumer-facing, creative brand.

• The mobile applications (iOS and Android) we launched in 2023 have been a big success, reaching 5 million installs and earning strong customer reviews.

• We're a passionate and diverse team of tech enthusiasts and creatives, with a commitment to the traveler above all else.

• We reward our employees for the value they create by granting Stock Appreciation Rights to all employees.

Do you want to know if Vio is the right place for you? Find out by reading about the attitude that thrives at Vio.

What we offer

• Plenty of chances to learn and grow within an open, diverse culture that promotes knowledge sharing, trust, and transparency.

• A great compensation package, perks, and benefits - including significant stock appreciation rights.

• Flexible time off, with as many holidays as you need, and a chance to work remotely.

• You'll be part of an international team in one of the best office locations in Amsterdam

• We value good food and offer catered lunches from various cuisines, great coffee, and the occasional barbecue in our garden.

• We enjoy getting together to celebrate our wins, with company events in Amsterdam and abroad.

• A budget for your home office

• Access to free mental health support via OpenUp

We encourage people from all ethnic groups, genders, sexualities, ages, and abilities to apply. If this job description resonates with you, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note: This role is based in Amsterdam - we're looking for candidates in the Amsterdam / Randstad area who can be in our office 3 days a week.