Head of Legal and Compliance

We are looking for a pragmatic, hands-on Head of Legal & Compliance to own and execute Geely Auto EU Group legal, regulatory, and compliance areas across the EEA. Unlike a purely strategic or managerial role, this position requires a "builder and doer" ready to review commercial contracts, navigating complex EU regulatory frameworks, and acting as a trusted business enabler. You will partner closely with executive leadership, sales, product, and people teams to accelerate growth while safeguarding the company.

The Head of Legal and Compliance will lead the legal and compliance function for Geely Auto Europe Group, which covers both Zeekr and Geely auto brands and EU operations, providing strategic legal advice and ensuring effective management of legal, regulatory and compliance risks across relevant EEA markets.

The Head of Legal and Compliance reports on a solid line to the HQ within the legal function line, ensuring the full implementation of the HQ's control and management requirements across Zeekr and Geely Auto EU entities, in full alignment with applicable EU regulations.

• EU qualified lawyer with a Master's degree in Law.
• 12+ years of relevant legal and compliance experience, combining top-tier law firm training with in-house experience in the automotive, mobility, technology, or connected-hardware/software sectors in an international organization.
• Management experience - leading or developing legal teams is required.
• Extensive experience in legal advisory, compliance, corporate governance and legal risk management.
• Proven ability to build and continuously optimize the EU legal risk control framework, ensuring the Group's business operations in EU remain in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Strong expertise in commercial law, contract management, negotiations and complex legal matters.
• Comprehensive understanding of corporate governance, regulatory compliance and risk management frameworks.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to advise senior management.
• Ability to manage complex matters across multiple jurisdictions and collaborate effectively with international teams. Experience operating within multinational group governance structures with functional reporting lines to HQ, and driving the implementation of group control reqirements in a legally compliant manner is preferred.
• High levels of integrity, discretion and professional accountability, combined with an open mind and a solution-oriented approach to resolving problems.

To thrive at Geely Auto Europe we believe that you have the courage to lead with trust and care and you don't mind getting your hands dirty. You are highly innovative and have a great ability to adapt and perform in a constantly changing, fast-paced, highly demanding work environment. Like us, you believe it's important to have a passion to work in an international and multicultural environment with the desire and ability to embrace the diversity of people, perspectives, and styles.

Apply today, we will perform ongoing selection during the application period. We look forward to hearing from you.

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• Manage and ensure an effective rollout of Geely Auto HQ's legal, compliance and governance policies, standards and initiatives in the EU region for Zeekr and Geely Auto EU entities, while ensuring compliance with applicable local laws, regulatory obligations and corporate governance requirements.
• Define and implement the regional legal and compliance strategy in alignment with business objectives and Group policies.
• Provide strategic legal advice to senior management and business stakeholders on complex legal, commercial and regulatory matters.
• Commercial & Contract Management (Hands-On): Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements, including distribution agreements, purchasing agreements, fleet agreements and other commercial agreements specific to auto-motive industry. Build and maintain scalable contract playbooks, standard templates, and self-serve legal workflows to speed up deal cycles.
• Product & Go-to-Market Advisory: Embed directly with network development, business operations, product, engineering, and marketing teams to advise on new feature launches, consumer protection laws, IP protection, and regulatory readiness before products hit the market.
• Corporate Governance & Entity Management: Manage corporate housekeeping across EU entities, including board resolutions, shareholder meetings, statutory filings, and align with HQ for a timely execution of all corporate matters. Coordinate efficiently with external counsel when specialized local law advice or litigation support is required.
• Automotive Regulatory & Product Compliance: Own and operationalize compliance across EU automotive, mobility, and product safety frameworks. Manage legal requirements related to EU vehicle type-approval, consumer protection and warranty regulations, the EU Battery Regulation, and product liability/recall protocols. Partner directly with homologation, product and aftersales teams to ensure market readiness.
• Risk Management & Internal Policies: Lead Geely Auto EU's ethics and compliance programme, owning its design and delivery across anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions, conflicts of interest, gifts and hospitality, code of conduct and whistleblowing. Conduct engaging, plain-language compliance training for employees. Identify, assess and mitigate legal, regulatory and compliance risks across relevant markets.
• Team Leadership, Mentorship & Function Building: Lead, coach, and mentor a small team of legal counsels and compliance specialists managing workload distribution, career development, and managing external counsels.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and advise the business on their implications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and Group functions to ensure consistent legal and compliance practices across the organization.
• Lead and develop the legal and compliance team, establishing priorities and strengthening functional capabilities while ensuring the business receives practical, timely, and commercially minded support.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, external advisers and relevant authorities, providing practical, commercially focused recommendations.