Legal & Compliance Operations Senior Specialist

Company Overview

Depop is a peer‑to‑peer circular fashion marketplace where users can buy, sell, and discover second‑hand fashion. Founded in 2011, we aim to make second‑hand as exciting and rewarding as buying new.

Depop is a proud equal‑opportunity employer, providing employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity, marriage and civil partnership, or any other protected status.

Depop is seeking a Legal and Compliance Operations Senior Specialist to provide essential operational and executional support across the company’s legal and regulatory compliance activities. The role will support the Senior Manager, Regulatory Compliance, in executing key compliance initiatives and operationalizing regulatory and legal requirements.

• Coordinate the collection, organization, and delivery of information and data for regulatory inbound requests and inquiries.
• Support execution of regulatory compliance work, maintaining clear records and progress tracking.
• Manage inbound process‑based responses—including legal process, privacy operations, financial restraints, IP operations, anti‑counterfeiting, and communications with Attorneys General / Trading Standards.
• Support external reporting and communications to law enforcement and regulatory bodies.
• Maintain accurate documentation and audit trails.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and collaborate with Product, Policy, Customer Experience, Engineering, and Legal teams.

• Lead internal efforts to enhance the overall content moderation ecosystem and the impact of Cinder, our API for AI‑powered moderation.
• Coordinate stakeholders to ensure alignment on solutions for key issues in Cinder.
• Use in‑depth Cinder knowledge to create effective workflows.
• Gather internal requirements and feature requests for Cinder.
• Test new features and raise bugs for rapid resolution.

• Essential
  
  Experience:
  
  legal operations, compliance operations, or trust and safety within a technology, e‑commerce, or online platform environment.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple concurrent workflows.
• Experience coordinating data collection, review and response for legal or regulatory requests.
• Excellent written communication and documentation skills.
• High level of diligence, proactivity, reliability, and accountability.
• Strong proficiency with data management tools and collaborative platforms.

• Familiarity with IP enforcement, data privacy, and content moderation processes.
• Understanding of the EU Digital Services Act, UK Online Safety Act, or similar regulatory frameworks.
• Experience liaising with law enforcement or regulatory bodies.
• Previous experience supporting trust, safety, or compliance functions in a digital platform.

• Health & Mental Wellbeing: PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa; subsidised counselling and coaching;
  Cycle‑to‑Work schemes.
• Work/Life Balance: 25 days annual leave (up to 5 days carry‑over), up to 2 days additional paid leave per year for volunteering, fully paid 4‑week sabbatical after 5 years, flexible working options.
• Family Life: 20 weeks paid parental leave for birth parents, 12 weeks for non‑birth parents; IVF leave, shared parental leave, and emergency parent/carer leave.
• Learning & Growth: bi‑annual development chats, yearly performance reviews, learning budget, company‑wide training workshops.
• Financial:
  Life insurance (3× salary), pension matching up to 6% with Aviva, company car and delivery options.