Junior Data Privacy & Contract Specialist (d/f/m) for the ELM Region

Shape Your Future With Us

Gen Re delivers reinsurance solutions to the Life/Health and Property/Casualty insurance industries. Represented in all major reinsurance markets through a network of 36 offices, we have earned superior financial strength ratings from each of the major rating agencies. We value diversity, equality and inclusion and promote a culture that supports professional and personal growth.

For our Life/Health Europe, Latin America & MENA unit, we are seeking a Junior Data Privacy & Contract Specialist (d/f/m) for a permanent position based at our Cologne office, with a start date as soon as possible.

As a Junior Data Privacy & Contract Specialist, you’ll help us ensure that sensitive Life & Health information is handled with integrity, care, and innovation across diverse international markets.

If you are passionate about meaningful work, global collaboration, and growing your legal and data privacy expertise, this role gives you the platform to make a real impact.

 Your Role

• You will draft and edit reinsurance contracts and other relevant documents for our clients in the ELM region, ensuring compliance with all legal regulations and standards.
• You will analyze contract terms that deviate from our standards for possible acceptance and assist the team with other legal matters, working closely with Legal and Compliance.
• You will communicate and work closely with our offices in Mexico and Spain to ensure smooth and efficient cooperation.
• You will organize and manage our contract documents to ensure structured, consistent, and easily accessible documentation.
• You will embed operational data privacy compliance into Life & Health ELM business processes.
• You will safeguard personal and health data by ensuring secure, consistent, and auditable processing across the entire data lifecycle.
• You will translate regulatory requirements (GDPR and internal privacy policies) into practical, business‑friendly solutions.
• You will support our teams by ensuring accurate and compliant creation, maintenance, and governance of reinsurance contract documentation. 

What you bring

• Successfully completed training as a paralegal or a legal-focused degree (e.g., First State Examination)
• Ideally, you already have some initial work experience in the life/health (re)insurance and/or data privacy environment.
• Experience in drafting and structuring contracts or contract terms is an additional plus.
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to represent data privacy requirements in a pragmatic, solution‑oriented way.
• Excellent command of Spanish, English and fluent French language skills. Additional languages (e.g., German and Portuguese) are an advantage.
• High proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Curiosity and motivation to dive deep into privacy‑compliant handling of Life/Health data.
• Excellent organizational abilities and attention to detail complete your profile.

We offer you

• An international and highly professional working environment in a central location in Cologne
•  A positive working environment with flat hierarchies and a friendly, cooperative corporate culture
• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home and abroad in line with our company agreements
• Attractive benefits including company pension scheme; Deutschlandticket; job bike leasing; underground parking; daycare facility for children; company canteen with a rooftop terrace and Cologne Cathedral view; Corporate Benefits program; and an Urban Sports Club membership with exclusive benefits for Gen Re employees.

Does this sound exciting?
If you want to shape your future with us, we look forward to receiving your complete application including your salary expectations and the earliest starting date. 

Your Contact
Julia Franck, Tel. +49 221 9738 484

Our Address

General Reinsurance AG
Theodor-Heuss-Ring 11
50668 Cologne (Germany)