Counsel

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •7 or more years of relevant work experience
• •8+ years of relevant legal experience, including in-house, law firm, government, or regulatory experience
• •Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school
• •Admitted to bar in good standing or eligible for registered in house counsel in the state where this role is located
• •Visa is an EEO Employer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protect veteran status
• •Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law
• •Visa is U.S. Applicants Only
• •Visa requires at least 3 days in office
• •This position requires travel 5-10% of the time
• •This position will be performed in an office setting
• •The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk
• •The position will require the incumbent to communicate in person and by telephone
• •The position will require the incumbent to frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers

Desired Qualifications

• •9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
• •Experience with payments disputes or in the payments, financial services, technology, or fintech industries preferred but not required
• •Demonstrated ability to understand underlying technical aspects and use cases of software based products and solutions
• •Ability to provide clear, practical, business-oriented legal advice to product, technical, and commercial stakeholders
• •Strong drafting, negotiation, communication, project management, and collaboration skills
• •Litigators welcome to apply
• •Applicants must be skilled at managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced and challenging, but highly rewarding, environment
• •Applicants must have good judgment and strong analytical, client counseling, and negotiation skills
• •Applicants must be self-motivated
• •Applicants must be an optimistic, curious, and collaborative team player
• •Applicants must be experienced and proactive
• •Applicants must be able to work closely with business and technology teams to understand and achieve key business objectives
• •Applicants must be able to help business counterparts develop compelling product and service offerings
• •Applicants must be able to provide sophisticated and creative counseling to business counterparts with a special focus on risk and compliance
• •Applicants must be able to act as lead counsel while coordinating with subject matter expert stakeholders and regional legal teams globally
• •Applicants must be able to draft, negotiate, and drive to completion complex commercial agreements that achieve business objectives
• •Applicants must be able to continue to support those business relationships after contract execution
• •Applicants must be able to manage client relationships and provide day-to-day legal support and counseling to the relevant internal clients
• •Applicants must be able to cover all aspects of the services, including product development, external facing communications, periodic global compliance checks, policy development and management, escalation management, negotiation and interpretation of agreements, and addressing other questions and matters
• •Applicants must be able to lead legal review and approval of product-related marketing materials, public relations materials, presentations and other day-to-day work product and content created by the relevant product teams
• •Applicants must be able to assist in and drive the creation and updates of guidelines, templates and process improvements to create greater efficiencies
• •If you thrive on rapid growth and enjoy working alongside positive, driven teammates