Description:

About the role:
We are looking for a sharp, forward thinking Counsel, Payments and Regulatory to expand our portfolio of financial products. This is an exciting opportunity to build the legal and payments infrastructure to support our cutting-edge financial product stack. You will work closely with our business and product teams to develop and execute on a wide range of payments-related initiatives, creating a first-in-kind platform that spans numerous industries. You will also help drive the compliance culture at Rippling across our product and operations. The ideal candidate loves working in a fast-paced environment, enjoys the regulatory challenge of innovative payments and banking systems, takes ownership over initiatives, has excellent analytical and communication skills, and fundamentally believes that lawyering need not be boring.

What you will do:

Advise on legal and regulatory issues for new payments products and features, from early development through launch, providing practical, business-focused guidance within complex and evolving regulatory frameworks
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Compliance, Risk, and Marketing to help bring new products and features to market while ensuring legal and regulatory compliance
Draft and review consumer-facing agreements, including product terms and consents, and review marketing materials
Set priorities across multiple initiatives and drive timely execution in a sometimes rapidly changing business environment
Contribute to the development and improvement of internal legal and compliance processes to support company growth and scaling

What you will have

3+ years of legal experience in litigation, regulatory counseling, or in-house in a regulated space (payments experience is a plus but not required)
Strong interest in payments and regulatory counseling and experience advising on legal issues in regulated industries
Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, product-driven environment, providing actionable guidance to non-legal stakeholders
Enabling teams to move quickly while maintaining appropriate risk controls
Entrepreneurial mindset (flexible, self-starting and hard-working)
JD, LLB, LLM, or equivalent degree or otherwise authorized to practice law
A sense of humor - it's serious work, but we're lighthearted people