Description:

A Social Networking Service Company seeks a product attorney with an understanding of the payments landscape to join our Monetization Legal Team. You will be supporting product teams that are working on our most relevant cross-A Social Networking Service Company payments products and services. This role will require significant cross-functional collaboration with product, partnerships, engineering, policy, operations, and business teams, as well as other legal and compliance subject-matter experts, as you help shape the future of payment products worldwide. This is a great opportunity to join a growing international legal team and to work on payment issues.

Lead Counsel, Payments - Monetization Legal Responsibilities

Review new products, features and initiatives across multiple jurisdictions by assessing payment-related legal risks while providing practical legal advice to product, business and legal stakeholders across A Social Networking Service Company
Provide legal advice to help develop a comprehensive, long-term approach to launching payment products and programs globally
Administration and resolution of legal issues and risks that arise in existing and new payment products by developing strategies and driving leadership alignment
Maintain experience in payments and evaluate impact of relevant laws and regulations on A Social Networking Service Company's payments products
Demonstrate business judgment and client counseling skills

Minimum Qualifications:

J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent)
Active membership in at least one US state bar and eligibility to obtain registered in-house counsel status (if required by the State Bar in the assigned work location)
5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm and/or in-house or government experience
Demonstrate business judgment and client counseling skills
Effective communication skills
Experience advising on payments-related legal risks and mitigations
Experience working on multiple projects at once
Proven problem-solving skills
Experience making decisions in the face of ambiguity and evolving priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated business judgment, willingness to provide practical solutions, and client counseling experience
Demonstrated experience in understanding technology
Experience advancing projects in a multi-stakeholder environment
Experience demonstrating business judgment and practical counseling skills In-house experience with applicable product counseling
Experience prioritizing work and providing advice under deadlines
Experience with understanding technology
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