Closing Date: 31st May, 2026
Description:
About your role:As a Managing Counsel you will serve as a trusted business unit advisor providing legal support for Fiserv's Merchant Solutions division. This support involves drafting and negotiating commercial agreements with clients and other strategic partners; providing practical and prompt legal guidance to business, sales, and technology leaders on a wide range of critical business issues; and collaborating closely with company specialists regarding products, operations, technology, data privacy, security and regulatory matters.
What You'll Do:
- Provide business and product legal support for the Merchant Solutions business.
- Independently draft and negotiate complex client, partner, and other commercial agreements.
- Interact with and advise executive management on business, contractual, and risk matters.
- Actively engage with subject matter specialists from finance, audit, tax, regulatory, privacy, and technology.
- Maintain knowledge of industry best practices, applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
- 8+ years of legal experience in a law firm or in-house, preferably with responsibilities that included advising on legal or regulatory matters in the financial technology or payments industry.
- License to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction and in good standing, with ability to obtain any additional required licensure promptly upon hire.
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school, or equivalent combination of education, related experience and/or military experience.
- Experience supporting complex commercial relationships in a regulated environment, including handling issues related to financial services, payments, fintech, disbursements, money transmission, or technology platforms.
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex corporate or commercial agreements.
- Experience with complex commercial or corporate litigation, providing exposure to contract interpretation, risk assessment, and dispute prevention strategies to inform front‑end deal structuring.
- Experience with corporate bankruptcy proceedings, including understanding how contractual rights and remedies are impacted in insolvency proceedings.
This role is on-site at a Fiserv office location with Legal colleagues. In‑person collaboration is a meaningful component of how we work, supporting effective onboarding, hands‑on training, relationship‑building, and a strong sense of engagement across the team.
Sponsorship:
You must currently possess valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization to be considered for this role. Individuals with temporary visas including, but not limited to, F-1 (OPT, CPT, STEM), H-1B, H-2, or TN, or any candidate requiring sponsorship, now or in the future, will not be considered for this role.
You must currently possess valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization to be considered for this role. Individuals with temporary visas including, but not limited to, F-1 (OPT, CPT, STEM), H-1B, H-2, or TN, or any candidate requiring sponsorship, now or in the future, will not be considered for this role.
