Description:

Overall Purpose
This role advises and provides legal support to the company's digital wallet and payments businesses, advising business teams on a broad range of legal matters, including regulatory compliance, product development, and commercial transactions.

Essential Functions:

Provides day-to-day creative counseling and advice on complex legal issues to the wallet and payments business teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
Advises on, drafts, reviews and negotiates a variety of complex commercial agreements and strategic technology transactions with financial institutions, merchant acquirers, payment gateways, payment processors, and service providers.
Proactively manages large-scale initiatives and collaborates with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders to enable business objectives.
Stays abreast of and advises on legislative, regulatory, and industry developments that apply to the business.
Partners with Risk teams and other members of the Legal Department (e.g., IP, Marketing, Regulatory) to provide solution-oriented support to business teams while balancing potential legal, regulatory, and other risks.
Supports the company's commitment to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Minimum Qualifications:

Juris Doctorate from accredited law school, admission to one or more State bars.
8+ years' relevant legal experience.
Experience advising on digital wallets and payment systems as well as advising and negotiating complex commercial agreements in the payments industry.
Knowledge of laws, regulations and industry standards applicable to payments industry.
Experience working in or proven ability to learn quickly and support new areas of regulation and technology.
Ability to work independently but collaboratively in fast-paced and collegial team environment.
Ability to think practically and be solution oriented.
Highly effective verbal and written communication and presentation skills with all levels of the organization.
Strong business acumen,
Proactive self-starter.
Unyielding commitment to highest professional ethics.
Background and drug screen.