Associate General Counsel, Corporate

• Lead payments related transactions. Draft, negotiate, and manage a wide range of commercial and strategic agreements, with a strong focus on payments and payment networks
• Support digital wallet and crypto adjacent initiatives. Advise and execute on initiatives involving digital wallets and emerging rails
• Navigate data ownership, sharing, and governance. Be an agile and informed partner for data questions that arise in commercial deals
• Embed with the business. Partner closely with teams across Product, Commercial, Procurement, Finance, Corporate Development, and Operations to proactively identify legal risks and design pragmatic, business-aligned solutions
• Operate effectively in a complex, high intensity environment. Help triage, prioritize, and unblock work in a fast-moving environment where inputs may be incomplete and timelines tight
• Help the legal function scale with AI and better systems. Contribute to building light-weight, stage-appropriate, scalable legal processes, templates, playbooks, and policies

• J.D. and active membership in good standing with a U.S. state bar
• 10+ years of experience practicing corporate and commercial law, including at a leading law firm and in-house at a fintech, payments company, or financial services business
• Significant experience with payments and payment network ecosystems, including processor partnerships and agreements involving counterparties such as Mastercard, Visa, Marqeta, Checkout, or similar participants
• Experience advising on digital wallet products or partnerships, and comfort engaging on crypto and stablecoin adjacent topics from a commercial and risk perspective
• Strong working knowledge of data rights and governance in commercial deals, including ownership, sharing, DPAs, security terms, and operational implementation
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and project management skills with a strong eye for detail
• A practical, business-first mindset with the ability to weigh legal risk in the context of product, operational, and commercial realities
• Clear, concise communication skills across technical and non-legal audiences, with the ability to influence decision-making at multiple levels
• Proven ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-moving environment while managing multiple priorities
• Low ego, high ownership, and strong collaborative instincts. No task is too big or too small
• Genuine interest in using AI thoughtfully to improve legal team velocity and quality

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