Senior Counsel, Digital Assets

EEOC

Senior Product Counsel advising on legal matters in digital assets and payments for Early Warning Services. Partnering with product and compliance teams to shape future payment solutions.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeNew York City • California, District of Columbia, Illinois, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $188,000 - $282,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Ruby on Rails

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as first-line legal counsel to the product team on all legal matters arising in the business unit
Interpret and apply U.S. and international legal and regulatory frameworks and requirements applicable to payments, digital assets, blockchain, bank regulatory, and privacy including the GENIUS Act, the National Bank Act, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), OFAC/sanctions compliance, EFTA/Reg E, UCC, UDAAP/UDAP, GLBA/Reg. P and evolving stablecoin and digital asset regulations.
Guide business partners in the launch, experimentation, and scaling of innovative cross-border payment and digital asset solutions through commercially pragmatic, risk-calibrated legal guidance.
Advise on evolving stablecoin and digital assets regulations.
Support the Product and Contracts teams in the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements.
Partner closely with product, compliance, risk, and strategy teams to structure emerging payment, stablecoin, and blockchain solutions within evolving regulatory and network frameworks.
Draft, review and approve clear and concise public facing disclosures, disclaimers, terms of use or other public facing documents pertinent to the products
Assess legal and regulatory ambiguity and develop practical, innovation-enabling frameworks, policies, and guardrails for new products, corridors, settlement models, and payment rails.
Advise clients both on individual customer contract issues and in designing contract language that supports business objectives.
Advise on cross-border and international payment regulatory considerations, including digital assets, consumer disclosures, sanctions compliance, foreign exchange considerations, and settlement frameworks.
Draft, review and negotiate a variety of complex commercial relationships supporting the business unit objectives, including strategic partner, sales and supplier agreements.
Act as department expert on specialized product or legal issues in the context of contract negotiations, audits, litigation, regulatory exams and other legal proceedings.
Assess legislative or regulatory developments with actual or potential impact on key product initiatives and strategies and partner with the business team to identify and implement related policies, standards, processes and practices.
Liaison with other Legal and Compliance department personnel to provide seamless support to the business unit.
Manage and supervise outside counsel as needed.
May manage and supervise lower-level attorneys and/or other legal personnel.
Assist with corporate governance functions.
Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Juris Doctor from an accredited law school; admission to Arizona or another State bar
Eight or more years’ of in-house or corporate counsel experience, with strong background advising financial institutions or financial services companies on compliance with consumer financial services and privacy laws and regulations
Ability to learn new substantive areas of the law
Significant expertise and relevant experience advising financial services industry market participants regarding compliance with anti-money laundering, sanctions, data privacy, and consumer protection regulations including, for example, Bank Secrecy Act, FinCEN guidelines, FATF recommendations, OFAC sanctions, GLBA, CCPA, GDPR, Regulation E, CFPA/UDAAP, and FTC Act.
Demonstrated experience advising on emerging or evolving regulatory frameworks in payments, cross-border money movement, digital assets, blockchain technology, or related financial infrastructure.
Experience supporting innovative or first-to-market financial products or payment systems in fast-evolving and ambiguous regulatory environments.
Strong business and product acumen, including the ability to balance innovation, regulatory risk, operational realities, and strategic business objectives.
Demonstrated ability to make risk-based decisions and develop practical paths forward with imperfect or evolving regulatory guidance.
Ability to understand and be responsive to the business’s needs and partner cross-functionally throughout the organization to achieve results while mitigating risk
Strong presentation skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills to build partnerships and alliances internally and with external partners at all levels of the organization
Demonstrated experience identifying and resolving legal and regulatory issues quickly and effectively, with an ability to make real-time decisions with imperfect information
Ability to comprehend and communicate complex law and regulation and judicial and regulatory interpretations of law and regulations to internal clients at all levels of the organization
Organized with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and achieve objectives in a fast-paced environment
Prior experience effectively managing outside legal resources.
Unyielding commitment to highest professional ethics
Ability to maintain professional licensing and memberships in appropriate professional organizations.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Juris Doctorlegal counselcontract negotiationregulatory complianceanti-money launderingdata privacyconsumer protection regulationsblockchain technologypayments regulationfinancial services compliance

Soft Skills

strong presentation skillsexcellent written communicationverbal communicationinterpersonal skillscollaborative skillsorganizational skillsability to prioritize tasksrisk-based decision makingability to learn new areas of lawability to understand business needs

Certifications

admission to Arizona baradmission to another State bar