
Regulatory Counsel
Greenlight
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $165,000 - $220,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Serve as primary in-house advisor on financial services regulation, including Reg E, Reg Z, UDAAP, GLBA, and state-level requirements
- Support bank partner relationships on regulatory compliance matters
- Partner with Product and Business Development on regulatory feasibility of new initiatives, ensuring compliance is built in from the start
- Own ongoing Terms of Service updates and cardholder agreement revisions for product launches
- Manage and direct outside regulatory counsel efficiently, serving as the primary in-house point of contact for outside counsel on regulatory matters
- Serve as in-house privacy counsel, owning day-to-day privacy matters including data subject requests, vendor DPAs, and AI addenda
- Manage ongoing COPPA compliance, including the 2025 COPPA amendments, and state privacy law compliance across applicable jurisdictions
- Oversee privacy tools including Transcend (data deletion automation) and TerraTrue (data mapping), in partnership with the security and engineering teams
- Support periodic privacy program reviews and manage outside privacy counsel engagement
- Provide legal support for hardware product launches, including consumer-facing terms, warranties, refund policies, and fee disclosures
- Partner with Product and Compliance on new product assessment and legal review through the product lifecycle
- Advise on packaging, export control, and regulatory considerations unique to physical consumer products
- Support regulatory review of new product initiatives from concept through launch
Requirements
- A J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 5–8 years of legal experience, with meaningful in-house or law firm experience in fintech, consumer finance, or regulated financial services
- 2+ years of Law firm experience
- Prior experience in a consumer-facing fintech or regulated financial services environment strongly preferred; experience working with bank partners or in a program manager structure a plus.
- Hands-on experience with financial services regulation, including Reg E (including prepaid rules), Reg Z, UDAAP, and GLBA.
- Privacy experience including COPPA, CCPA/state privacy laws, and data processing agreements.
- Hardware, IoT, or consumer product legal experience is a plus but not required.
- Familiarity with legal operations tools (Ironclad or similar) a plus.
Benefits
- discretionary performance bonus
- equity rewards
- medical benefits
- 401K match
- continuous compensation evaluations
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
financial services regulationReg EReg ZUDAAPGLBACOPPACCPAdata processing agreementslegal supportregulatory compliance
Soft Skills
advisorycollaborationcommunicationmanagementorganizationalproblem-solvingleadershipnegotiationanalyticalstrategic thinking
Certifications
J.D.active license to practice law