Senior Product and Regulatory Counsel

KOHO

Senior Legal Counsel supporting product development and regulatory strategy for fintech company KOHO. Working cross-functionally to ensure compliance and innovation in financial services.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$180,000 - CA$210,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner across KOHO Tech and KOHO Bank to provide practical regulatory advice that enables growth while protecting customers.
Support the design and launch of new financial products and features, identifying regulatory risks early and helping teams build compliant solutions.
Play a key role in helping KOHO set up and operationalize a regulated bank, including supporting engagement with regulators such as OSFI, FCAC, and the Bank of Canada.
Support marketing and growth teams by ensuring campaigns are effective and compliant with financial services and consumer protection requirements.
Provide guidance to customer-facing teams on complaints handling, communications, and fairness considerations.
Help build scalable legal and regulatory processes to support KOHO’s long-term growth as a regulated financial institution.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years post-call experience as a lawyer practicing in Canada (in-house and/or at a law firm).
Experience advising on financial services regulation, banking law, or consumer protection frameworks.
Strong judgment and the ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
Comfortable working cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, CX, Risk, and Compliance teams.
High ownership mindset — takes initiative and focuses on solutions over problems.
Builder mentality with a bias toward action in fast-moving environments.
Curious and quick to learn
Proactive and highly organized
Comfortable operating in high-ambiguity environments
Strong work ethic and reliability
Honest, responsive, and collaborative
Experience working at a bank, fintech, or regulated financial institution (nice to have).
Familiarity with RPAA and the Financial Consumer Protection Framework (FCPF)(nice to have).
Knowledge of AML/ATF and privacy laws (nice to have).
Fluent in French (nice to have).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation & equity
Generous vacation + Wellness days + Flex Days + holiday closure
Remote-first environment + coworking support + yearly all hands retreat
Access to coaching & growth programs
Parental top-up & leave policies
Comprehensive health benefits
Power-up budgets for books, home office setup, phone & internet, AI tools, and professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial services regulationbanking lawconsumer protection frameworksAML/ATF lawsprivacy lawsregulatory compliancelegal advicecomplaints handlingregulatory processesfinancial product design

Soft Skills

strong judgmentbusiness-oriented legal advicecross-functional collaborationownership mindsetinitiativebuilder mentalityproactivehighly organizedstrong work ethiccollaborative