Trustly

Lead Product Counsel – Fintech

Trustly

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $255,000 - $275,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • You will work alongside a variety of stakeholders across product, engineering, marketing/comms, GTM & commercial, legal and compliance, in order to launch compliant products that are a joy to use.
  • You will advise from the beginning of product planning right through to launch and ongoing iterations.
  • You will advise on a broad range of issues including consumer protection, financial regulation, AI regulation, privacy laws, intellectual property, contractual obligations, marketing laws.
  • You will be responsible for formulating creative solutions to ensure compliance whilst delivering strategic business objectives.
  • You will collaborate with Trustly’s global in-house and external legal & compliance experts in order to achieve this.
  • You will develop comprehensive training & playbooks on Trustly’s product suite, establishing repeatable frameworks, that results in the scalability of legal advice across new product launches.
  • You will partner with Trustly’s Privacy & Compliance team in order to implement best practices with the product and engineering team, including privacy & compliance by design.
  • You will negotiate and/or draft new terms and conditions, contractual and partnership agreements relating to product launches and partner with Privacy on the development of UX disclosures and Privacy Policy updates.

Requirements

  • Strong academic background, JD, and active member in at least one US jurisdiction.
  • 7+ years of experience, including at least 2 years at a consumer facing technology company in a product counsel or generalist role.
  • Experience launching consumer fintech, card, or payments products (knowledge of FCRA, TILA, Fair Lending Laws, and other relevant laws pertaining to consumer protection in the context of financial services & payments is required).
  • A working understanding of global privacy laws is desirable.
  • Tech-savvy with an interest in emerging global AI frameworks and fintech/payments.
  • Proven ability to partner with a wide variety of stakeholders but a particular focus on strong collaboration with product, engineering and privacy and compliance teams.
  • Entrepreneurial & creative by nature, has a bias for action, but is empathetic in dealing with multiple stakeholders and driving issues to a resolution.
  • A strong ability to balance risk whilst achieving business objectives.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain complex legal issues in simple terms and report issues to multiple different stakeholders.
Benefits
  • Flexible paid time off & generous PTO accrual plans
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and other insurances
  • FSA & HSA plans for medical and dependent care
  • Home office set-up allowance
  • Internet stipend
  • Retirement plan match for 401k and RRSP
  • Gender-neutral paid parental leave, and more!
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Hard Skills & Tools
JDconsumer protectionfinancial regulationAI regulationprivacy lawsintellectual propertycontractual obligationsFCRATILAFair Lending Laws
Soft Skills
collaborationcreativityentrepreneurial mindsetempathycommunicationproblem-solvingstakeholder managementrisk managementstrategic thinkingnegotiation