Trustly

Lead Product Counsel

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.
  • Strong generalist knowledge with experience in launching consumer products in regulated environments (fintech or payments experience and knowledge of financial services consumer protection laws and payments/card network industry rules is desirable).
  • A strong understanding of global privacy laws is **required**.
  • 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!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
JDconsumer protection lawsfinancial regulationAI regulationprivacy lawsintellectual propertycontractual obligationsmarketing lawsnegotiationdrafting agreements
Soft Skills
collaborationcreativityempathyproblem-solvingcommunicationstakeholder managemententrepreneurial mindsetrisk managementbias for actionability to simplify complex issues
Certifications
active member in US jurisdiction