The opportunity
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What you'll do
Own the legal advisory relationship for stablecoin, payments, and crypto: infrastructure product teams, providing day-to-day legal, business, and strategic counsel throughout the product life cycle.
Advise product managers and engineers on U.S. and international regulatory: requirements, including money transmission laws, the GENIUS Act, NYDFS BitLicense, banking regulations, e-money issuance, securities regulation, and BSA compliance.
Drive resolution of novel legal issues by identifying risks, partnering with: specialized colleagues across Legal, and engaging outside counsel where needed.
Partner cross-functionally with Compliance, Communications, Finance, Tax,: Security, and Enterprise Risk Management to deliver cohesive legal guidance that enables product launches.
Shape the team's approach to emerging regulatory frameworks, proactively: advising product teams on how new laws and guidance affect product design, disclosures, and go-to-market strategy.
Build scalable legal processes and playbooks that enable product teams to: move quickly while maintaining compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
What they're looking for
- J.D. with 7+ years of legal experience and active U.S. state bar membership,: including meaningful time counseling product teams on technology product launches at a fintech, crypto/blockchain company, or consumer technology company (in-house experience preferred).
- Deep familiarity with major U.S. and global payments/financial services: regulations (money transmission, NYDFS BitLicense, Reg E, SEC, CFTC, CFPB, FTC Section 5/UDAAP) and the ability to apply them to novel crypto product constructs.
- Demonstrated ability to provide risk-adjusted legal guidance, balancing: regulatory compliance with product velocity in ambiguous or first-of-kind legal environments.
- Track record of embedding with cross-functional teams and independently: driving legal workstreams from problem identification through resolution.
