Sr. Product Counsel - Zelle

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** Overall Purpose
** This position will serve as lead product legal counsel to an assigned business unit.  This position will develop and execute legal strategies supporting the business unit’s business objectives and advise internal clients on a broad range of legal matters, including regulatory compliance, product marketing, commercial contracts, and other legal issues.  This position will be an integral part of the broader legal team providing comprehensive legal support to the entire company.
** Essential Functions
*** Provide first-line, day-to-day legal counsel and support to the product team on all legal matters arising in the business unit
* Provide pragmatic and strategic legal counsel and support to the product team regarding new business initiatives and product development
* Draft, review and approve clear and concise public facing disclosures, disclaimers, terms of use or other public facing documents pertinent to the products
* Advise clients both on individual customer contract issues and in designing contract language that best meets business objectives
* Ability to draft, review and negotiate a variety of complex commercial relationships supporting the business unit objectives, including strategic partner, sales and supplier agreements
* Act as department expert on specialized product or legal issues in the context of contract negotiations, audits, litigation, regulatory exams and other legal proceedings
* Assess legislative or regulatory developments with actual or potential impact on key product initiatives and strategies and partner with the business team to identify and implement related policies, standards, processes and practices
* Liaison with other Legal and Compliance department personnel to provide seamless support to the business unit
* Manage and supervise outside counsel as needed
* May manage and supervise lower-level attorneys and/or other legal personnel
* Assist with corporate governance functions
* Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data
** Minimum Qualifications
*** Juris Doctor from accredited law school; admission to Arizona or other State bar
* Eight+ years’ in-house or corporate counsel experience, with strong background advising financial institutions or financial services companies on compliance with consumer financial services and privacy laws and regulations
* Ability to learn new substantive areas of the law
* Ability to understand and be responsive to the business’s needs and partner cross-functionally throughout the organization to achieve results while mitigating risk
* Strong presentation skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills to build partnerships and alliances internally and with external partners at all levels of the organization
* Strong business acumen—the ability to be forward-thinking and innovative while understanding our business needs and limitations
* Demonstrated experience identifying and resolving legal and regulatory issues quickly and effectively, with an ability to make real-time decisions with imperfect information
* Ability to comprehend and communicate complex law and regulation and judicial and regulatory interpretations of law and regulations to internal clients at all levels of the organization
* Organized with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and achieve objectives in a fast-paced environment
* Prior experience effectively managing outside legal resources.
* Unyielding commitment to highest professional ethics
* Ability to maintain professional licensing and memberships in…