What You'll Do:

Partner with internal business teams across the following practice areas: customer contracts/MSAs, user-facing agreements, privacy, security, compliance, and financial regulations.
Provide commercial and technical expertise to identify legal risk and find innovative solutions to mitigate said risk while pushing the business forward.
Become a subject matter expert on financial or other federal/state regulations regarding both consumer and business data privacy.
Negotiate and collaborate with legal, compliance, and business teams at A Company Focused on Democratizing Internet Account Interoperability Through Technology's Fortune 50 customers - primarily major financial institutions and technology companies
Gain firsthand experience running both substantive legal work as well as the legal and compliance operations of A Company Focused on Democratizing Internet Account Interoperability Through Technology's entire business
Collaborate with and manage external counsel.
Build trust and rapport with business stakeholders that move at a rapid pace.
Stay apprised of new and relevant regulatory developments.
Note that this role has significant room to grow with the business.

What you'll need to get the job done

JD degree & current admission to the NY state bar
5+ years of combined, relevant legal experience at a law firm or in-house legal department (ideally with at least 2 years consecutively within a recent role).
Regulatory counseling experience in consumer and business data privacy.
Familiarity with relevant federal/state financial regulations affecting consumers in the U.S.
Experience working with or at a fast-growing technology startup.
High degree of professionalism, poise, and ability to creatively influence external stakeholders (e.g. business/legal/compliance teams at major financial institutions).
Ability to work in a rapidly evolving environment that is prone to frequent and significant change.
Desire to become a subject matter expert on all legal matters related to A Company Focused on Democratizing Internet Account Interoperability Through Technology's current and future business, including what is possible to achieve on behalf of consumers with regard to their data portability rights.