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Payments & Product Partnerships Counsel, Americas

New YorkFull-time$160k2026-10-01 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Principal advisor to partnerships, product, risk, and compliance teams on strategic infrastructure agreements for financial and technology partners in the Americas.

Role type

Senior in-house financial services transactions lawyer

Builds

Strategic infrastructure partnership agreements enabling payments and financial products across North America and Latin America

Domain

Financial services, payments, fintech, regulatory compliance

Required skills

Financial services transaction structuring, contract drafting and negotiation, regulatory compliance analysis, cross-functional collaboration, risk assessment, stakeholder counseling

Preferred skills

Payments, lending, and fintech domain knowledge, Spanish or Portuguese proficiency

Technologies

Legal tech tools for document generation and management

Responsibilities

Structure, draft, and negotiate strategic infrastructure partnership agreements; counsel stakeholders on partner agreement interpretation and regulatory interdependencies; scale deal cycles by generating form agreements and position guides; stay current on laws and rules governing bank-partner relationships and data security

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC