Description
This Senior Legal Counsel role participates in complex problem resolution and leads complex projects requiring an understanding of current business trends. You will provide clear, pragmatic, and solution-oriented legal advice to enable business strategy while managing legal risk.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provide expert legal advice on high-stakes issues and disputes
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations
- Partner with business counterparts to deliver effective legal services
- Manage legal risks and safeguard PayPal's legal interests
- Escalate complex issues to senior legal leadership where appropriate
Additional Responsibilities:
- Serve as product and regulatory counsel for new and existing PayPal and Venmo consumer credit products
- Advise on product design, disclosures, underwriting, and adverse action
- Support BNPL expansion through new merchant integrations and platform partnerships
- Support government relations and policy efforts
- Monitor and communicate emerging legal and regulatory developments
Requirements:
- 8+ years relevant experience and a Juris Doctorate degree
- Experience as in-house counsel at a fintech, bank, or lender, or at a law firm with a consumer financial services regulatory practice
- Deep working knowledge of TILA/Reg. Z, FCRA/Reg. V, ECOA/Reg. B, and UDAAP
Benefits:
- Comprehensive, choice-based programs to support all aspects of personal wellbeing
- Generous paid time off
- Healthcare coverage for you and your family
- Resources to create financial security and support your mental health