Overview
A financial technology organization is seeking a Senior Product Counsel to support its Lending business. This role involves providing strategic legal counsel for credit partnerships, including consumer and commercial loan origination, lines of credit, loan participations, and other bank-fintech lending collaborations. The position requires close collaboration with Go-to-Market, Engineering, Compliance, Risk, and Finance teams to drive product development and expansion within complex regulatory environments.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic legal guidance to enable product innovation across the credit and lending portfolio.
- Partner with business teams and fintech partners from ideation through launch, addressing regulatory challenges and designing compliant solutions.
- Advise on credit product structuring and legal implications of new lending features and partnership models.
- Develop and maintain regulatory frameworks for existing and new products, leveraging expertise in TILA, ECOA, UDAAP, FCRA, state usury and licensing laws, EWA, federal preemption, and true lender risk.
- Collaborate with compliance and risk teams to create scalable approaches that protect the business and support growth.
- Serve as the subject matter expert on legal and regulatory requirements impacting credit and lending business lines.
- Lead the legal structuring of loan agreements, line of credit products, EWA lending and non-lending offerings, and BNPL partnerships.
- Draft and review customer-facing terms, marketing materials, onboarding flows, and applications.
- Determine BSA/AML requirements and conduct true lender analyses.
- Work closely with engineering to design flow-of-funds models and reflect product structures in legal documentation.
- Drive adoption of technology, including AI and automation tools, to enhance legal workflow efficiency and scalability.
- Design and implement legal processes to support hypergrowth, improve partner onboarding, and build repeatable frameworks.
- Develop template loan program agreements, disclosure packages, and servicing frameworks to accelerate partnership launches.
Requirements
- Licensed to practice law in a U.S. state with a J.D. or equivalent degree.
- 7–15+ years of legal experience, preferably with both law firm and in-house roles at fintech companies or financial institutions.
- Deep expertise advising product teams on banking infrastructure and embedded finance solutions, especially in consumer and/or commercial lending regulatory frameworks.
- Comprehensive knowledge of regulatory frameworks governing banking partnerships and fintech services.
- Strong working knowledge of TILA/Regulation Z, ECOA/Regulation B, FCRA, UDAAP, state usury laws, rate exportation, valid-when-made frameworks, state licensing regimes (servicing and collections), BSA/AML, and true lender doctrine.
- Experience structuring agreements and advising on bank-fintech lending partnerships.
- Familiarity with loan sale, participation, and servicing agreements.
- Ability to make fast, sound risk decisions in ambiguous legal environments.
Compensation & Benefits
- Annual base salary range: $210,000 - $300,000 plus equity.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans, including options fully covered for employees and dependents.
- Family planning and fertility benefits with reimbursement up to $20,000 for qualified expenses.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options.
- 401(k) plan with self-directed brokerage options.
- Flexible time-off policy.
- 100% paid parental leave: 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers.
- Catered lunches and dinners for employees in San Francisco.
- Commuter benefits.
- Regular team-building events, including an annual offsite.
Location
The role is based in San Francisco, with benefits and events tailored to this location.