Privacy & Product Counsel

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

This position will provide day-to-day support to the company’s product team advising on a broad range of legal issues through the product development lifecycle, including regulatory compliance, product marketing, and contracts.  

Essential Functions

• Review and advise on legal risk mitigation strategies for new and existing products, features and business initiatives

• Advise on compliance with applicable laws and regulations relating to the company’s products

• Provide legal support and guidance on product marketing, disclosures, terms of use and other public facing documents pertinent to products

• Advise on contract terms and issues related to products

• Collaborate with other internal partners, including privacy, security, compliance, risk management and other members of the Legal department, to provide integrated support to the product team

• Work independently without significant supervision in support of client needs

• Comply with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained

• 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

• Five+ years’ in-house or law firm experience advising financial institutions or financial services/financial technology companies on compliance with consumer financial services laws and regulations

• Ability to learn new substantive areas of the law

• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and changing organizational needs

• Ability to work proactively with various teams 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

• Highly effective working in a team environment

• Proactive self-starter

• Unyielding commitment to highest professional ethics

• Ability to maintain professional licensing and memberships in appropriate professional organizations

• Approved background and drug screen is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong familiarity with U.S. and international privacy laws

• Experience with the legal landscape regarding artificial intelligence

• Willingness to provide legal advice on new and emerging areas of law  

• Additional related education and/or experience

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment.  Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours.  Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching.  Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently.  Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers.  Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position.  Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.
 

The base pay scale for this position in:
Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL in USD per year is: $154,000 - $193,000.
New York, NY/ San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $186,000 - $232,000.
Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate’s education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness 

• Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off – Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process!

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Early Warning Services, LLC (“Early Warning”) considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.