Legal & Compliance Lead – AI

Kovo

. Own legal and compliance end-to-end as Kovo's first and sole legal and compliance hire .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $200,000 - $280,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in legal and compliance management for consumer financial products, with a strong focus on regulatory frameworks such as BSA/AML/KYC and the ability to build scalable processes. Possesses clear writing skills and the capability to engage with cross-functional teams and external partners effectively.

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JD And Active Bar AdmissionLegal And Compliance Experience At FintechKnowledge Of BSA/AML/KYCExperience Managing Outside CounselProduct Lifecycle Management

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Hard Skills

Legal WritingRegulatory CompliancePolicy DevelopmentLicensing ManagementDispute ResolutionData AnalysisWorkflow AutomationConsumer Financial ProductsFCRA KnowledgeTILA/Reg Z Knowledge

Soft Skills

Attention To DetailOrganizational SkillsClear CommunicationAbility To Work Under PressureRapid Prioritization

Tools & Technologies

AI-Tool WorkflowsAgentic Workflows

Certifications & Qualifications

JDActive Bar Admission

Industry Keywords

FintechConsumer Financial ProductsBank Partnership ProgramsState Lending LicensingMoney-Transmission Licensing

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own legal and compliance end-to-end as Kovo's first and sole legal and compliance hire
Stand up new consumer financial products from zero to one and scale them
Work with product and engineering to design products with minimal licenses and obligations
Define entity, licensing, and bank-partner posture for each product
Write and obtain approval for policies, procedures, disclosures, and agreements
Review marketing, product flows, and partnerships before launch
Build scalable legal and compliance review processes
Reconcile legal and compliance posture across the product suite
Maintain existing legal and compliance operations
Codify, automate, or retire manual processes
Run litigation defense, dispute resolution, complaints, exams, and audits
Own bank and partner compliance relationships, privacy, and BSA/AML/KYC and fraud policy
Build and maintain agentic workflows for research, drafting, policy maintenance, monitoring, and reconciliation
Review and maintain the quality of agent-generated work
Engage and manage outside counsel when necessary
Provide clear, actionable written guidance to founders and cross-functional teams
Represent Kovo with banks, partners, regulators, and auditors
Report to a founder based in Austin, Texas

Requirements

What you’ll need

Practicing attorney with JD and active bar admission in a US state
Prior legal or compliance experience at a fintech startup, ideally a fast-growing one
Mid-career experience taking a regulated consumer product through its full lifecycle
Hands-on knowledge of FCRA and credit reporting, UDAAP, TILA/Reg Z, ECOA, EFTA/Reg E, state lending and money-transmission licensing, bank partnership programs, and BSA/AML/KYC
Experience managing outside counsel and regulator or bank-partner relationships directly
Strong preference for a multidisciplinary background in business, engineering, or product
Extremely organized with uncommon attention to detail
Clear, concise writing skills
Technically proficient; comfortable reading code and data, pulling numbers, and building AI-tool workflows
Ability to work with agentic workflows while maintaining a high quality standard
Comfortable with high intensity, full ownership, rapid prioritization, and tight timelines
Experience demonstrating product or program simplification, license avoidance, consolidation, or automation
Legally authorized to work in the United States

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity: 0.02%–0.06%
Benefits offered
Fully remote work
Cross-functional support from business operations and customer experience
Access to agents, outside counsel, and cross-functional teamwork