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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive legal expertise in product and regulatory counseling within the Finance and FinTech sectors, ensuring compliance with consumer financial laws and regulations while providing strategic legal guidance. Capable of managing legal risks and facilitating effective collaboration across international teams.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Juris Doctorate Degree8+ Years Relevant ExperienceProduct Regulatory CounselingKnowledge of Consumer Financial LawsExperience in FinTech
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Hard Skills
Legal Risk ManagementRegulatory ComplianceProduct Design Legal GuidanceDispute ResolutionLegal DocumentationRisk Management Framework DevelopmentInternational Market EvaluationConsumer Protection LawData Privacy LawLegal Advisory
Soft Skills
Interpersonal SkillsOrganizational SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsWriting SkillsCommunication Skills
Tools & Technologies
PayPalMobile PaymentsAlternative PaymentsEmerging Payments Technology
Certifications & Qualifications
Admitted to State BarJuris Doctorate or Equivalent Degree
Industry Keywords
FinanceFinTechCFPBFTCConsumer Financial RegulationsConsumer ProtectionData PrivacyInternational Law
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide clear, pragmatic, solution-oriented legal advice enabling business strategy while managing legal risk
- Advise consumer checkout product leaders and regional legal and business partners across North, Central, and South America
- Provide legal and regulatory guidance as PayPal develops, implements, and updates products and services
- Participate in complex problem resolution, high-stakes issues, and disputes
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations
- Partner with enterprise business counterparts to deliver effective legal services
- Manage legal risks and safeguard PayPal’s legal interests
- Develop comprehensive risk management frameworks
- Escalate complex issues to senior legal leadership
- Evaluate products in international markets and support global legal decision-making
- Review product user experiences for legal compliance and proper disclosures
- Document guidance for legal and product teams
- Facilitate subject-matter management and knowledge sharing across PayPal’s global legal organization
Requirements
What you’ll need- 8+ years relevant experience and a Juris doctorate degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience
- 8–10 or more years practicing in-house, an equivalent setting, or at a reputable law firm
- At least 5 years focused on product or regulatory counseling in Finance or FinTech
- Ability to collaborate with international product, sales, and legal colleagues
- Knowledge of federal and state consumer financial, consumer protection, and data privacy laws and regulations
- Familiarity with CFPB and FTC rules, enforcement actions, and guidance
- Experience advising on financial legal issues in Canada, Mexico, Central, and/or Latin America preferred but not required
- Ability to provide product design and modification legal guidance, identify risks, recommend mitigation, review user experiences, and document guidance
- Familiarity with PayPal, mobile and alternative payments, emerging payments technology, and the payments industry
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing, and ambiguous environment
- Ability to take ownership of projects, interpret and apply unsettled law, and exercise sound business judgment
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving, writing, and communication skills
- Juris Doctorate or equivalent degree
- Admitted to and in good standing with a state bar
- Ability to manage multiple assignments and conflicting priorities
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
Benefits
Comp & perks- Balanced hybrid work model: 3 days in the office and 2 days at the PayPal office or home workspace
- Generous paid time off
- Healthcare coverage for you and your family
- Resources supporting financial security
- Mental health support
- Annual performance bonus may apply
- Equity or other incentive compensation may apply
- Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities