The Marketing Legal Practice Group provides legal support to the Chase Consumer and Community Banking Marketing Legal Team, providing counsel across marketing channels including digital, social media, and print advertising, requiring strong analytical skills and sophisticated judgment. 

As an Assistant General Counsel / Vice President (VP) in the Marketing Legal team, you will focus on reviewing and providing guidance for marketing materials prepared by the Consumer and Community Banking areas. You will conduct critical analyses and provide alternative solutions when necessary.  You must have excellent oral and written communication skills, superb people skills, the ability to understand new areas of law quickly and meet the needs of a demanding and sophisticated client group, and the flexibility to manage a wide range of assignments simultaneously. The position also requires the ability to coordinate with legal and non-legal staff to provide sound and practical legal counsel in complex situations that arise in a fast paced and high-volume environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop subject matter expertise in assigned areas and provide strategic and practical legal advice
• Collaborate with other functional partners to ensure appropriate awareness of issues as they arise and assist in resolving matters and driving forward initiatives
• Advise and collaborate with colleagues across the Legal and Compliance Departments
• Handle escalated matters, projects and initiatives from various operational areas, including areas that have firm-wide and cross line of business coverage
• Monitor and advise business partners and legal colleagues on relevant legislative and regulatory changes
• Assist the CCB businesses (with an emphasis in the Card Services, Consumer Bank, and Home Lending lines of business) on marketing of products, and advising on regulatory issues;
• Review marketing claims and substantiation;
• Participate in various control, compliance, and risk initiatives from a legal marketing and communications standpoint;
• Work with the business to implement changes responsive to new federal and state legal and regulatory requirements as interpreted by staff attorneys

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• JD admitted to practice in and member of the bar in good standing; must be in compliance with all relevant licensing requirements including the requirements of the jurisdiction where the role will be located prior to commencement of employment
• 5+ years of legal experience in a large consumer banking organization, law firm, or equivalent, such as relevant experience in government, law enforcement or a regulatory agency, representing such organizations with a demonstrated record of increasing responsibility
• Knowledge of applicable consumer finance/marketing laws is required, including the Card Act (Reg. Z), Truth in Lending (TILA), and Unfair, Deceptive or Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP) issues, with a working knowledge of Reg. DD and RESPA; 
• Knowledge and understanding of banking products and services such as credit cards, rewards programs, and checking and savings accounts, and the relevant core banking regulations and regulatory framework for a large banking organization such as JPMorgan Chase
• Team player with a natural ability to think and act collaboratively with legal and non-legal colleagues and stakeholders across lines of business
• Strong decision-making skills and ability to multitask and effectively manage multiple matters and projects simultaneously in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment
• As a trusted legal advisor, foster and maintain strong client relationships with the ability to see past the question, and understand and communicate greater impacts or risks
• Excellent analytical skills and judgment, including the ability to interpret, explain and apply statutes and regulations, and applicable case law
• Excellent oral and written communication and negotiation skills
• All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Familiarity with regulatory issues relevant to marketing in financial services
• Strong interest in marketing regulations and significant case law impact marketing practices for the financial services sector.
• Non-English language skills preferred but not required
• Experience with digital, electronic and mobile banking and transactions is preferred

All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.