Associate General Counsel, Products (Payments)

Meta

$175K — $210K *
US-AnywhereRemote in New York, NY
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in privacy law, especially in payments and financial services
  • J.D. Degree (or foreign equivalent) with active US state bar membership
  • Eligibility for registered in-house counsel status (if required)
  • Active bar membership in good standing in at least one jurisdiction
  • Strong understanding of data protection requirements related to consumer financial data

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal advice on payment laws and financial regulations
  • Develop long-term strategies for global payment product launches
  • Assess legal risks and recommend strategies to mitigate them
  • Monitor new regulations and analyze their relevance to financial products
  • Support efforts to engage with regulators and policymakers

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative work environment
Full Job Description
Provide legal advice on payment laws, financial services regulations, data privacy, consumer protection, and enforcement actions for existing products and new features
• Develop strategic, long-term approaches to launching payment products and programs globally
• Assess legal risks, recommend mitigation strategies, and provide legal advice to product, engineering, risk, and compliance teams
• Monitor and conduct analyses of new regulations in the payments/financial services space to assess their applicability to the payments/financial products
• Support cross-functional efforts to engage with regulators and public policymakers for key financial regulatory areas

Minimum Qualifications
• 8+ years of experience in practicing privacy law, with a focus on data protection requirements applicable to payments, financial services, or consumer financial data
• J.D. Degree (or foreign equivalent) and active membership in at least one US state bar and eligibility to obtain registered in-house counsel status (if required by the State Bar in the assigned work location)
• Active bar membership in good standing in at least one jurisdiction

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

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