Job DescriptionAbout the Role:As
Sr Director, Legal Counsel, you will provide strategic legal leadership that enables business growth while protecting the organization from legal, regulatory, and operational risk. You will oversee complex commercial transactions, corporate governance activities, litigation matters, and regulatory compliance initiatives across a broad business landscape. Working closely with executive leadership, you will guide critical business decisions and ensure legal strategies align with organizational objectives. Success in this role is measured through effective risk management, strong governance practices, successful business partnerships, and the development of a high-performing legal function.
What You Will Be Doing:- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on strategic legal, regulatory, and business matters.
- Lead the review, drafting, negotiation, and oversight of complex commercial agreements and business transactions.
- Develop legal strategies that balance business objectives with risk mitigation and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Direct high-impact litigation, dispute resolution, and external counsel engagements to safeguard organizational interests.
- Provide leadership on corporate governance practices, board-related matters, and regulatory obligations.
- Advise stakeholders on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions, including due diligence activities.
- Counsel leaders on labor and employment matters, employee relations issues, workplace investigations, and employment agreements.
- Develop and oversee legal policies, procedures, and operational frameworks that support enterprise objectives.
- Guide legal response strategies during crisis situations to protect reputation, business continuity, and legal standing.
- Build, lead, and mentor high-performing legal teams while driving operational excellence, accountability, and professional development.
What you Bring:- Bachelor's degree in Law, Juris Doctor, or equivalent legal qualification.
- Significant experience leading legal functions within complex, regulated organizations.
- Demonstrated expertise in commercial contracting, contract negotiation, and legal risk management.
- Strong knowledge of corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and business law principles.
- Experience managing litigation strategy, dispute resolution processes, and external legal counsel relationships.
- Proven ability to advise executive leadership on strategic business decisions and legal impacts.
- Strong understanding of mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and corporate transaction frameworks.
- Exceptional leadership, stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
Added bonus if you have:- Experience supporting financial services, fintech, payments, banking, or technology organizations.
- Knowledge of global regulatory frameworks and cross-border business transactions.
- Experience implementing legal operations best practices, governance frameworks, and process improvements.
- Professional certifications or advanced training in corporate governance, compliance, or risk management.
- Experience leading large, geographically dispersed teams and complex enterprise initiatives.
What We Offer you:At FIS, you can grow your career as far as you want to take it. Here's what else we offer:
Opportunities to make an impact in fintech
Personal and professional learning
Inclusive, diverse work environment
Resources to give back to your community
Competitive salary and benefits
Sourcing ModelRecruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.
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