Job DescriptionThe Opportunity: A Strategic Leadership Role at the Intersection of Law, Data & AIFIS is seeking a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Product, Data & AI Strategy, Technology to support the company's product, data and artificial intelligence and technology initiatives during a period in which AI and data-enabled capabilities are becoming increasingly central to FIS's product strategy, client solutions, and enterprise operating model. This is a highly visible role reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, with regular partnership across product, technology, data, compliance, risk, commercial, and executive leadership. The successful candidate will be a hands-on, commercially practical legal leader capable of providing senior counsel across product development, data and AI strategy, technology, intellectual property, and emerging regulatory requirements while helping FIS scale responsible innovation across a complex, global fintech environment.
Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer, this executive will partner regularly with FIS's product, technology, data, compliance, risk, and commercial leadership teams and will serve as a trusted advisor to the C-suite on matters of data strategy, AI governance, and emerging technology risk. The successful candidate will bring deep product counsel experience, a sophisticated understanding of data and AI technologies, and the judgment and presence to operate as a senior member of the Office of the Chief Legal Officer. This is a business-embedded counsel position for a legal leader who thrives at the intersection of innovation, risk, and commercial pragmatism.
What You Will Do- Data & AI Product Counsel Leadership. Serve as FIS's senior product counsel for data and AI, providing strategic legal guidance across the full product development lifecycle, from ideation, design, and build through launch, iteration, and post-deployment monitoring. Act as the legal voice in product roadmap discussions and ensure that data and AI considerations are embedded in product strategy from the outset.
- AI & Machine Learning Advisory. Advise product, engineering, and data science teams on the legal risks, requirements, and governance frameworks associated with developing, licensing, training, and deploying AI and machine-learning capabilities within FIS products. Provide counsel on model development, data inputs, algorithmic decision-making, explainability, and responsible AI principles.
- Regulatory Intelligence & Policy Leadership. Track, interpret, and advise on the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape for AI and data use in financial services, including U.S. federal and state AI regulation, international frameworks (e.g., EU AI Act), and sector-specific guidance from banking, payments, and capital markets regulators. Serve as FIS's internal thought leader on legal and policy developments affecting AI and data-driven products.
- AI Governance & Enterprise Risk Partnership. Partner with legal, compliance, enterprise risk, technology, and information security leadership to develop, implement, and mature FIS's AI governance framework. Ensure alignment between legal, compliance, and risk perspectives on AI risk management, model governance, and responsible innovation.
- Commercial & Transactional Counsel. Structure, review, and negotiate complex data- and AI-related commercial agreements-including technology vendor contracts, data licensing arrangements, AI platform agreements, strategic partnerships, and client-facing terms governing AI-enabled products and services.
- Executive Advisory & Strategic Influence. Serve as a senior legal advisor to executive leadership on data, AI, and technology strategy. Represent the Office of the Chief Legal Officer in cross-functional product, technology, and governance forums. Translate complex legal and regulatory issues into actionable, business-oriented guidance for the C-suite and Board as needed.
- Team Leadership & Practice Development. Build, lead, mentor, and scale a specialized team of product counsel supporting FIS's data, AI, and technology portfolio. Establish the legal team's reputation as a trusted, proactive partner to the business and drive continuous development of the data/AI product counsel function as a strategic capability within FIS Legal.
- APAC Team Oversight. Serve as the direct manager of the Head of Legal India, providing leadership, strategic direction, and oversight of FIS's APAC-based legal operations.
What We're Looking For- J.D. and active bar membership in good standing, with 15+ years of relevant legal experience, including significant in-house experience advising on technology, data, AI, or product counsel matters.
- Deep, demonstrated experience serving as product counsel for AI, machine learning, data-intensive, or technology-enabled products, ideally within financial services, fintech, payments, banking, capital markets, or a leading technology company operating at scale.
- Strong command of the legal and regulatory frameworks governing data use, AI, and emerging technology, including data privacy (e.g., CCPA, GDPR), intellectual property, commercial contracting, and AI-specific regulation applicable to financial services.
- Experience advising senior executives and cross-functional product, engineering, data, compliance, risk, and technology leadership in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Excellent judgment and the ability to balance legal risk management with commercial pragmatism and the pace of product innovation.
- A track record of building trusted relationships with business and technology stakeholders while maintaining legal independence and sound governance discipline.
- Prior people-leadership experience, with the gravitas to operate as a senior member of the Office of the Chief Legal Officer.
- Willingness to be based in or relocate to Jacksonville, Florida.
What Sets a Strong Candidate ApartFIS is seeking a legal leader who combines elite product counsel skills with deep fluency in data, AI, and emerging technology. The ideal candidate will have operated as a strategic partner to product and engineering teams, shaped the legal architecture for AI-enabled or data-intensive products, and translated complex technical, legal, and regulatory issues into clear, actionable guidance for senior business leaders. This person brings intellectual curiosity about technology, a commercial mindset, and the leadership presence to influence at the highest levels of a large, complex, global organization.
Candidates who have built, led, or matured a dedicated data, AI, or technology product counsel function, particularly in a regulated financial services, fintech, payments, or global technology environment-are especially encouraged to apply.
