Sr. Counsel (Payments or fintech experience)
What’s it all about?
This role is a key leadership position within Visa’s growing and dynamic Commercial & Money Movement Solutions (CMS) Legal Team. The CMS Legal Team works at the cutting edge of new payment technologies, innovation and the fintech industry in an increasingly regulated environment, which brings unique and novel challenges and opportunities every day.
What we expect of you day to day:
- Provide counsel and legal advice to Visa’s CMS team, including Visa Direct and Visa Commercial Solutions, across a variety of legal areas related to commercial, product, regulatory, privacy, and IP, to help the CMS team achieve key business objectives.
- Serve as a trusted partner and strategic thinker to the business on matters related to regulatory engagement and expansion of the business.
- Draft, review, negotiate and advise on a wide range of contracts, including pilot agreements, and developing forms.
- Build a thorough understanding of the payments industry and Visa’s products and services while seamlessly incorporating them into strategic decisions and advice.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and speed to contract e.g., through self-serve and contract automation capabilities, where appropriate.
- Provide expert advice on regulatory, data protection, and other issues, and liaise with internal specialist members of the Legal & Compliance Department and/or external counsel.
- Identify the need for external legal advice and engage appropriate outside counsel on a range of legal issues across Visa’s European region and globally.
- Manage outside counsel, including budgets.
- Work with other Visa departments across the globe to ensure contracts and advice accurately reflects business needs and policies.
- Apply strong collaboration and partnership skills to foster multiple strong relationships with various Visa business contacts across Visa products, services and function areas.
- Provide training to business teams on key legal issues, processes and policies.
- Proactively contribute to the Legal and Regulatory Department’s planning, cohesion, consistency in advice, and the general efficiency and effectiveness of the department as a whole.
This is a hybrid position. This requires 3 days per week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) attendance in the London office.
