Adyen
Payments & Product Partnerships Counsel, Americas
New York · Senior
No sponsorship$160k-$230kDetected 15 days ago
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About the role
- In New York and San Francisco the annual base salary range for this role is $210,000 - 300,000.
- In-office expectations This role is based out of our New York, San Francisco, or Chicago office.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Adyen's payment and product partnerships teams to help build, manage, and grow strategic relationships with card networks, payment methods, financial institutions, and other financial and technology partners that support Adyen's product and technical stack.
- Structure, draft, and negotiate strategic infrastructure partnership agreements to enable and optimize Adyen's payments and financial products across our North America and Latin America markets.
- Collaborate with product, regulatory, compliance, risk, finance, partnerships, and other cross-functional teams to ensure our partner deals conform to our regulatory positions and support our product development, market expansion, and commercial objectives.
- Counsel stakeholders across the business on operation and interpretation of partner agreements (including scheme, network, and operating rules), partner and regulatory ecosystem interdependencies, and corresponding risks and opportunities affecting Adyen's product and go-to-market strategies.
- Scale our deal cycles and the products they support by generating and maintaining documents and other resources for working with partners, including form agreements, position guides, and implementation briefs.
- Stay current on laws, regulations, and scheme and network rules governing bank-partner relationships, third-party service providers and outsourcing, privacy, data security, consumer protection in financial services, and marketing.
- Build relationships as a trusted advisor by providing clear, practical, actionable guidance in areas involving significant ambiguity or rapid industry evolution.
- Working dexterity with financial services partnership transactions, where a regulated financial institution and another party (e.g., a network, a fintech, another financial institution) collaborate to stand up and run a unified financial product or service, preferably a payment, credit, or lending product.
- and, a seasoned lead negotiator who is able to identify and communicate practical, risk-based solutions to deal points persuasively and on the fly.
- A capable contract generalist who's able to spot a broad range of legal issues across disciplines (e.g., contract, regulatory, IP, privacy); an avid drafter with a passion for simple, elegant language and an aversion to gratuitous legalese; and, a seasoned lead negotiator who is able to identify and communicate practical, risk-based solutions to deal points persuasively and on the fly.
Requirements
- 6+ years experience as a practicing lawyer across in-house and law firm roles, with a significant portion spent working with financial institutions or technology companies on transactions opposite experienced counsel.
- Strong, risk-tuned judgment, outstanding project management skills, and the ability to juggle competing priorities under tight deadlines.
- No matter who you are or where you're from, you're welcome to be your true self at Adyen.
Nice to have
- At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.
- About the team and role
- Experience with financial services transactions and a working understanding of market-dominant financial services regulatory models are a must
- experience in payments, lending, and fintech are a plus, but not required.
- Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese is a strong plus but not required.
Compensation
- Total compensation package includes equity (RSUs), 401(k), health, dental, vision, and more.
- In New York and San Francisco the annual base salary range for this role is $210,000 - 300,000.
Benefits
- This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while also supporting flexibility.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Adyen
Company info
- This is Adyen Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice.
- We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team.
- We are looking for a skilled, business-oriented financial services transactions lawyer to join our team in New York, San Francisco, or Chicago, focusing on partnerships in the Americas region.
Visa & Work Authorization
- You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for new visa sponsorship.
- The company can support visa transfers but will not sponsor individuals for H-1B CAP applications.
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