Commercial Legal Director, Mobility & Payments

WEX•Washington DC, DC

About The Position

The Commercial Legal Director for Mobility & Payments will be responsible for supporting, and manage direct reports in support of, WEX’s Mobility lines of business on complex commercial transactions and product development and launches in the Americas, including providing strategic and tactical advice to WEX’s commercial, digital, and marketing teams and engaging collaboratively with finance, operations, compliance, and other corporate function groups, as well as external advisers such as outside. This position will positively contribute to the execution of the Legal Department strategy by playing a key role in process improvement initiatives and partnering with Mobility business leaders to solve complex legal matters. The Commercial Legal Director will serve as a key legal partner and senior advisor for WEX Mobility operations across the Americas. This role combines strategic counsel, hands-on commercial drafting and negotiations, product life-cycle support, and team leadership to drive business growth while effectively mitigating risk for the company.

Requirements

J.D. required
10 years of legal experience, ideally with in-house experience
Licensed in at least one U.S. state
Experience in payments and/or financial services industries and related laws and regulations
Extensive experience in structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide range of complex commercial transactions (both sales and buy sides), including those for financial services, digital payment, technology, and with the public sector
Understanding of the legal and practical components of a product life cycle and experience in providing legal advice throughout the cycle
Experience in managing and supervising others
Experience with legal matter management system, contract lifecycle management systems, and AI tools and capabilities, with a keenness to experiment and incorporate AI into daily workflows
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
Excellence in resourceful problem solving, detailed analysis, and issue resolution
Excellent ability to understand complex commercial, product and technical issues and business metrics
Effective organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills
Collaborative and can work as part of a team, while also being an independent self-starter
Ability to successfully lead process improvement initiatives that drive efficiencies impacting the legal team and the organization
Proactive in pursuit of continuous improvement, learning new skills, and addressing clients’ business needs with practical solutions

Responsibilities

Provide strategic legal counsel and leadership.
Collaborate with colleagues in other areas of the Legal Department to identify risks and provide comprehensive legal advice to the Mobility lines of business.
Lead, mentor, and manage a team of legal professionals, overseeing work output to ensure risk-appropriate assessments and high-value legal support.
Cultivate strong advisory relationships with Mobility executives and cross-functional leaders across Product, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Finance.
Support the Legal Leadership Team in executing strategic initiatives.
Engage, instruct and oversee outside counsel and their work product.
Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements—including customer credit, card program, reseller, marketing, referral, and technology contracts.
Drive legal due diligence and integration for M&A activity, support high-stakes RFP responses, and review marketing initiatives.
Identify and lead process improvements across the team and the Legal Department, and apply industry best practices to commercial contracting, and creating and updating contract templates and negotiation playbooks.
Deliver solution-oriented guidance from initial product inception through commercial launch and ongoing technical evolution.
Draft and maintain product-related documentation, including application and API terms of use, integration terms, and website terms of service.
Proactively identify, manage, and escalate business risks and guide team members in doing the same; manage pre-litigation disputes and contractual queries from customers or partners.