Counsel, Product Legal
About The Position
Airwallex is hiring a lead counsel for its global Yield product. The role provides legal, regulatory, and strategic advice across the product lifecycle, including product design, licensing, regulatory engagement, partner arrangements, customer terms, disclosures, launch execution, and product integration. It supports the Yield team in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Europe, and other markets. The counsel will own legal support for Yield from ideation through launch, market expansion, and ongoing changes. They will advise Product with clear, actionable answers, translate cross-jurisdictional regulation into product requirements and launch materials, and build repeatable playbooks, checklists, and governance processes. The role works closely with Product, Regulatory Legal, Compliance, Licensing, Risk, Product Marketing, Operations, and regulated partners, coordinating advice globally. The role is based in Airwallex’s San Francisco or New York office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Requirements
- A JD or equivalent and active bar membership in at least one US jurisdiction.
- At least 5 years of legal experience, including some experience at a top-tier law firm.
- Strong regulatory advisory and/or product counseling experience for financial institutions or fintechs.
- Demonstrated ability to provide solution-oriented legal advice and work strategically with non-lawyers to support commercial outcomes.
Nice To Haves
- In-house experience at a fintech, financial services, asset management, brokerage firm, or other regulated financial services environment.
- Experience advising on investment products, discretionary or non-discretionary management, broker-dealer arrangements, custodial relationships, investment-management structures, including a US broker-dealer or FINRA-regulated arrangement, or an equivalent arrangement elsewhere.
- Experience working with banks, broker-dealers, custodians, investment managers, or other regulated partners.
- Experience building playbooks, product-governance processes, or market-expansion processes.
- Strong communication and stakeholder skills across global Product, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Marketing, external counsel, and regulated partners.
- Ability to own complex, cross-jurisdictional work streams from ideation through launch.
- Experience in environments with high standards, fast iteration cycles, and evolving priorities, with a curious, collaborative, and ownership-oriented approach.
Responsibilities
- Own legal support for Yield end to end, from ideation through launch, market expansion, and ongoing product changes.
- Provide Product with fast, clear legal guidance and explain the reasoning behind recommendations.
- Determine what is needed to launch Yield or an equivalent product in new jurisdictions, working with local regulatory colleagues and external counsel.
- Translate regulation and cross-jurisdictional requirements into product requirements, customer terms, disclosures, and launch-readiness materials.
- Create playbooks, launch checklists, and governance processes to make market launches more efficient.
- Build trusted working relationships across Product, Regulatory Legal, Compliance, Licensing, Risk, Product Marketing, Operations, and regulated partners.
- Coordinate legal advice across the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe, Singapore, and other markets, including with product leaders in Australia.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
