Senior Counsel, Product Legal (Yield)

Airwallex • San Francisco, CA

1d • $180,000 - $270,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Airwallex is hiring a Senior Counsel, Product Legal to provide embedded legal support to its global Yield Product team as the product expands into new and existing markets. The role advises on product design, partner arrangements, customer documentation, launch execution, market expansion and ongoing product changes. It translates complex, cross-jurisdictional legal and regulatory requirements into practical product decisions, including product requirements, customer terms, disclosures and launch-readiness materials.

The Senior Counsel will work closely with local regulatory colleagues and external counsel, and build relationships with Product, Regulatory Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Licensing, Risk, Product Marketing, Operations and regulated partners. The role also develops scalable legal playbooks, launch checklists, governance processes and repeatable approaches to support efficient expansion while minimizing local risk. It coordinates advice across the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Europe and other relevant markets, including with colleagues and product leaders in Australia.

The position is based in the San Francisco or New York office on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Requirements

• JD or equivalent law degree and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• At least 7 years of post-qualification legal experience, including experience at a top-tier law firm or in a comparable financial-services legal environment.
• Experience advising on investment products, wealth management, discretionary or non-discretionary investment management, broker-dealer arrangements, custodial relationships, investment-management structures, or related customer disclosures and documentation.
• Strong regulatory advisory and product counselling experience with a reputable law firm, financial institution or fintech, including meaningful experience advising on wealth-management products.
• Experience advising on licensing or establishing investment services, ideally including a U.S. broker-dealer or FINRA-regulated service, or an equivalent arrangement in another jurisdiction.
• Track record of working strategically with non-lawyers and translating legal and regulatory requirements into practical, commercially minded solutions.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, including working with Product, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Marketing, external counsel, regulated partners and senior stakeholders across jurisdictions.
• Ability to manage complex cross-jurisdictional legal workstreams, prioritize competing demands and own advice from product ideation through launch and expansion.
• Curiosity and learning agility, including willingness to understand unfamiliar regulatory frameworks, markets and customer needs.

Nice To Haves

• In-house legal experience in fintech, financial services, wealth management, asset management, securities, brokerage or another regulated financial-services environment.
• Experience working with banks, broker-dealers, custodians, investment managers or other regulated partners.
• Experience across securities, investment-adviser, investor-protection, fiduciary, suitability or equivalent regulatory frameworks in multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience building scalable legal playbooks, product-governance processes, launch checklists or other tools that improve legal efficiency.
• Experience supporting product launches or market expansion in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United States or other relevant markets.
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving, product-led environment with high standards, evolving priorities and incomplete information.

Responsibilities

• Own legal support for the global Yield Product team from product design and ideation through launch, market expansion and ongoing product changes.
• Advise on legal and regulatory requirements for launching Yield or equivalent products in new jurisdictions, working with local regulatory colleagues and external counsel.
• Translate cross-jurisdictional requirements into practical product decisions, including product requirements, customer terms, disclosures and launch-readiness materials.
• Build trusted relationships across Product, Regulatory Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Licensing, Risk, Product Marketing, Operations and regulated partners, serving as the go-to legal expert on Yield.
• Develop scalable legal playbooks, launch checklists, governance processes and repeatable approaches to support efficient expansion and minimize local risk.
• Coordinate legal advice across jurisdictions and time zones, including the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Europe and other relevant markets.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree