Senior Vice President & Chief Litigation Counsel
About The Position
The Senior Vice President & Chief Litigation Counsel will lead the company’s global litigation and dispute resolution strategy, with a focus on the unique legal and regulatory risks facing fintech and SaaS businesses. This role serves as the senior-most litigation expert, partnering closely with executive leadership to protect the organization’s legal, financial, and reputational interests while enabling innovation and growth in a highly regulated environment. The role will oversee all disputes, litigations, regulatory inquiries, and enforcement matters, while shaping proactive risk mitigation strategies aligned to evolving global legal and regulatory frameworks impacting financial technology, payments, data privacy, and digital platforms.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school
- Active bar membership in good standing
- 15+ years of litigation experience, with significant experience both as trial or litigation counsel and as in-house counsel supporting fintech, financial services, or SaaS companies
- Demonstrated experience managing complex, high-value litigation and regulatory enforcement matters
- Strong knowledge of legal and regulatory frameworks impacting fintech (e.g., payments, consumer finance, data privacy, cybersecurity)
- Proven leadership experience with the ability to influence at the executive level
- Deep expertise in litigation strategy, risk management, and dispute resolution
- Experience managing outside counsel and legal budgets
- Exceptional judgment, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute the company’s global litigation and dispute resolution strategy across all jurisdictions
- Oversee all phases of litigation, including pre-litigation risk assessment, case strategy, discovery, trial, settlement negotiations, and appeals
- Manage and direct outside counsel to ensure high-quality representation and cost-effective outcomes
- Advise executive leadership on litigation exposure, risk, and reputational impact
- Lead responses to regulatory inquiries, government investigations, and enforcement actions, particularly those related to fintech, payments, consumer protection, and data privacy
- Partner closely with Compliance, Risk, Product, Security, Privacy and Engineering teams to proactively identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks
- Counsel executives and business counsel on dispute-related provisions in customer and vendor agreements, and pre-litigation dispute resolution involving those agreements
- Develop and implement litigation policies, procedures, and governance frameworks tailored to a high-growth SaaS and fintech environment
- Drive alternative dispute resolution strategies where appropriate to minimize exposure and cost
- Oversee eDiscovery strategy, data preservation, and litigation readiness processes, including issues related to large-scale digital data and cross-border data transfers
- Monitor and assess changes in global regulatory and legal landscapes (e.g., payments regulations, financial services compliance, data privacy laws) and translate them into actionable litigation risk strategies
- Provide clear, concise reporting to senior leadership and the Board on material litigation and regulatory matters
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing litigation team, fostering a culture of accountability, strategic thinking, and business partnership
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
