Lead Counsel, Payments

7 days ago


Seattle, United States Facebook Full time

Summary:

Meta seeks a product attorney with an understanding of the payments landscape to join our Monetization Legal Team. You will be supporting product teams that are working on our most relevant cross-Meta payments products and services. This role will require significant cross-functional collaboration with product, partnerships, engineering, policy, operations, and business teams, as well as other legal and compliance subject-matter experts, as you help shape the future of payment products worldwide. This is a great opportunity to join a growing international legal team and to work on payment issues.

Required Skills:

Lead Counsel, Payments - Monetization Legal Responsibilities:

  1. Review new products, features and initiatives across multiple jurisdictions by assessing payment-related legal risks while providing practical legal advice to product, business and legal stakeholders across Meta.
  2. Provide legal advice to help develop a comprehensive, long-term approach to launching payment products and programs globally.
  3. Administration and resolution of legal issues and risks that arise in existing and new payment products by developing strategies and driving leadership alignment.
  4. Maintain experience in payments and evaluate the impact of relevant laws and regulations on Meta’s payments products.
  5. Demonstrate business judgment and client counseling skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent).
  2. Active membership in at least one US state bar and eligibility to obtain registered in-house counsel status (if required by the State Bar in the assigned work location).
  3. 5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm and/or in-house or government experience.
  4. Demonstrate business judgment and client counseling skills.
  5. Effective communication skills.
  6. Experience advising on payments-related legal risks and mitigations.
  7. Experience working on multiple projects at once.
  8. Proven problem-solving skills.
  9. Experience making decisions in the face of ambiguity and evolving priorities.

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Demonstrated business judgment, willingness to provide practical solutions, and client counseling experience.
  2. Demonstrated experience in understanding technology.
  3. Experience advancing projects in a multi-stakeholder environment.
  4. Experience demonstrating business judgment and practical counseling skills in-house experience with applicable product counseling.
  5. Experience prioritizing work and providing advice under deadlines.
  6. Experience with understanding technology.

Public Compensation:

$167,000/year to $233,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits.

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.

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