Senior Associate Counsel
- Full-time
- Job Family Group: Legal
Company Description
Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.
When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.
Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.
Job Description
Visa is seeking a proactive product and commercial lawyer to join its growing legal team supporting Cybersource, a Visa solution. Cybersource is a world leader in e-commerce payment processing, risk management and payment security capabilities. The attorney will work closely with other experienced Visa lawyers and compliance professionals, and regularly engage directly with senior-level business clients. The position will report to a Vice President, Legal - Product & Operations.
Applicants must be skilled at managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced and challenging, but highly rewarding, environment; have good judgment and strong analytical, client counseling, and negotiation skills; be self-motivated; and, most importantly, be an optimistic, curious, and collaborative team player.
This Role Includes:
- Providing sophisticated and practical counseling and advice to business and technology teams regarding product development, deployment, and associated commercial considerations.
- Responsibility for drafting and negotiating complex and strategic commercial agreements that achieve business objectives
- Working closely with business and technology teams to understand and achieve key business objectives and help them develop compelling product and service offerings
- Support Visa’s regional and local legal and business teams globally and assist these teams in resolving regional and local issues, including to achieve consistency on approaches and issues by Visa worldwide
- Working closely with cross-functional teams to properly balance potential legal, regulatory, and brand risks against multiple business objectives
- Creating and updating contract templates and team playbooks
- Reviewing presentations and other marketing materials
Qualifications
• 4 years of relevant experience
• Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school
• Current member in good standing of a State Bar with the ability to become barred or a registered in-house counsel in the state where this role is located
Preferred Qualifications
• 6+ years of relevant legal experience advising product and sales teams.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating commercial, SAAS and/or licensing agreement for technology platforms or service providers
• Ability to drive execution in a team environment, integrating legal advice and business knowledge while providing balanced advice regarding risks and benefits
• Relevant experience in financial technology, payments and financial services, data protection, contract and/or commercial law
• Ability to navigate difficult and complex issues
• Prior in-house experience preferred but not required
• Strong work ethic and flexibility for a fast-paced environment
• Confident, proactive and can learn on the job
• Exceptional analytical ability and advocacy skills
• Excellent written, oral communication and negotiation skills
• Strong people skills with proven ability to build strong working relationships with internal clients at all levels of management and work on cross-functional teams on complex deals
• Practical and proactive problem-solver; calm under fire with a positive attitude and a sense of humor
The role may be based in any of the following locations: Foster City, CA; New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; Austin, TX; Lehi, UT; Miami, FL.
Additional Information
Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.
Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.
Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.