Associate Counsel - Fintech and HTS

Hopper is seeking an attorney with a mix of regulatory and transactional experience to join its growing global legal team as Associate Counsel for its Fintech and HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions) businesses.

In this role, you will report to the Deputy General Counsel and work closely with the growing Fintech and HTS legal team, product leads, and other senior business partners to provide advice on complex regulatory matters impacting Hopper’s global business, and drive and execute bespoke and creative commercial contracts with Hopper’s HTS partners (including banks, consumer brands, airlines, hotels, and online travel agents) around the world.

You will be a self-starter with intellectual curiosity and a willingness to roll up your sleeves and tackle unfamiliar issues in new markets to remove blockers and facilitate deal close. You will be eager to unpack the complexities needed to close cross-border commercial transactions as a rapidly-scaling B2B business with a home base in Canada and significant operations in the U.S. that operates globally with subsidiaries and affiliates in 38+ countries. This will include identification and implementation of innovative solutions to cross-border remittance and indirect tax (VAT/DST/sales tax) issues. You will also assist in ensuring compliance of all Fintech and HTS product implementations with requirements in all global markets in which Hopper and its HTS partners operate.

Primary Responsibilities:

Draft, negotiate, advise, and close the fintech and HTS partner contracts that contribute to Hopper’s success. Achieve optimal outcomes across a wide range of legal topics, such as intellectual property, sanctions compliance, payments regulation and data privacy. Research indirect tax and withholding issues in foreign markets to address questions from prospective HTS partners.

Navigate the intersection of travel, technological innovation, and financial services on a broad range of complex regulatory issues such as payments, lending, insurance, and strategic bank partnerships.

Advise product teams on a range of issues in developing innovative product structures, including new and emerging legal and regulatory developments impacting fintech products.

Help scope and build scalable and effective processes for legal review and launch of new products, including drafting and maintaining product terms and conditions.

Partner with the business on general commercial matters and negotiate the contracts that contribute to Hopper’s success – from our biggest Cloud deals (distribution of our fintech products to our B2B partners), to the fundamental commercial contracts that the business needs to operate.

Secondary Responsibilities:

Advise on all issues affecting Hopper’s business globally, including consumer protection, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, data privacy and information security, and corporate governance.

Qualifications & Background Requirements:

• J.D. or LLM in the United States; Five (5) years minimum experience in an in-house position, government and/or law firm practice advising a wide range of industries (including consumer products and technology services) on commercial contracting matters

• Demonstrated ability to operate in unfamiliar areas of law and in new jurisdictions

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Experience in reviewing, navigating and solving complex regulatory and/or cross-border tax issues, and in commercial contract drafting

Perks and benefits of working with us:

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.

• Unlimited PTO.

• Carrot Cash travel stipend.

• Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend.

• Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!.

• Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.

• Open communication with management and company leadership.

• Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.

• 100% employer paid Medical, Dental and Vision coverage for employees.

• Access to Disability & Life insurance.

• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).

• DCA/ FSA and access to 401k plan.

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More about Hopper

At Hopper, we are on a mission to become the leading travel platform globally – powering Hopper’s mobile app, website and our B2B business, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). By leveraging massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper combines its world-class travel agency offering with proprietary fintech products to bring transparency, flexibility and savings to travelers globally. We have developed several unique fintech solutions that address everything from pricing volatility to trip disruptions – helping people travel better and save more on their trips.

The Hopper platform serves hundreds of millions of travelers globally and continues to capture market share around the world. he Hopper app has been downloaded over 120 million times and has become largely popular among younger travelers – with 70% of its users being Gen Z and millennials.

While everyone knows us as the Gen Z and Millennial travel app, Hopper has evolved to become much more than that. In recent years, we’ve grown into a travel fintech provider, commerce platform, and global travel agency that powers some of the world’s largest brands.

Through HTS, our B2B division, the company supercharges its partners’ direct channels by integrating our fintech products on their sites or powering end-to-end travel portals. Today, our partners include leading travel brands like Capital One, Nubank, Air Canada, and many more.

Here are just a few stats that demonstrate the company’s recent growth:

• Billions of dollars worth of travel and travel fintech are sold through Hopper and HTS’ channels every year.

• Our fintech products – including Cancel for Any Reason and Flight Disruption Assistance – have exceptionally strong CSAT because the terms are always clear, and customers receive instant, no-questions-asked resolutions.

• Almost 30% of our app customers purchase at least one fintech product when making a booking; and consumers are 1.6x more likely to repurchase if they add fintech to their booking vs if they booked just travel.

Given the success of its fintech products, Hopper launched a B2B initiative, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions), which represents more than 75% of the business.

Through HTS, any travel provider (airlines, hotels, banks, travel agencies, etc.) can integrate and seamlessly distribute Hopper’s fintech or travel inventory on their direct channels. As its first HTS partnership, the company partnered with Capital One to co-develop Capital One Travel, a new travel portal designed specifically for cardholders. Other HTS partners include Air Canada, Uber, CommBank, Nubank, Flair Airlines and many more.

Hopper has been named the #1 most innovative company in travel by Fast Company Hopper has been downloaded over 120 million times and continues to have millions of new installs each month. Hopper is now the #3 largest online travel agencies in North America and 70% of our app customers are Gen-Z and millennials travelers.

Hopper has raised over $750 million USD of private capital and is backed by some of the largest institutional investors and banks in the world. HTS is primed to continue its growth as the leading travel ecommerce provider in a $1 trillion online shopping category. The Hopper app and website will also continue to be the preferred travel provider for Gen Z and Millennials..

Come take off with us!