The Role
The General Counsel will lead legal, regulatory, compliance, and privacy functions while providing strategic legal guidance across the company, managing risk, and ensuring compliance with financial services laws.
Summary Generated by Built In
Greenlight is the leading family fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids. We proudly serve more than 6 million parents and kids with our award-winning banking app for families. With Greenlight, parents can automate allowance, manage chores, set flexible spend controls, and invest for their family’s future. Kids and teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest.
At Greenlight, we believe every child should have the opportunity to become financially healthy and happy. It’s no small task, and that’s why we leap out of bed every morning to come to work. Because creating a better, brighter future for the next generation depends on it.
Greenlight is looking for a General Counsel to lead the legal, regulatory, compliance, and privacy functions and to provide strategic legal guidance across the company. This role requires a business-minded leader who can anticipate and navigate legal challenges in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment while enabling growth and innovation. You will be a hands-on operator who will partner cross-functionally to manage risk, enable growth, and maintain our reputation for trust and transparency.
The role will report into the CFO/COO.
Your day-to-day:
- Lead and manage the legal, compliance and privacy functions, including managing outside counsel and future legal hires
- Responsible for identifying, defining and executing on business goals and metrics for the legal, compliance and privacy functions in the context of broader business and company objectives
- Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice across corporate, commercial, product, privacy, and regulatory domains to all stakeholders
- Oversight of drafting, negotiating, and reviewing a wide range of agreements including vendor, partnership, licensing, and commercial contracts
- Advise on and support regulatory compliance with applicable federal and state financial services laws, including consumer protection laws, privacy regulations and marketing practices
- Collaborate with product, marketing and engineering teams to ensure existing and new features and initiatives are compliant with applicable laws and industry standards
- Manage corporate governance matters and support fundraising, M&A, and strategic transactions
- Develop and implement training, policies, and internal controls to promote a strong compliance culture
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the executive team and the Board of Directors on all legal and regulatory matters
What you’ll bring to the team:
- J.D. from a top-tier law school and membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
- 10+ years of legal experience, including a mix of top-tier law firm and in-house counsel roles
- Significant experience advising technology-driven, consumer-facing businesses, ideally in financial services or fintech
- Demonstrated experience with providing innovative legal counsel to building new products and product development, privacy, regulatory compliance, and commercial contract negotiation
- Proven ability to think strategically and apply sound, pragmatic legal judgment in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- A collaborative, low-ego approach with the ability to influence cross-functional teams
- Exceptional attention to detail, communication, and organizational skills
- Deep knowledge of consumer financial regulations and an understanding of key stakeholders (including consumers and regulators)
- Experience leading and scaling a legal/compliance/privacy functionExperience working with an executive team and boards of directors
Our stance on salaries:
Greenlight provides a competitive compensation package with a market-based approach to pay and will vary depending on your location, experience and skill set. The total compensation package for this position will also include a discretionary performance bonus, equity rewards, medical benefits, 401K match, and more. Greenlight conducts continuous compensation evaluations across departments and geographies to ensure we are keeping our pay current and competitive.
The estimated base pay range for this position in (NY, CA, WA): $250,000- $365,000
The estimated base pay range for this position in (CO): $250,000- $350,000
Who we are:
It takes a special team to aim for a never-been-done-before mission like ours. We’re looking for people who love working together because they know it makes us stronger, people who look to others and ask, “How can I help?” and then “How can we make this even better?” If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and help parents raise a financially smart generation, apply to join our team.
Greenlight is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on age, race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth), genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Greenlight is committed to an inclusive work environment and interview experience. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in our hiring process, please reach out to your recruiter directly or email [email protected].
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The Company
What We Do
Greenlight makes a debit card for kids and a mobile app that empowers parents with convenient controls to safely manage family finances and create teachable moments around earning, spending, saving and giving. Greenlight is easier and more flexible than cash, with parental controls that allow families to manage exactly where, and how much their kids can spend.
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