Associate General Counsel
About Orum.io
Orum is an intelligent all-in-one payments platform that unlocks instant, intelligent money movement in any direction with a single API. Powered by proprietary payment intelligence, Orum optimizes transactions for speed, cost, and risk, enabling intelligent routing across multiple rails – revolutionizing how consumers and businesses send, receive and access money. Orum’s vision is to power a better financial system where everyone has the freedom to build to their potential.
The Orum team is helmed by expert fintech operators from LearnVest, Marqeta, N26, Square, Stripe, and Stash and has raised over $82M from leading investors, including Accel, Canapi, Bain Capital Ventures, Inspired Capital, Homebrew, Acrew, BoxGroup, Clocktower Ventures, Primary Ventures, SVB Capital, and American Express Ventures. To learn more, visit Orum.io.
At Orum, we are a remote-first and people-first company. We believe that working remotely presents a unique opportunity to build a diverse team that opportunistically leverages distance to asynchronously work better. We have thoughtfully invested in the right tools and practices that will enable individuals to bring their best selves to work while having the flexibility and support to enjoy their personal lives. We are committed to cultivating an equitable and inclusive work environment where everyone's voice matters. If you’d like to play a part in crystallizing the vision of a world where money is smart, real time, and fully automated, we’d love to hear from you.
About the Role:
At Orum, the Legal team helps the company grow responsibility, advocating for Orum and the customers we power. We provide strategic advice and guidance to all Orum teams, protect Orum, advise on risk, and represent the company externally, negotiating with partners and interacting with Orum's financial partners. Reimagining money movement requires creativity and resourcefulness, and we enjoy rising to the challenge!
You will be an integral founding member of the Legal team and lead the commercial legal efforts at Orum. You will own the vendor and commercial contracting process and be able to provide sound and pragmatic legal advice on commercial legal matters for cross-functional partners. This is an opportunity to join a scaling startup where you will roll up your sleeves and help develop the infrastructure for growth of the legal team.
As an Associate General Counsel, you will:
- Draft, negotiate, advise, and be the source of truth on all commercial and partnership agreements.
- Build and maintain processes for lifecycle management of Orum’s contracts.
- Actively collaborate with a wide variety of Orum’s teams, including product, engineering, partnerships, and compliance on a range of issues related to accelerating commercialization to product development.
- Handle ad-hoc projects across a spectrum of complex business, legal, and strategic initiatives.
- Drive continuous improvements, scalability and operational excellence in contract negotiation processes and execution, and effectively collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure contracts are executed on a timely basis and with acceptable deal parameters.
- Keep current on and advise on pending and developing applicable law and regulations, especially as it relates to financial regulations, privacy and data protection.
- Be a customer-centric business partner, not just an attorney.
.You Should Apply if:
- You have a minimum 6 years’ working experience within the corporate, tech transactions or commercial law department of a reputable law firm, or a combination of experience between law firms and technology or fintech company in-house roles.
- You have exceptional judgment and integrity, are able to handle multiple complex contract matters independently on tight timeframes, and are adept at making smart decisions in the face of ambiguity and imperfect information.
- You exhibit high attention to detail and an ability to view legal issues within the context of business objectives, effectively coordinating and maintaining strong relationships with cross-functional business partners.
- You have proven experience working in a fast-paced environment and fluency translating legal advice into actionable guidance for product and business teams.
- You are comfortable owning and improving upon processes to achieve efficiencies and optimal outcomes.
- You have demonstrated experience in negotiating and closing complex payment-as-a-services contracts with customers ranging from emerging companies to large, sophisticated businesses.
- You provide and solicit feedback proactively and view different perspectives as an opportunity to learn and improve.
- You have experience in financial technology risk, financial services (lending, credit cards, banking, etc.)
- You have a J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
Nice to haves but not requirements
- Experience working at a fast-paced technology company.
- Experience implementing and working with contract management systems.
- A working understanding of financial regulations and rules.
About our Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- 100% paid medical for you and your dependents, as well as dental and vision plans
- Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
- 401(k) Matching
- Employee stock incentive plan
- Take what you need PTO
- 12 paid holidays & 1-week company-wide time off in December
- Paid parental leave
- Paid monthly mental health days for you to reset and focus on your personal well being
- Weekly meeting-free, deep-work days
- Bi-weekly paid virtual “Cafeteria” lunches
- Subsidized membership to co-working spaces
- Quarterly health and wellness stipend
- Stipends for remote office supplies
- Ongoing professional development
Orum.io provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.