Director, Legal Counsel - BCDC

Director, Legal Counsel – BCDC

Pay Pal’s Legal team is looking for an experienced, highly engaged and dynamic lawyer to serve as Director, Legal Counsel – Blockchain, Crypto and Digital Currencies (BCDC).

• Provide strategic legal advice and support to senior management, influencing business strategy and decision making.
• Anticipate regulatory and legal risks, and proactively design strategies to manage them.
• Perform legal and regulatory compliance risk assessments, propose creative solutions where applicable, and help advance business objectives.
• Manage escalations, collaborate across other teams and develop solutions to enable business partners to achieve their goals.
• Develop a strong rapport and working relationship with business counterparts across the enterprise to help drive the delivery of effective legal services.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, leading the adoption of cutting‑edge legal technologies and best practices.
• Manage legal risks and safeguard Pay Pal’s legal interests, developing forward‑looking risk management strategies.
• Provide key inputs as an industry leader and expert, staying ahead of legal trends and influencing industry standards.

• 10+ years relevant experience and a Juris Doctorate degree or any equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Advising on the legal implications of potential BCDC commercial transactions, new products and experiences, customer terms and conditions, vendor engagements, and marketing materials.
• Developing BCDC‑related policies, training, and toolkits.
• Addressing threshold regulatory questions regarding BCDC initiatives, including applicability of federal securities laws, commodities laws, laws regarding illicit finance, and applicable state‑level regulations.
• Staying apprised of legal and regulatory developments with the potential to impact BCDC and keeping BCDC team members informed of the same.
• Coordinating with international legal colleagues in support of BCDC initiatives outside of the United States.
• Assisting the Government Relations team in evaluating and responding to notices of proposed rule making and requests for comment issued by regulatory agencies.
• Representing Pay Pal’s interests and interfacing with regulatory agencies, enforcement authorities, and external counsel, as appropriate.

• Professional experience or equivalent degree with excellent academic credentials.
• Ten or more years of experience practicing as an attorney at a regulatory agency, in‑house, or reputable law firm, with at least two of those years focused on financial technology, payment systems, digital assets, financial regulation, including securities law, commodities law, banking law, or illicit finance.
• Understanding of the technological variants of digital asset ecosystems and frameworks strongly preferred.
• Team oriented, with a strong sense of humor, unquestioned ethics and integrity, sound judgment, and strong problem‑solving and communication skills.
• Familiarity with, and strong interest in, Pay Pal, Venmo, mobile and alternative payments, emerging payments technology, and the payments industry. Experience with international remittances a plus.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment, handle multiple assignments simultaneously, tolerate change and ambiguity, and take ownership of projects and tasks.
• Admitted to, and in good standing with, a state bar.

U.S. national annual pay range: $188,000 to $323,950.

We offer a flexible work environment, employee share options, health and life insurance and more. For more information visit Pay Pal Benefits.

Pay Pal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, Pay Pal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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