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Summary:
eBay is seeking a highly skilled, forward-thinking, and collaborative lawyer to serve as Senior Counsel, Payments & Web3, supporting our growing payments platform and our innovative financial services. You will provide strategic legal and regulatory advice on payments, financial services, and Web3 matters at eBay!
Primary Responsibilities
- Advise on compliance with money transmission, anti-money laundering, consumer protection, and securities laws and regulations, with an eye towards global scalability
- Work closely with eBay’s Financial Services, Web3, and Compliance teams, providing strategic advice and legal support to manage regulatory and licensing matters, to negotiate commercial agreements, and to rollout new features and functionalities
- Ability to translate sophisticated financial regulations into clear requirements for business and compliance teams
- Engage directly with financial regulators, and advise on regulatory exams, regulatory reporting, and other matters
- Advise on user-facing terms and commercial contracts with partners, policy documents, and upcoming legislation and regulation
- Independently coordinate with cross-functional teams, including Anti-Money Laundering/Sanctions Compliance, Risk, Tax, Finance, Marketing, Privacy, Information Security, Internal Audit, and Government Relations
- Anticipate regulatory developments and proactively advise leadership on how eBay should navigate such developments
Minimum Qualifications:
- J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and membership in at least one US state bar
- 6+ years of experience providing financial legal and regulatory advice to regulated non-bank financial institutions, preferably in the fintech space, including in-house experience with payments matters in the context of internet or technology companies and/or relevant law firm work
- Experience advising on areas of law relevant to payments, financial services, and Web 3 matters, including US state and federal money transmission, anti-money laundering, consumer protection, and securities laws and regulations
- Experience in the following areas is also preferred: commercial and consumer lending, loan brokering, alternative forms of financing (e.g., receivables-based financing), card network rules, and commercial contracts
- Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Experience providing strategic and pragmatic regulatory advice to business and compliance teams
- Technical understanding of the payments, financial and Web3 ecosystems, especially as relevant to marketplaces
- Ability to manage and deliver across a number of top-priority projects in a fast-paced work environment
- Flexibility with the scope and variety of projects to be undertaken
- Good sense of humor and team spirit
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment in California, Washington, or New York is expected in the range below.
$144,000 - $216,150
Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
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