Rippling · 1 week ago
Lead Counsel, Payments and Regulatory
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$171K/yr - $299K/yr
6+ years expRippling is a company that provides a unified platform for HR, IT, and Finance, allowing businesses to manage all workforce systems in one place. They are seeking a Lead Counsel, Payments and Regulatory to build the legal and payments infrastructure for their financial product stack, working closely with various teams to ensure compliance and support product development. The ideal candidate will navigate regulatory frameworks and embed legal solutions into business initiatives.
EmploymentHuman Resources
Responsibilities
Serve as a trusted legal advisor to the business, including product, engineering, operations, and marketing teams, on our US and global payments and fintech offerings
Provide product counseling across the product lifecycle—from ideation and design through launch and scale—covering regulatory analysis, risk assessment, terms and disclosures, marketing, and regulator interactions
Navigate complex and evolving global regulatory frameworks to enable compliant product development
Help design and scale the legal infrastructure for payments in the US and around the globe
Embed legal and compliance into product and business initiatives while enabling speed, innovation, and customer impact
Craft and implement pragmatic, efficient, and scalable legal and compliance solutions
Qualification
Required
6+ years experience in a payments or fintech legal role (money transmission, lending, banking-as-a-service, or general fintech) at a law firm or in-house legal department
Strong understanding of the payments ecosystem and regulatory environment
Strong interest in payments and regulatory counseling and experience advising on legal issues in highly regulated industries
Experience building trusted relationships and an ability to collaborate with senior stakeholders
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communicator with the ability to break down complex requirements into easy-to-understand and practical advice
Ability to work with multiple deadlines under pressure
Entrepreneurial mindset, self-starting, and comfortable working in a highly dynamic and complex global organisational environment
JD, LLB, LLM, or equivalent degree or otherwise authorized to practice law
Sense of humor
Benefits
Competitive salary
Benefits
Equity
Company
Rippling
Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, and finance operations into a single system.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.44BKey Investors
CoatueGreenoaksFounders Fund
2025-05-09Series G· $450M
2024-04-22Series F· $200M
2024-04-22Secondary Market· $590M
Leadership Team
Albert Strasheim
Chief Technology Officer
Adil Syed
CFO
Recent News
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