Senior Corporate Counsel Product

At U.S. Bank were on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways all more confidently and more oftenthats what we call the courage to thrive. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive. Try new things learn new skills and discover what you excel atall from Day One.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goalsno matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service to driving innovation and launching new products were building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers our communities and each other.

We actively uphold transparent and fair hiring practices that support individual opportunity inclusive culture and career mobility across all levels of our organisation.

We offer meaningful opportunities for growth a culture of inclusion and a strong commitment to transparency and integrity in everything we do.

Job Description

The Senior Corporate Counsel role is to act as a legal adviser with a focus on fintech/payments products. The core part of the role will be advising on contract negotiations new product creation and engaging with other teams across U.S. Bank Europe DAC and its parent U.S. Bank National Association.

Principal Accountabilities:U.S. Bank both develops proprietary payment solutions and partners with industry-leading companies to offer their products to our customers. This role will support both internal product development and partner relationshipsprovidingend to end legal guidance throughout the product development lifecycle including concept development design build launch readiness commercialization and ongoing operations. This includes:

• Leading negotiation and drafting of complex technology commercial and reseller agreements.

• Evaluating and mitigating legal and business risks associated with products contracts andthird partyengagements.

• Ensuring global product initiativescomply withregulatory contractual and enterprise risk frameworks across Europe by partnering with others within the Bank LawDivisionand outside counsel asappropriate.

• Providing pragmatic legal solutions aligned with businessobjectivesand enterprise risk posture.

The Senior Corporate Counsel will build deep productexpertise influence product strategy and play a key role in ensuring compliant well structured and business ready product delivery.

1. Contract Drafting & Negotiation

• Draft review and negotiate complex technology commercial and reseller agreements.

• Ensure contract terms align with businessobjectives industry standards U.S. Bank policies and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

• Lead negotiations using legalexpertiseand playbooks.

• Document contract decisions exceptions escalations and next steps.

• Driveefficienciesin the negotiation process.

• Calibrate legal guidance based on deal criticality revenue impact and strategic importance.

2. Risk Assessment & Mitigation

• Identifyand evaluate legal commercial and operational risks in product design development deployment and contracting and contribute to risk-mitigation planning.

• Ensure alignment with applicable contracts U.S. Banks enterprise risk frameworks third party risk management and regulatory expectations.

• Escalate elevated risks appropriately and support leadership decision making.

3. Cross Functional Collaboration

• Partner with product compliance risk partners operationsteamsand others to embed legal considerations into product development.

• Collaborate with compliance risk and other legal teams to evaluate regulatory contractual and operational readiness of new or modified products.

• Support go to market preparation compliance reviews and launch readiness activities.

• Partner with and manage outside counsel as needed.

4. Monitoring & Thought Leadership

• Monitor emerging laws regulations and industry standardsimpactingtechnology products data usage licensing intellectual property and payment solutions.

• Track advancements in emerging technologies and associated legal frameworks.

• Advise product and business leaders onlegalimplications ofnew trends innovations and evolving regulatory expectations.

5. Additional Responsibilities

• Assistsenior legal leadership with special projects and other legal matters as requested.

• Develop and refine templates playbooks contracting standards and legal guidance to improve consistency and efficiency.

Knowledge and Experience

• Legal qualification in the UK with a minimum of 7 years PQE; and

• Practical experience within Europe; and

• Experience as corporate counsel with a focus on:

• technology product development and launch

• complex technology and commercial agreements

• reseller or distribution agreements

• intellectual property privacy data usage and information security

• third party/vendor contracting.

Preferred Experience

• Familiarity with payment services global merchantacquiring alternative payment types mobile wallets fraud and security products financial services regulation and AI (including agentic AI).

• Experience supporting product teams in a regulated financial services or fintech environment.

Skills/Disposition

• Strong ability toidentifylegal issues and provide practicalbusiness orientedsolutions.

• Significant experiencedrafting and negotiating strategic and complex technology agreements including reseller arrangements.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to distill complex concepts fornon lawyers.

• Strong client management diplomacy and cross functional collaboration skills.

• Ability to lead projects drive change and influence decision making.

• Strong background in technology intellectual property information security and privacy.

Accessibility

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need adjustments at any stage of the application or hiring process please contact your recruiter for guidance and support.

Total Rewards

U.S. Bank is committed to fair equitable and transparent compensation practices in line with local regulatory and legal requirements. Our total rewards approach is designed to attract retain and support top talent while ensuring equal pay for work of equal value.

We offer a market-competitive compensation package that includes:

• Clearly defined salary ranges aligned with industry benchmarks and internal equity standards.

• Performance-based incentives for eligible employees (as defined by relevant plan rules) awarded through transparent objective criteria that recognize both individual and company performance.

• Inclusive equitable benefits that are accessible to all employees and focused around our 3 main pillars of financial wellbeing health & wellness).

• Continuous development opportunities including training education support and career progression pathways based on inclusive and transparent criteria.

• Employee recognition programs that celebrate achievements and milestones for all.

We regularly review our compensation and benefits to ensure they remain competitive inclusive and responsive to employee needs and market trends. Further details of the compensation package will be provided upon application.

We encourage candidates to explore the full value of our offer including monetary and non-monetary benefits at Employee benefits and development U.S. Bank Elavon.

Closing Date

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.

We aim to provide timely updates throughout the process and encourage early applications to ensure consideration.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1