Strategic Response Counsel, Block
Cash App
$296.6-362.5k
Financial services ecosystem
Job no longer available
Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$296.6-362.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- JD degree
- 10 years of legal experience within litigation, investigations, product counseling, or regulatory affairs (or any combination of these) gained in-house or at a law firm
- Confidence making decisions where there is ambiguity or incomplete information
- Experience managing projects and partnering with cross-functional teams
- Strong communication skills and experience with diplomacy
- Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law
Desirable
- Experience with high risk incident response
- Experience working with technology companies, with the ability to understand technical issues
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to be action-oriented and meet the highest standards of integrity
- Experience in crisis management, litigation/strategic communications, or public affairs
What the job involves
- Cash App’s Strategic Response team addresses a range of issues that involve responding to high profile, complex and often time-sensitive challenges as well as day-to-day litigation, partner diligence, and external reporting across Cash App
- This small and nimble team is looking for an agile lawyer to lead strategic response efforts focusing on North America, but able to pitch in globally
- You will focus on driving coordination and strategic decision-making on important issues that may be under focused public scrutiny and logistical pressure
- You will work closely with Cash App’s Legal, Policy, Compliance, Data Science and Cash Customer Operations teams to strategically respond to inbound inquiries about Cash App
- You will report into the General Counsel of Cash App
- Lead and coordinate among legal and team members to respond quickly to unexpected internal and external events requiring legal support
- Quickly get to grips with multi-faceted legal and business problems and distill and synthesize advice from a range of subject matter experts to participate in strategy discussions and response drafting
- Lead a team of program managers who have built Cash App’s current day-to-day external response program and lean in to continue developing the program’s strategy and function
- Guide consistency and improvement in program management processes and tools for the strategic response team and partner teams (both horizontal layer across all programs, and vertically within individual strategic request programs)
- Participate in long-term team strategy, program management and prioritization, project management, and team leadership
Our take
Block is a financial services technology company comprising of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD. Its biggest brand, Square, offers hardware and software for small to medium-sized businesses enabling them to manage the entire payment lifecycle. It functions similarly to Shopify and Stripe, but has paired online payment processing with physical devices such as registers, payment terminals, and mobile card readers.
The business was originally founded as Square in 2009 by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame. Already well-established with SMEs all over the globe, Square has significantly benefited from the increased demand for mobile payment systems. Its order management feature remains a go-to tool for small businesses that otherwise didn't have the proper infrastructure in place when demand for home delivery surged.
Square rebranded as Block in December 2021, with the Square brand name remaining in place for their seller business. The company has since come under fire for its security practices, facing lawsuits in relation to a major breach of CashApp user data, and in 2024 announced plans to reduce its workforce in order to cut costs. Despite these setbacks, there is every chance the business will move past this, though it may take some time to rebuild trust in its product.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
- Retirement Plans including company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
- Paid parental and caregiving leave
- Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
- Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
- Learning and Development resources
- Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jack Dorsey
(CEO)Having studied at and dropped out of New York University, Jack founded Twitter in March 2006, where he has served as CEO since. He co-founded Square with Jim in February 2009, and has remained its CEO ever since.
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