Director of Product Counsel, Tipalti
CA$170-215k
Payments & procurement automation
Open for applications
Payments & procurement automation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$170-215k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To liberate and elevate finance teams so they can make true strategic impact, by automating and optimizing global finance operations while eliminating risk.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is an innovative, entrepreneurial legal leader who thrives in ambiguous environments and can make sound decisions with imperfect information while driving business growth
- JD from an accredited law school and admission to practice law
- 10+ years of legal experience with at least 6 years in product counsel or a similar role
- 3+ years of people management experience, preferably leading legal teams
- Deep expertise in financial services regulation, particularly payments, money transmission, and card programs/payment cards
- Experience with card issuing, processing, network regulations (Visa, Mastercard), and related compliance requirements (PCI DSS)
- Strong understanding of fintech product development and technology platforms
- Experience with SaaS business models and B2B commercial arrangements
- Proven track record of providing practical, business-oriented legal advice in fast-paced environments
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments and make sound decisions with incomplete information
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of innovative problem-solving and strategic thinking
- Background with global regulatory frameworks and cross-border payments
- Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills
Desirable
- Experience at high-growth fintech or payments companies
- Knowledge of emerging technologies in financial services (APIs, blockchain, etc.)
- Experience with venture-backed or public company environments
- Experience launching new financial products or entering new markets
- Track record of successfully pivoting legal strategies in response to market or regulatory changes
What the job involves
- We're seeking an experienced Director, Product Counsel to lead our product legal function and drive strategic legal support for Tipalti's AI-driven finance automation solution
- This role will manage our existing product counsel team while providing senior-level legal guidance on product development, regulatory compliance, and strategic initiatives in the rapidly evolving payments and financial services landscape
- Lead and manage the product counsel team, providing mentorship, professional development, and strategic direction
- Build and scale the product legal function to support Tipalti's growth trajectory
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional leadership, including Product, Engineering, Compliance, Marketing and Alliances
- Establish best practices, processes, and workflows for efficient and innovative legal support of product initiatives
- Provide strategic legal counsel on product development, feature launches, and go-to-market strategies
- Lead legal review and risk assessment of new products, services, and partnerships
- Advise on product compliance with applicable regulations including payments, money transmission and card programs
- Support product roadmap planning with proactive legal guidance and risk mitigation strategies
- Navigate complex regulatory landscape across multiple jurisdictions where Tipalti operates including US, Canada, UK, EU and Israel
- Ensure product compliance with state and federal money transmission, AML and card issuing, processing, and network regulations
- Collaborate with the Compliance team on regulatory change management and implementation
- Interface with regulators and external counsel on product-related matters
- Support strategic partnerships, integrations, and business development initiatives
- Lead legal aspects of product-related M&A activities and due diligence
- Advise on intellectual property strategy
- Draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements related to product offerings
Our take
Digital finance innovations across the last decade have dramatically changed how financial operations are conducted, with businesses managing their payables workloads digitally. Despite such innovations, such workflows are still conducted manually, leading to time-consuming, repetitive, and inefficient workflows.
Tipalti provides a global payments, accounts payable, and purchase order automation platform, offering tools for each area to reduce manual workflows and optimize operations. The platform’s functionalities are designed to be flexible for the scaling of growing businesses, helping to optimize financial visibility, efficiency, and control without the need for business infrastructure changes.
Whilst individual platforms exist for global payments, accounts payable, and purchase order management, Tipalti has recognized that businesses do not want to juggle fragmented software solutions inefficiently. The company aims to free up financial departments’ time without compromising their software stack and workflows through its end-to-end payment automation solutions.
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Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2023
$150m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Dec 2021
$270m
SERIES F
Total funding: $766m
Company benefits
- A thriving team and business
- Career-building opportunities
- Politics-free culture
- Focused on success
- Great benefits
Company HQ
Town Center, Foster City, CA
Leadership
Chen Amit
(Founder & CEO)General Manager of ECI Telecom from 1998 to 2000. Experience as CEO of Atrica.
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