Privacy & Regulatory Counsel
Plaid
Legal
United States
Posted on Oct 21, 2024
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.
The Enterprise Legal Services team, which includes Privacy & Regulatory, is a team of centralized legal subject matter experts who provide support across all of Plaid’s functions, including to other members of the Legal team. Our mission is to craft empathetic, forward-looking solutions that empower our stakeholders and propel innovation and competitive differentiation.
Plaid’s Privacy & Regulatory Counsel serve a critical role in ensuring our partners not only understand and internalize our privacy and regulatory obligations, but also in building and tailoring products and features that account for the ever-evolving regulatory landscape and Plaid’s business goals and strategies. As Privacy & Regulatory Counsel, you will collaborate with key business, legal, and compliance stakeholders to craft cutting-edge and pragmatic privacy/regulatory programs and solutions. You will also engage in horizon scanning and regulation-monitoring to help us to anticipate and account for evolving and forthcoming rules and laws. The Privacy & Regulatory Counsel role is highly collaborative and requires a passion for learning new areas, digestible communication, team work, and problem-solving.
Responsibilities
- Closely collaborate with Plaid’s Privacy & Regulatory Counsel on all advice and work related to privacy and regulatory issues and programs
- Partner collaboratively with Product Counsel and their business counterparts to advise on privacy/regulatory issues related to Plaid’s products and to develop creative solutions
- Horizon-scanning the privacy and regulatory ecosystem and keeping the Legal organization apprised of relevant developments, as well as supporting Plaid’s Policy team on related advocacy
- Developing and refining privacy and regulatory policies, procedures, and trainings to facilitate Plaid's compliance with ever-evolving protection laws
- Serving as a key point of contact for privacy/regulatory- related questions that arise in contract negotiations, as well as from Plaid's Risk and Consumer Support teams
- Serving as a key point of contact for the marketing teams as they create content that accurately reflects Plaid's practices and vision
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience as a practicing lawyer with substantial years of experience providing solutions-oriented advice on privacy and regulatory issues, ideally to technology, financial, and/or fintech company(ies), preferably in-house or at a government agency
- Proactive team-player who is excited to roll up their sleeves (no job too big or too small), values digestible and solutions-oriented communication, leads with empathy and a growth mindset, feels comfortable crafting and recommending risk-based solutions, and is committed to collaborative and proactive problem-solving
- Excellent issue-spotter who enjoys analyzing legal issues from various angles, drafting key documents, and has strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Deep knowledge of US financial data privacy laws and regulations (e.g., GLBA) and other state consumer privacy laws (e.g., CCPA, CPRA); working knowledge of international privacy laws, including GDPR, and excitement around learning
- Working knowledge of broad range of regulations, particularly those applicable to financial services, and excitement around deeply learning more (e.g., FCRA, Dodd-Frank Act section 1033, fairness laws, AI Acts, federal / state UDAAP statutes)
- Experience advising on AI, fairness, gaming, AML, and/or accessibility laws, as well as companies in the payments, credit reporting, and/or fraud spaces, and high-risk verticals, preferred
Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!
Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Plaid is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance with your application or interviews due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations@plaid.com.