Senior Managing Counsel - Corporate Payments

Overview

Senior Managing Counsel supporting WEX's Corporate Payments line of business on complex commercial transactions and product development and launches in the Americas, while managing a team of legal professionals and outside counsel.

What you'll do

• Manage and lead a team of legal professionals supporting WEX Corporate Payments legal matters, overseeing their work to ensure risk-appropriate assessment and handling of matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate customer and partner agreements, including credit agreements, technology integration agreements, marketing, referral, technology and services agreements and related documentation, ensuring adherence to corporate policies and standards.
• Provide solution-oriented legal advice and support throughout the product lifecycle, from initial development to launch and commercialization, and through technology/product evolution, including drafting and reviewing product terms (e.g., app, API and website TOUs, integration terms, TOS).
• Identify, assess, collaborate on, manage and escalate as necessary any issues or risks to the business, and guide team members in doing the same.
• Review marketing collateral, press releases, and marketing initiatives for WEX Corporate Payments.
• Manage and resolve specific contractual queries and pre-litigation disputes raised by customers or commercial partners.
• Identify and lead opportunities to improve processes consistent with best practices for commercial contracting, template creation, and negotiation playbooks.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key internal constituencies, including Corporate Payments executives and leaders, and Product, Ops, Risk, Compliance and Finance leaders.
• Collaborate with colleagues in other areas of the legal department to identify risks and provide comprehensive legal guidance.
• Train, mentor, and foster individual team member growth and development in substantive areas and help build transferable skill sets.
• Engage, instruct and oversee outside counsel work.
• Provide commercially focused advice and recommendations to internal stakeholders on compliance with contractual terms and other relevant policies and standards, while identifying potential business and legal risks.

What you'll need

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• 8+ years of legal practice, ideally with in-house experience; licensed in at least one U.S. state.
• Significant experience structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial transactions (both sales and buy sides), including for financial services, digital payment, technology, and the public sector.
• Experience in payments and/or financial services industries and related laws and regulations.
• Understanding of the legal and practical components of a product life cycle and experience providing legal advice throughout the cycle.
• Experience managing and supervising others.
• Experience with legal matter management systems, contract lifecycle management systems, and AI tools and capabilities, with a keenness to experiment and incorporate AI into daily workflows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellence in resourceful problem solving, detailed analysis, and issue resolution.
• Excellent ability to understand complex commercial, product and technical issues and business metrics.
• Effective organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills to manage high work volume.
• Collaborative and able to work as part of a team, while also able to be an independent self-starter.
• Proactive in pursuit of continuous improvement, learning new skills, and addressing clients' business needs with practical solutions.

Details

• Location: US - Remote.
• Pay range: $170,000.00 - $213,200.00 base pay. Actual pay will vary based on qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency.
• Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus based on role and applicable plan.