About the role

Senior Corporate Counsel supporting product development at U.S. Bank’s payment solutions. Negotiating and drafting legal agreements, evaluating risks, and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate complex technology, commercial, and reseller agreements.
Ensure contract terms align with business objectives, industry standards, U.S. Bank policies, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Lead negotiations using legal expertise and playbooks.
Document contract decisions, exceptions, escalations, and next steps.
Drive efficiencies in the negotiation process.
Calibrate legal guidance based on deal criticality, revenue impact, and strategic importance.
Identify and 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. Bank’s enterprise risk frameworks, third‑party risk management and regulatory expectations.
Escalate elevated risks appropriately and support leadership decision‑making.
Partner with product, compliance, risk partners, operations teams and 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.
Monitor emerging laws, regulations, and industry standards impacting technology products, data usage, licensing, intellectual property, and payment solutions.
Track advancements in emerging technologies and associated legal frameworks.

Licensed by and in good standing with the appropriate state bar association or other appropriate state attorney licensing authority
At least 7 recent years of legal experience in an in‑house legal department or law firm 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
Strong ability to identify legal issues and provide practical, business‑oriented solutions.
Significant experience drafting and negotiating strategic and complex technology agreements, including reseller arrangements.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to distill complex concepts for non‑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.
Familiarity with payment services, global merchant acquiring, 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.

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
Basic term and optional term life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Pregnancy disability and parental leave
401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
Adoption assistance
Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law