Zero Hash is seeking an experienced Product Counsel to help shape the legal and product strategy for the leading cryptocurrency settlement infrastructure provider. We are seeking a smart, driven individual with experience tackling problems across a variety of legal disciplines, including contract law, IP, financial services regulation, and tax law. We are a high performing team looking for an equally ambitious teammate.
- Advising various business lines, including product, engineering, client services, implementations, business development/growth, marketing, and finance on issues related to product development and commercializations, partner relations, risk management,, and compliance with laws and regulations on privacy, data security, marketing, and consumer protection
- Maintain a deep understanding of regulatory requirements applicable to U.S. and international crypto asset services providers and of Zero Hash's commercial agreements
- Researching a range of novel legal questions and distilling findings to advise internal stakeholders
- Develop and maintain deep understanding of the Zero Hash product stack and product capabilities and functionalities
- Building relationships with outside counsel, partners, and regulators in furtherance of driving business goals
- J.D. degree, with 6+ years of relevant legal experience at top law firm, government agency, or in-house legal department, preferably within a fast-growing fintech startup
- Admitted and in good standing with a state bar or the District of Columbia
- Experience in financial services, particularly with money transmitters and cryptocurrency firms
- Familiarity with state and federal consumer financial services laws and regulations, including data security and privacy laws
- Strong interest in new and emerging technologies, particularly blockchain and cryptocurrencies
- Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work across functions and consult with technology development teams
- Strong project-management skills, with attention to detail
Preferred
- Experience developing compliance programs and advising on such
- Experience with data privacy regulations, including GDPR, GLBA, and CPRA
- Experience drafting and managing terms of service
Zero Hash is a B2B embedded infrastructure platform that allows any platform to integrate digital assets natively into their own customer experience quickly and easily (a matter of API endpoints). We power neo-banks, broker-dealers, and payment groups to offer digital asset trading and custody, crypto-backed rewards and round-up programs.
Our thesis is very simple: every financial services firm will offer digital assets within the next 2 years and will do so through platforms such as Zero Hash. Zero Hash is defining the new FinTech vertical of crypto-as-a-service.
Clients include MoneyLion, Wirex, Deserve, MoonPay, Tastytrade. Backed by Point72 Ventures, NYCA, Bain Capital, Tastytrade.
All Zero Hash employees are guided by the following characteristics and core principles:
- Independence/Ownership - An ability to work autonomously. Join Zero Hash, pitch ideas, and shape the work you do.
- Passion - We are innovating quickly and challenging the status quo. We want you to think big, be creative and make a difference every day.
- Collaborative - A good attitude and respect for others. We're teammates, not co-workers. Everything we do is a shared success and equally a shared failure - we talk in terms of “we” not “me”.
- Initiative - An ability and passion for learning and asking questions. We will champion you, challenge you and push you to achieve your best - and we expect you to do the same.
- Empathy - An ability to listen, respect, and understand your co-workers, customers, and everyone you interact with no matter how different they are to you.
- Adaptability - An ability to respond quickly. We are in a fast-paced industry and so we expect you to be creative when solving a new problem and comfortable under pressure.
- Transparency - We believe that transparency is critical to empowering everyone to make the best decisions, both the company to its people and vice versa.
- Integrity - Integrity creates trust. As both an organization collectively and as individuals, it is our most valuable asset.
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For candidates based in Colorado, please contact colorado-wages @zerohash.com to request compensation and benefits information regarding a particular role(s). Please include with you email the city you reside (or intend to reside in Colorado) and the title/link to the roles you're interested in.