Senior Corporate Counsel - Product (FinTech Product Development & Technology Partner Agreements)
U.S. Bank
At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often—that’s what we call the courage to thrive. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals—no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we’re building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other.
Job Description
U.S. Bank’s Law Division is seeking an experienced Senior Corporate Counsel who is authorized to practice law in the United States and is in good standing with the appropriate U.S. state licensing authority. This attorney will join the in‑house legal team supporting U.S. Bank’s payment solutions. The role primarily supports the North America fintech product organization, and reports to the Associate General Counsel with responsibility for fintech/payments products.
Position Overview
U.S. Bank both develops proprietary payment solutions and partners with industry-leading companies to offer their products to our customers. This role will support both internal product development and partner relationships providing end‑to‑end legal guidance throughout the product development lifecycle, including concept development, design, build, launch readiness, commercialization, and ongoing operations.
This includes:
- Leading negotiation and drafting of complex technology, commercial, and reseller agreements.
- Evaluating and mitigating legal and business risks associated with products, contracts, and third‑party engagements.
- Ensuring global product initiatives comply with regulatory, contractual, and enterprise risk frameworks across the U.S., Canada, and Europe by partnering with others within the Bank, Law Division and outside counsel as appropriate.
- Providing pragmatic legal solutions aligned with business objectives and enterprise risk posture.
The attorney will build deep product expertise, influence product strategy, and play a key role in ensuring compliant, well‑structured, and business‑ready product delivery.
Core Responsibilities
1. Contract Drafting & Negotiation
- 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.
2. Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- 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.
3. Cross‑Functional Collaboration
- 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.
- Support go‑to‑market preparation, compliance reviews, and launch readiness activities.
- Partner with and manage outside counsel as needed.
4. Monitoring & Thought Leadership
- 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.
- Advise product and business leaders on legal implications of new trends, innovations, and evolving regulatory expectations.
5. Additional Responsibilities
- Assist senior legal leadership with special projects and other legal matters as requested.
- Develop and refine templates, playbooks, contracting standards, and legal guidance to improve consistency and efficiency.
Basic Qualifications
- Licensed by and in good standing with the appropriate state bar association or other appropriate state attorney licensing authority
Preferred Skills/Experience
- 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.
Location expectations
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.
We are proud that U.S. Bank has been recognized as a World’s Most Ethical Company® by the Ethisphere Institute and has been named the #1 Most Admired Superregional Bank by Fortune magazine.
Successful candidates for a position in the U.S. Bank Law Division support U.S. Bank’s core values, which guide what we do every day:
- We do the right thing.
- We power potential.
- We stay a step ahead.
- We draw strength from diversity.
- We put people first.
In the U.S. Bank Law Division, we honor those values through our mission: “we guide our clients to remarkable results with expert legal counsel.” Our commitment is evident in the work we do, not only for the Bank, but for our communities. The Law Division has received several awards for its pro bono contributions, including the Minnesota Corporate Pro Bono Council’s “Excellence in Pro Bono Award,” and we encourage our legal professionals to contribute time and expertise to pro bono work as part of their role. In addition, the Law Division has been recognized for its leadership and engagement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.
Benefits:
Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:
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
Review our full benefits available by employment status here.
U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.
E-Verify
U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.
The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $126,820.00 - $149,200.00
U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.
Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.
Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.
