Who we are

Albert is a new type of financial service that uses powerful technology to automate your finances, with a team of human experts to guide you. Albert saves and invests automatically for you, helps you avoid overdrafts, finds savings you’re missing, identifies bills you’re overpaying, and much more. Text Albert a financial question, and we won’t just offer guidance - we’ll help you make it happen.

We‘re an LA-based startup with a proven business model, backed by top-tier institutional investors, and with nearly 5 million users who have trusted Albert to help them achieve their financial goals. We’re on a mission to improve the financial lives of millions of people, with a beautifully designed, simple product, and we’re looking for thoughtful, talented people to join us on our journey.

About the role 

Albert is looking for a Senior Corporate Counsel to help drive our business forward by handling a wide range of legal matters but with a particular focus on commercial transactions and financial services regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate will be business-minded, practical, comfortable in a fast-paced environment, highly responsive, and team-oriented. The Senior Corporate Counsel will also have excellent legal and business judgment, decision-making and problem-solving skills, and a demonstrated ability to work independently with frequently shifting priorities. 

Things you're good at

• Contracting: You’re highly skilled at drafting and negotiating a wide variety of complex commercial contracts for consumer technology businesses.
• Problem Solving: You approach challenging situations with a problem-solving mindset and offer practical solutions to legal and business issues while navigating uncertainty.
• Product & Tech: You quickly learn a product’s functionality and underlying technology, applying this new knowledge to your daily work.
• Communication: You can distill complex legal and business matters into plain English and actionable summary form
• Judgment: You have excellent legal and business judgment and strong analytical skills

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate mission-critical sponsor, partner, and vendor agreements working closely with internal business partners.
• Provide legal advice on matters that commonly arise in a startup setting, including resolving customer and vendor disputes, intellectual property licensing, real estate, and employee relations.
• Support strategic transactions, including acquisitions, equity raises, debt financings, and other corporate development matters.
• Develop and maintain a strong knowledge of Albert’s products and work closely with our product and marketing teams to help the business grow while mitigating legal risk.
• Research, stay current, and advise on regulatory developments impacting Albert’s business lines, including state and federal data privacy laws and rules enforced by the FTC, CFPB, SEC, and FINRA.
• Update Albert’s form agreements, Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy as the business and legal environment evolves.
• Develop and maintain contracting playbooks to ensure we utilize a standardized approach to frequently negotiated business and legal terms.
• Collaborate with outside counsel on issues affecting Albert’s business lines and internal operations.
• Serve as the primary legal contact for internal business teams and Albert’s product sponsors and business partners.

Requirements

• A JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school and an active bar license in good standing. 
• 8+ years of experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts for financial services and/or technology companies, preferably in-house.
• Experience advising multiple stakeholders and teams across an organization, including Product, Growth, Engineering, Compliance, IT/Information Security, and HR.
• Outstanding communication skills - you must be able to clearly and succinctly present complicated issues, enabling effective collaboration with internal teams and external partners and vendors.
• Ability to manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and proactively anticipating issues in an ever-evolving and fast-paced startup environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity 
• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• 401(k) match
• Free lunch

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