Product & Commercial Counsel

About Narmi:

Narmi is how community financial institutions unlock the very latest capabilities in digital banking and account opening – so they can move faster, tap new growth opportunities, and be where banking is going. Since our founding, Narmi has enabled the movement of billions of dollars and the opening of hundreds of thousands of accounts for banks and credit unions across the US. As a result, our customers have seen meaningful increases in deposits, revenues, and happy customers. In fact, one of the first financial institutions to leverage Narmi was recognized by Bankrate and NerdWallet for providing the #1 digital experience for a bank or credit union in the US.

About the Role:

This Product & Commercial Counsel role will be the second member of our legal team at Narmi, reporting directly to the General Counsel (Amy Pardee). It is an excellent opportunity to work closely with leaders across the business and support all legal team operations and initiatives–including developing and continuously improving department processes, efficiencies, policies, playbooks, and supporting rapid-growth product initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of the counsel team and your own professional trajectory. 

What You’ll Do:

• Manage commercial playbooks and negotiate customer agreements, strategic partnership and alliance agreements, marketing, consulting, and other vendor agreements.
• Provide product review and counseling for a broad swath of digital banking and payments products.
• Provide the company with support on privacy issues, policies and initiatives.
• Assist in efficiently managing the company’s contractor and external counsel resources.

What You’ll Bring:

• 7+ years of legal experience; at least 2 years in-house experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex corporate and commercial matters autonomously and with superior internal customer support and responsiveness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to build rapport and trust across the business.
• Excellent judgement, attention to detail and commercial approach to balancing risks.
• Ability to work well under deadlines in a fast-paced emerging growth company environment and perform multiple tasks effectively and concurrently.
• Comfort handling tasks independently and answering questions that are unfamiliar.




Other nice-to-haves:

• Prior in-house experience at a high-growth financial technology company.
• Experience in banking, payments or financial services law.
• Intellectual property portfolio management experience.

The expected annual base salary for this role is $170,000 - $220,000. In addition to base salary, you will receive an equity option grant, and are eligible for performance-based cash and equity bonuses. Compensation included in an offer will be commensurate with the candidate’s skills, experience and geographic location. Compensation ranges for candidates located outside of New York City may differ. You will also receive a full benefits package.

We believe that high-performing teams include people from different backgrounds and experiences who can challenge each other's assumptions with fresh perspectives. To that end, we actively seek a diverse pool of applicants, including those from historically marginalized groups.

Please note that all correspondence related to this role will come directly from Narmi (email addresses ending in @narmi.com or @narmitech.com), and not a third party. If you receive correspondence from an individual claiming to represent Narmi please let us know immediately at [email protected].