Sr. Associate Counsel

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

Job Description

Visa is seeking a proactive product and commercial lawyer to join its growing legal team that supports Visa’s Global Product, IP and Services organizations. The position will report to a Senior Counsel, Visa Legal - Global Product, IP and Services.

The role includes responsibility for supporting Visa’s issuer processing platform as part of a small team of experienced counsel. Products and services may include Visa’s core product suite (credit, debit, prepaid, commercial), value-added services, network processing, mobile, digital, fraud, identity, and loyalty and offers. The attorney will work closely with other experienced Visa lawyers and compliance professionals, and regularly engage directly with business clients.

Applicants must be skilled at managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced and challenging, but highly rewarding, environment; have good judgment and strong analytical, client counseling, and negotiation skills; be self-motivated; and, most importantly, be an optimistic, curious, and collaborative team player.

Visa Is Looking For Someone Who Will

• Work closely with business teams to understand and achieve key business objectives and help them develop compelling product and service offerings

• Draft, negotiate, and drive to completion complex commercial agreements that achieve business objectives, and continue to support those business relationships once consummated

• Provide sophisticated and creative counseling and advice to business teams regarding product development, deployment, and associated commercial and contracting considerations

• Lead review of product related marketing materials, public relations and corporate communications

• Manage regulatory support and evaluation of how shifts in regulatory landscapes may impact Visa and its partners

• Work closely with Visa’s regional legal and business teams globally, and assist these teams in resolving regional and local issues, including to achieve consistency on approaches and issues by Visa worldwide

• Provide advice and counsel to business line and management on transactional legal matters and proposed corporate actions and projects

• Review externally facing documentation for compliance with securities laws; disclosure policies; data use policies and requirements; competition law issues; etc.

• Where required, coordinate and supervise outside counsel for timeliness, cost-effectiveness, and excellence of service and work product

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

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Qualifications

Basic Qualfications
• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
• Valid license to practice in the state where the job is located or the ability to become state registered in-house counsel in good standing

Preferred Qualifications
• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more yea