Head of Strategic Transactions Legal - Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel

Strategic Transactions Legal negotiates some of the most exciting strategic partnerships in Consumer & Community Banking (CCB). We are looking for a talented transactional attorney, trusted legal advisor, and dedicated manager and leader to lead the team in driving this critical work.

As the Head of Strategic Transactions Legal within the Card Services team, you will lead the team providing legal counsel on a variety of strategic deals across the bank’s CCB businesses. The primary responsibilities of the role will include managing a high-performing team of transactional attorneys, drafting and negotiating agreements (such as co-brand card partnerships, card benefits and marketing arrangements, digital integrations, and other types of broad-based strategic partnership agreements) with household-name counterparties. The role will provide the opportunity for significant cross-functional and cross-legal department collaboration and require the delivery of timely, clear, and pragmatic legal advice to the business. This position provides an excellent opportunity for a candidate to build an exciting career in a leading global financial services firm and to play a key part in building and bringing to market new partnerships and benefits. 

The Legal Department at JPMorgan Chase & Co. manages legal and other risks, advises on products and services, interprets laws and regulations that impact the firm, and advises the firm on other matters.  Our global team is made up of 2,000 lawyers and legal professionals with a reputation as thought leaders who deliver best-in-class services. As trusted advisors, we help the firm’s clients while also safeguarding the integrity of the firm.  We are committed to a culture of inclusivity and belonging, where people can grow and succeed throughout their careers while working for a first-in-class financial institution doing cutting-edge work. If these values resonate with you, we would like to hear from you. 

Job responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate agreements for key CCB strategic partnerships and engagements.
• Provide strategic, commercially pragmatic, and transparent advice to business partners.
• Provide ongoing support and assistance to business partners, other legal teams and functional partners, including as to contract interpretation. 
• Provide early stage “seat at the table” strategy and pre-term sheet legal support, including issue-spotting, researching, and appropriately escalating risks and concerns that may exist with any potential deal type. 
• Manage a high-performing team of transactional attorneys with fast-moving stakeholders on enterprise-critical transactions, including managing team workloads and interacting with the leaders of business units, corporate development, and other cross-functional teams.
• Participate in cross line of business initiatives.
• Manage external counsel on critical deals.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Licensed attorney with at least 10 years of legal experience.
• Strong collaboration and people-management skills.
• On-point transactional experience with strong technical drafting skills.
• The ability to stay calm when the pressure is on and the confidence to be outspoken when necessary while maintaining a good sense of humor.
• Entrepreneurial, business-minded, and a creative problem solver.
• The ability to see past the question, understand the wider strategy, and think tactically to get to the best result for all parties.
• The ability to pivot between priorities and have the perseverance and patience to see a matter through to completion.

Preferred qualification, capabilities, and skills

• Prior in-house experience, financial services experience, and/or experience with technology/digital transactions and partnership agreements would be a significant plus. 

All candidates for roles in the Legal department must be licensed to practice law in the country of employment and successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base sala