# Director, Product Legal (EmFi & Payments) at Airwallex

- Company: Airwallex
- Company website: https://www.airwallexhelpau.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: US - San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $240K to $330K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-23
- Apply by: 2026-11-07
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/airwallex/77d3ebf5-f243-4fd8-a750-dae5d17e9d88
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/airwallex-director-product-legal-emfi-and-payments/

## About the role

You will serve as lead for a product-counsel team that covers Embedded Finance, Payments for Platforms, Issuing, and Lending. These are some of the company's highest-growth and most complex product lines.

## What they're looking for

- We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory
- JD (or equivalent law degree) and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 10+ years of experience in payments, complex deal structuring, and financial regulation, with a proven ability to make decisions on the fly in the face of ambiguous regulation and novel fact patterns
- Deep working knowledge of U.S. payments and financial services regulatory frameworks, including money transmission laws, AML/BSA, Reg E, UDAAP, card network rules, and bank-partner/BaaS program requirements
- Demonstrated experience serving as an embedded legal partner to product and engineering teams, providing proactive counsel from ideation through launch in a fast-paced fintech or financial services environment
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills, with experience structuring and negotiating agreements with banks, payment processors, card networks, or other financial partners

Tags: Legal