Product Counsel, Block
Consumer Protection
$149.4-326.8k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Program, Salary dependent on location
Financial services ecosystem
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Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$149.4-326.8k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Program, Salary dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- You are organized and creative. You are curious, with a desire to understand underlying causes and motivations. You can research and master complex legal topics and communicate them with non-lawyers in brief, clear language. You can obtain an expert understanding of a legal issue but can separate the practical from the academic and provide clear, accurate, and applicable advice to the business team
- You are good-humored, patient, respectful to your co-workers, and bring an enthusiasm to your role on the team
- 5+ years of combined, relevant experience in law firms, governmental agencies, or in-house legal departments
- Excellent commercial negotiation and drafting skills
- Fluency translating legal advice into applicable guidance for creative products and collaborators
- Work in an evolving and growing environment that is prone to changes
- A Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active membership in at least one state bar
Desirable
- Familiarity with launching products and advising on the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the technology space
- Experience in financial services consumer protection laws (Regulation E) and payments / card network industry rules and regulations
What the job involves
- As Product Counsel, you'll have a broad range of responsibilities providing legal guidance on product and feature development. You will report to Cash App’s Head of Product Counsel and partner with our product teams to develop new offerings while managing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance
- As we expand our offerings, your ideas and contributions will make an immediate impact
- Provide guidance to product and engineering teams on issues related to products and features throughout the entire product development lifecycle
- Develop trusted relationship with partners and stay informed on important product developments
- Draft and negotiate commercial agreements affecting your products and services
- Draft terms of use, product policies, and product disclosures
- Work with other support teams (tax, compliance, accounting, and outside counsel) to provide seamless support to partners
- Cultivate creative ideas and insights into how legal frameworks can support new product developments and customer experiences
Our take
Block is a financial services technology company comprising of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD. Its biggest brand, Square, offers hardware and software for small to medium-sized businesses enabling them to manage the entire payment lifecycle. It functions similarly to Shopify and Stripe, but has paired online payment processing with physical devices such as registers, payment terminals, and mobile card readers.
The business was originally founded as Square in 2009 by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame. Already well-established with SMEs all over the globe, Square has significantly benefited from the increased demand for mobile payment systems. Its order management feature remains a go-to tool for small businesses that otherwise didn't have the proper infrastructure in place when demand for home delivery surged.
Square rebranded as Block in December 2021, with the Square brand name remaining in place for their seller business. The company has since come under fire for its security practices, facing lawsuits in relation to a major breach of CashApp user data, and in 2024 announced plans to reduce its workforce in order to cut costs. Despite these setbacks, there is every chance the business will move past this, though it may take some time to rebuild trust in its product.
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Company Specialist
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
- Retirement Plans including company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
- Paid parental and caregiving leave
- Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
- Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
- Learning and Development resources
- Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Jack Dorsey
(CEO)Having studied at and dropped out of New York University, Jack founded Twitter in March 2006, where he has served as CEO since. He co-founded Square with Jim in February 2009, and has remained its CEO ever since.
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