Description
Job Description
With 6 million users and an impressive 5,000 new customers joining every day, Lydia aims to become one of Europes leading financial services organizations.
Founded in 2013, Lydia has been recognized as one of Frances most promising start-ups through its inclusion into the "Next 40" ranking.
After reaching the unicorn milestone in 2021, we have plans to accelerate our European deployment while continuing to offer additional innovative solutions.
Part of our growth strategy is centered around attracting top talent to help us nurture our ongoing success.
We are now looking for our new Senior Legal Counsel - Product & Regulatory.
Reporting to our Head of Legal, you will join the Legal team.
What you will do:
- Management, negotiation and drafting of contracts for all aspects of Lydias activity: strategic partnerships agreements, suppliers agreements.
- Ensure that all our products are properly framed from a legal point of view, especially regarding our regulatory obligations (banking & financial law).
- Provide legal guidance and develop solutions to product development and expansion.
- Work closely with all the other stakeholders (product teams, marketing teams, customer care, compliance) in order to become a business partner.
- Build processes with other teams (creating templates, providing guidelines, reports etc.) in order to facilitate legal compliance within Lydia.
- Manage the relationship with law firms to deliver the best possible advice to the different stakeholders internally.
You are in the right place if:
- You have a significant experience within a financial and regulated environment (with a preference for fintech experience)
- You have a strong knowledge of banking and financial Law
- You adopt a pragmatic approach and act as a true business partner
- You are resourceful, thrive in a fast-paced and metrics-driven environment
At Lydia, we believe that diversity is a strength.
Diversity is part of our culture and identity.
We want to create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are seen as a real value to the company.
Lydia is therefore proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, physical characteristics (size, weight, age) status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.