What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Privacy Managing Counsel position at Lawrence Harvey?
We are currently partnered with a global fintech and payments leader whose technology powers billions of transactions each year.
As Privacy Managing Counsel, you'll play a key role in supporting the company's Embedded Finance business by advising on privacy-by-design, responsible data use, and scalable compliance across products, partnerships, and commercial arrangements. Naturally, you will be working closely with Product, Engineering, Compliance, Risk, Legal, and business leaders, as well as sponsor banks and technology partners; you'll help strengthen privacy governance and drive scalable, compliant growth across a complex financial ecosystem and product lifecycle.
This position can be based in NY or Berkeley Heights, NJ.
Qualifications
- 8 years of legal experience focused on privacy, data protection, financial services regulation, or related legal counseling.
- Experience advising on U.S. financial privacy laws, including GLBA and state privacy requirements.
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial, technology, vendor, customer, data use, and data protection agreements within financial services, banking, payments, fintech, or similarly regulated industries.
- Experience supporting banks, fintech companies, payment processors, card networks, or comparable law firm clients.
- Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Laws (LL.M.), or equivalent legal qualification.
Preferred Experience
- CIPP/US or another recognized privacy certification.
- Experience supporting embedded finance, Banking-as-a-Service, or other partner-driven financial products.
- Experience advising within complex, multi-party ecosystems involving sponsor banks, processors, fintech platforms, and consumer-facing technology companies.
- Familiarity with implementing privacy-by-design practices within product development and engineering environments.
This is an opportunity to join a highly respected organization at the forefront of payments innovation and make an impact at global scale.