Whop
Senior Product Counsel
$275K–$325K
Brooklyn, NY +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Palo Alto, CA - Experience
- 5–10 years of legal experience.
- Education
- JD
- Visa sponsorship
About the job
Serves as the primary legal partner to product, engineering, payments, and risk teams, advising on the design, launch, and operation of payments, payouts, marketplace, and related products.
What you'll do
- Advise on payments regulation, partner and card-network requirements, financial-crimes compliance, marketplace liability, and consumer protection.
- Own user-facing terms, seller and buyer agreements, policies, and product disclosures; advise on privacy, data use, and AI-enabled features.
- Support international launches, licensing and regulatory engagement, and build scalable product-review guidance and processes.
What they ask for
- 5–10 years of legal experience, with substantial experience advising on payments, fintech or financial services products.
- JD and admission to the New York or California bar, or eligibility to register as in-house counsel.
- Working knowledge of U.S. payments regulation, including money transmission, BSA/AML, sanctions, card network rules and the bank partnership model.
- Experience advising online marketplaces or platforms on consumer protection and intermediary liability issues.
Nice to have
- Experience with state money transmitter licensing or regulatory examinations.
- Experience with international payments regulation, creator economy, digital goods or subscriptions, or trust and safety operations.
Pay
$275,000-$325,000 USD base salary
Tools
AI tools
AI focus
Advise on privacy-by-design, data use, and AI-enabled features; use AI tools to improve the efficiency and quality of legal work.
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