Counsel, Visa Consulting And Analytics

Job Description
Visa is seeking a proactive product and commercial lawyer to join its growing legal team that supports Visa Consulting and Analytics ('VCA'). VCA provides consulting and data analytic services to Visa’s clients, including traditional financial institutions, fintechs, processors and merchants.
The position will report to a Sr. Managing Counsel on the Value-Added Services legal team, which is part of the Global Product, IP and Services legal team. The role includes responsibility for supporting VCA and other Value-Added Services as part of a small team of experienced counsel. As a member of the team supporting VCA, you’ll provide thoughtful and pragmatic legal guidance to one of the fastest growing teams at Visa. The attorney will work closely with other experienced Visa lawyers and compliance professionals, and regularly engage directly with business clients.
Applicants must be skilled at managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced and challenging, but rewarding, environment, have good judgment and strong analytical, client counseling, and negotiation skills, be self-motivated, be an optimistic, curious, and collaborative team player, and have a good sense of humor.
Visa Is Looking For Someone Who Will:
- Work closely with business teams to understand and achieve key business objectives and help them develop compelling product and service offerings
- Draft, negotiate, and drive to completion complex commercial agreements that achieve business objectives, and continue to support those business relationships once consummated
- Provide sophisticated and creative counseling and advice to business teams regarding product development, deployment, and associated commercial and contracting considerations
- Lead review of product related marketing materials, public relations and corporate communications
- Manage regulatory support and evaluation of how shifts in regulatory landscapes may impact Visa and its partners
- Work closely with Visa’s regional legal and business teams globally, and assist these teams in resolving regional and local issues, including to achieve consistency on approaches and issues by Visa worldwide
- Provide advice and counsel to business line and management on transactional legal matters and proposed corporate actions and projects
- Review externally facing documentation for compliance with securities laws, disclosure policies, data use policies and requirements, competition law issues, etc.
- Where required, coordinate and supervise outside counsel for timeliness, cost-effectiveness, and excellence of service and work product.
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.