Senior Counsel

This is a rare opportunity to build the commercial legal capability at a company sitting at an inflection point. Your contributions will shape the legal function through Method’s next phase of scale.

What you'll do

• Own commercial contracting – Draft, review, and negotiate lending agreements independently, from first draft through signature.
• Become the go-to legal partner for go-to-market – Serve as the primary legal point of contact for account executives and customer success, cutting turnaround time on commercial requests and building trust as a fast, reliable partner to the business.
• Build the AI-powered legal function – Design workflow automation, internal playbooks, and review tooling that increase the throughput of Legal.
• Create repeatable cross-functional processes – Establish clear, efficient workflows between Legal and Sales, Customer Success, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and Product that reduce friction and improve velocity and visibility.
• Expand coverage as the business grows – Extend legal support to the emerging commerce product, scaling the function alongside the business.

Who you are

• At least three years post-JD experience in commercial law in the consumer finance industry
• Proficiency in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements independently.
• Prior consumer finance experience – Deep familiarity with the regulatory and commercial landscape for consumer financial products.
• Genuinely energized by early-stage ownership – Excited to build systems and processes that do not yet exist.
• Eager to build AI-assisted legal tools and workflows – You see this as a core part of the role.
• Exceptional collaborator and communicator who builds strong relationships across diverse teams and organizations.
• Strong judgment and experience advising business partners on nuanced and complex issues that lack clear answers.
• Assertive, proactive, ownership mentality and enjoys working with cross-functional teams
• Positive, upbeat attitude with a curious, can-do mindset

Extra Awesome

• Already made the in-house transition to a fintech, bank, or consumer finance company.
• Strong knowledge of open banking, federal and state privacy laws including GLBA and FCRA, and payments laws and rules including EFTA and Nacha.
• Experience building or deploying contract automation or AI-assisted legal tooling.

Compensation

The annual US base salary range for this role is: $150,000 - $200,000, commensurate with experience, location, and qualifications. Method also offers equity, medical/dental/vision, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and other benefits.

Accommodations

Method provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance with your application due to a disability, please contact us at EMAIL to request an accommodation.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

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