Associate General Counsel

InterPayments is the industry’s leading Managed Surcharge Provider. We empower merchants, banks, processors, and software platforms to compliantly recover credit card processing fees. Our technology and expert implementation services cover every applicable rule across 70+ state, provincial, federal, and card network jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada, and we stand behind that promise: we prevent, defend, and indemnify our clients against surcharge non-compliance.

Compliance isn’t just a function at InterPayments – it is the product. Fortune 1000 merchants, top-20 banks, and major processors trust us precisely because we take compliance seriously and make it our competitive differentiator. Our mission is simple: every payment should be transparent and fair. 

Role

InterPayments is expanding its legal department looking to hire an Associate General Counsel.  Reporting directly to the General Counsel, you will have immediate, substantive responsibility across a broad range of legal issues. You will work directly with the commercial team on customer and partner contracts, advise on wide ranging regulatory and compliance matters and various other matters that arise for a growing technology company.  Because compliance is central to everything InterPayments does, you won’t be a spectator: you will be a core contributor to the legal and compliance work that underpins our products and protects our clients.

This role is well-suited for a generalist who thrives on variety, is energized by complex regulatory questions, and wants to help shape a growing legal department.  Attorneys ready to make the transition to a high-impact in-house environment will be well suited to finding success here.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with senior leadership, sales team, and other cross-functional stakeholders to draft, review, and negotiate the full spectrum of commercial agreements, including customer contracts, various partnership agreements and vendor contracts.
• Serve as a core member of InterPayments’ compliance function, advising on card network rules, state and provincial surcharging laws, and federal regulations as they apply to the company’s products, customers and partners.
• Advise business teams on regulatory risk and help develop and maintain internal compliance policies and frameworks.
• Support employment, privacy, and data security matters in collaboration with external counsel where appropriate.

Handle general corporate legal work and ad hoc requests as needed and as issues arise.

What Success Looks Like

• Commercial agreements are handled efficiently and effectively while appropriately weighing customer needs with company risk mitigation.
• InterPayments maintains and expands its position as the leader in surcharging compliance while expanding its offerings and becoming expert in new areas.
• The legal team strengthens its position as an important and value additive part of the sales process, viewed as helpful in getting deals closed, not a hinderance.
• Outside counsel is engaged strategically and cost-effectively.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (New York or California preferred).
• Minimum 5 years of legal experience, with a meaningful portion at a large law firm or in-house for a fintech company.
• Demonstrated experience in payments, fintech, or financial services regulation.
• Strong commercial contracting skills including direct negotiating experience. 
• Comfortable operating as a generalist: as a start-up with a small legal team you need to be able to handle a variety of issues.
• Self-starter with strong judgment and the ability to work independently in a fully remote environment

Clear, concise communicator who can translate legal complexity into actionable guidance for non-lawyers

• Experience leveraging AI tools to enhance work product and expedite deliverables

Nice to Haves

• Background in payments regulatory compliance
• Familiarity with card network rules and related regulations
• Experience working with or advising early-stage or growth-stage companies
• Familiarity with privacy law and data security frameworks

Who You Are

• Impact-driven and self-directed, with the ability to work independently and build from scratch
• Team first orientation, collaborative and straightforward to work with, for lawyers and non-lawyers alike
• Structured, logical, and data-driven decision maker that is energized by complex regulatory questions and ambiguity, not daunted by them
• Detail-oriented with a legal mindset, but practical from a business perspective: you know how to balance legal guidance with business advice