Associate General Counsel, Payments Commercial

Meta • Menlo Park, CA • 2h ago

Summary:

Meta seeks an experienced, proactive transactional attorney to serve as Associate General Counsel to support its growing efforts in the payments and financial services across Meta's family of apps (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads). You will work with partnerships and business development teams to structure, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of contracts, including strategic payments processing agreements, agentic payments partnerships, payment network integrations and other strategic payments agreements. You will also advise clients on the various legal risks, business strategies and other issues related to commercial transactions and general operations. This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team and work at the forefront of helping to deliver new payment and financial services experiences around the world. This is a full-time position.

Required Skills:

Associate General Counsel, Payments Commercial Responsibilities:

Provide legal and strategic business advice to Payments Partnerships help develop a comprehensive, long-term approach to our relationships with key partners and the commercial aspects of our products and programs

Serve as legal subject matter specialist on payments and financial services transactions

Draft, negotiate, and close complex payments and financial services agreements

Identify legal risks in payments transactions and work with business and other internal stakeholders to identify and implement solutions and mitigations in line with business objectives

Collaborate with internal business partners and cross-functional teams across meta, including partnerships, product, tax, finance, and privacy, as well as other members of the legal team and outside counsel

Manage numerous deals, meet tight deadlines, and work extended hours when necessary to complete projects

Minimum Qualifications:

Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution

Active and in good standing bar license in at least one U.S. state or equivalent foreign bar license. Where the jurisdiction of licensure differs from the location in which the role is based, the ability to promptly obtain permission to practice law for Meta in that location

8+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including law firm, in-house, or government experience

Payments or financial services transactions experience working at or for technology companies (either in-house and/or at a global law firm)

Experience drafting complex strategic transactions and leading contract negotiations

Experience advising clients on and managing numerous deals on tight deadlines with minimal supervision

Experience building relationships and effectively collaborating with business teams and other members of the legal team (regulatory, product, privacy, etc.) to ensure business needs are met

Open to travel as and when required

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/@context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Interest in agentic commerce and emerging payments technology

Public Compensation:

$202,000/year to $274,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereo@types, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.

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