Senior Director, Global Product Counsel

Why Verifone

For more than 30 years, Verifone has established a remarkable record of leadership in the electronic payment technology industry. Verifone has one of the leading electronic payment solutions brands and is one of the largest providers of electronic payment systems worldwide. 

Verifone has a diverse, dynamic, and fast-paced work environment in which employees are focused on results and have opportunities to excel. We take pride in the fact that we work with leading retailers, merchants, banks, and third-party partners to invent and deliver innovative payment solutions around the world. We strive for excellence in our products and services and are obsessed with customer happiness. Across the globe, Verifone employees are leading the payments industry through experience, innovation, and an ambitious spirit. Whether it's developing the next platform of secure payment systems or searching for new ways to bring electronic payments to new markets, the team at Verifone is dedicated to the success of our customers, partners, and investors. It is this passion for innovation that drives each one of our employees toward personal and professional success. 

Verifone is proudly an in-office work culture as we see immense benefits to career development and business results from our colleagues being physically co-located. 

What's exciting about the role

Verifone is looking for an experienced, business-minded Senior Director, Global Product Counsel with commercial, data privacy, and compliance expertise to support the global product organization, working collaboratively in coordination with other members of the global legal team. This role is ideal for a lawyer who enjoys embedding directly with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to shape products from concept through launch, providing practical, proactive, and commercially savvy legal guidance in the fast-moving payments and commerce technology industry. 

Successful candidates will have significant experience counseling on product development and design, terms of service and end-user/merchant agreements, data privacy and security, and regulatory considerations affecting hardware, software, SaaS, and cloud-based payment products. Candidates should have a genuine interest in and aptitude for technology, product innovation, and the payments industry. 

This role will partner closely with product management, engineering, design, marketing, and compliance teams, balancing legal risk with the need to ship products quickly in a highly competitive market. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Provide day-to-day legal support and practical guidance to product, engineering, and technology teams across the full product lifecycle. 
• Advise on product design and development, feature launches, terms of service, privacy policies, and end-user or merchant-facing agreements. 
• Counsel on data privacy and security compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA) as applied to consumer- and merchant-facing products. 
• Review and negotiate technology and commercial agreements, including SaaS, API, cloud hosting, and third-party vendor/licensing arrangements. 
• Translate payments industry regulatory considerations (e.g., PCI DSS, card network rules) into clear, actionable product guidance. 
• Partner cross-functionally with product management, engineering, design, marketing, and compliance teams to balance legal risk with the need to ship quickly in a competitive market. 
• Collaborate with other members of the global legal team to ensure consistency and alignment across the broader legal function. 

Qualifications 

• At least 7-10 years' experience in the practice of law, with substantial experience providing day-to-day legal support to product, engineering, or technology teams. 
• Previous large law firm and/or in-house experience, ideally within a technology, software, fintech, or payments company. 
• Demonstrated experience advising on the full product lifecycle, including product design and development, feature launches, terms of service, privacy policies, and end-user or merchant-facing agreements. 
• Working knowledge of data privacy and security laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA) and their application to consumer and merchant-facing products. 
• Experience reviewing and negotiating technology and commercial agreements, including SaaS, API, cloud hosting, and third-party vendor/licensing arrangements. 
• Awareness of payments industry regulatory considerations (e.g., PCI DSS, card network rules) and ability to translate them into practical product guidance. 
• Problem-solver with the ability to provide clear, practical legal advice in a fast-paced, agile development environment while maintaining a high level of professionalism and sound judgment. 
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with product, engineering, design, and marketing teams, as well as other members of the legal department. 
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of a cross-functional team. 
• Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills and demonstrated good judgment. 

Our commitment

Verifone is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Verifone is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.