JPMorgan Payments Attorney - Vice President Assistant General Counsel 

United States, Texas, Plano 

622925595

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide commercially pragmatic and trusted legal advice on the reasonableness and/or viability of innovative payments products and services, including digital wallets, card provisioning and tokenization, and e-commerce payments and develop subject matter expertise on the applicable laws, regulations and payment network rules
• Issue-spot, research, appropriately escalate, and help to resolve risks and concerns related to payments products and initiatives and applicable laws and regulations, including EFTA, Regulation Z, UDAAP/UDAP, and GLBA
• Interact with and provide support to senior business clients, other legal teams, and control partners on legal issues, new business initiatives, regulatory items and product roadmap and strategy
• Collaborate with other control partners to ensure appropriate awareness, escalation and resolution of issues
• Participate in legal department and/or cross line of business initiatives and projects, including fostering awareness of emerging payments issues across CCB and CIB Legal
• Participate as the team representative in certain committees, programs and forums, and ensure other team members are aware of relevant issues
• Contribute to the strong culture, collaboration, and cohesiveness of the Payments legal team

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Must be licensed to practice law and a member in good standing in the state in which the position is based or otherwise be in or gain compliance with the in-house counsel registration of that state
• At least five years of legal experience in a law firm or in-house legal department
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A natural ability and inclination to think and act collaboratively and as a strong team player
• The flexibility, perseverance and patience necessary to work through ambiguity and see a matter to completion
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, combined with effective time management
• The ability to foster and maintain strong relationships with business partners of all levels, other lawyers, control partners, and external stakeholders
• An ability to bring to bear different perspectives to achieve the best outcome for the Firm, while also being able to comfortably work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Prior experience with or interest in payments and/or technology matters
• Familiarity with regulatory advocacy, network rules (e.g., Visa, Mastercard, ACH, RTP, EWS, Federal Reserve), and antitrust considerations are a plus, although not necessary
• A good sense of humor