Corporate Legal Counsel

NMI is looking for a dynamic and motivated Corporate Counsel to join our legal team! This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading Fintech company, advising on a wide range of commercial agreements and corporate issues within a fast-growing and supportive environment.

As Corporate Counsel you will work across a diverse scope of legal matters — from drafting and negotiating agreements that support our US and UK-based sales teams, to handling data protection requests and compliance matters. You will play an integral role providing business-minded legal advice to teammates across NMI by negotiating vendor agreements, advising on contracting models, product design, compliance, corporate governance, and other legal issues. You will also help maintain and develop the business's template agreements, contract review guidebooks, and respond to NMI's evolving legal needs.

This is a remote role reporting to the Associate General Counsel.

NMI, a global leader in payment technologies, allows software and sales professionals to deliver payment innovations to their clients without having to build payment expertise in house. NMI enables our partners with choice, and challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to payments. You've probably used NMI in the last 24 hours without even realizing it. We're the platform that powers success for innovative tech created by SMBs, entrepreneurs and fintech startups. We're creative problem solvers who help visionaries smash through boundaries and think beyond what's possible so they can think about what's next. But we're not just built for the tech savvy. We democratize the latest payments technology so that everyone can realize the benefits of easy payments across the full spectrum of commerce. Our mission is to use our expertise to enable more payments, in more ways and more places. We provide ISOs, Fintech Innovators and Technologists the freedom to focus on what they do best, liberating them from restricted payment solutions and giving them access to the latest payment technology now and in the future.

• Be a Good Person, It's Simple. We treat everyone fairly and with respect. We lead with kindness, humility and integrity. We take the time to understand each other and our customers. And we serve with care, because customers are never a transaction, and always our focus
• Align, Trust & Go. We debate openly, listen carefully and challenge thoughtfully. Once we decide, we move forward together - holding ourselves accountable to our commitments, and focusing on what matters most to our customers. That alignment creates momentum.
• Raise the Bar. Good enough isn't enough. We stay curious, measure everything, stay honest about progress and keep pushing ourselves to think creatively. We drive change, again and again. And leave things better than we found them. When we raise the bar, our customers feel it too.

• →Draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements to support NMI's US and UK-based sales teams, including customer proposals and NDAs.
• →Provide practical, business-oriented legal and commercial contract advice directly to colleagues at all levels of the organization.
• →Support data protection requests and assist in handling and managing various data compliance matters across the business.
• →Negotiate vendor agreements and advise on contracting models, product design, compliance, corporate governance, and other legal issues.
• →Maintain and develop the business's template agreements, contract review guidebooks, and other legal resources to meet NMI's evolving needs.
• →Identify opportunities to create and improve upon legal processes to drive efficiencies across the team.

• 2+ years of legal experience, whether at a law firm or in-house.
• Attorney with a JD and membership in good standing in at least one state bar association.
• Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal and commercial contract advice directly to colleagues at all levels.
• Creative and strategic thinker who can create and improve upon processes to drive efficiencies.
• Experience with, or willingness to, work on corporate and commercial matters in both the US and the UK.
• Quick learner who is comfortable navigating new and unfamiliar matters.
• Thrives while working in a fast-paced environment.
• Operates independently and can act decisively.

• Experience in-house at a fast-growing technology company or advising FinTechs at a law firm.
• Strong interest in and awareness of the payment industry sector, and SaaS contracting models.
• Payment industry or account-to-account payment experience is a plus (but not required).
• Privacy expertise, including familiarity with the GDPR. CIPP/E or CIPP/M certification is a plus (but not required).

Do you feel like you have a slightly out of the ordinary career path or history? We are open to all walks of life and very willing to hear your story. Please don't feel like this should be a barrier to securing a great career at NMI! We appreciate success can come in all shapes and sizes. Fill in the 'Additional Info' box on our application to tell us more about your path.

NMI is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation or sexual identity, genetic information, citizen status (except those that do not have the legal right to be employed in the United States), disability, military service, service member, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Please be aware that all offers of employment are made subject to receipt of satisfactory background and financial checks.

Attention job applicants: Please note that in compliance with the data protection regulations within your jurisdiction, any personal information submitted with your job application may be collected and used by NMI for the purpose of recruitment and employment-related activities. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and provide explicit consent to the processing of your personal information as described in our privacy policy found on our website. For more information on how we process your information, please read our privacy policy here: https://www.nmi.com/legal/privacy-policy/

This is a remote role with an annual US base salary range of $150,000 – $180,000 USD. This salary range will be narrowed during the interview process based on experience, qualification, and location.

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