Senior Managing Counsel (Fintech Legal)

Location: New York, New York, USA; hybrid work with two days in-office.

Salary: $224,600–$274,600 annual base salary for Connecticut and the NYC-metro area, plus potential bonus and equity.

Company

hirify.global operates online travel platforms and services, including Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable, serving customers and partners in more than 220 countries and territories.

What you will do

• Lead negotiation, drafting, and execution of complex partnerships with financial institutions, payment networks, fintech providers, and strategic technology partners.
• Advise US Fintech Commercial Partnership teams on commercial initiatives, escalations, deal structures, risk trade-offs, and approval paths.
• Develop legal strategies and risk mitigations for payments infrastructure, embedded finance, alternative payment models, and other product-linked partnerships.
• Establish global contracting frameworks, risk allocation models, authority delegations, and decision-making processes across jurisdictions and brands.
• Set standards for drafting, negotiation, risk calibration, collaboration, and cross-brand efficiency through AI- and automation-led improvements.
• Manage external counsel and scope legal support in line with priorities and budget.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 8+ years’ PQE or equivalent experience; a mix of in-house and major law firm experience is preferred.
• Law degree from a top law school and excellent academic credentials.
• License to practice in New York.
• Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills, including experience leading high-stakes commercial negotiations and producing precise, commercially effective agreements.
• Extensive experience advising on fintech, payments, financial services, and complex global commercial transactions.
• Understanding of payments, money transmission, EMI/PI frameworks, lending/BNPL, AML/CTF, fraud, sanctions, crypto/virtual assets, and data-driven financial services regulations.
• Ability to influence senior executives and drive decisions in a matrixed, global organization.
• Experience operating with global scope and managing input from internal and external stakeholders, including outside the candidate’s direct experience.
• Ability to influence stakeholders, exercise sound judgment, prioritize workloads, meet deadlines, lead through ambiguity, and make difficult decisions.

Nice to have

• In-house experience at a global technology, fintech, or payments organization.
• Hands-on individual-contributor legal advisory experience embedded with product and commercial teams.
• Forward-looking interest in emerging legal and policy issues, with elite drafting and negotiation capability.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive environment focused on innovation, creativity, collaboration, and workforce diversity.
• Hybrid work model with two required in-office days.
• Competitive health and wellness benefits, tuition reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, discounts, and other employee perks.
• Eligible roles may receive an annual bonus and equity grant.
• Comprehensive benefits support employees and their families, financial planning, and well-being.