Senior Counsel Regulatory Affairs and Policy (Fintech)

Location: Washington, D.C., United States; in-office role

Base salary: $159,600–$296,400 per year, plus incentive eligibility.

Company

hirify.global is a banking and financial services corporation serving customers through regulated banking and payment services.

What you will do

• Advise hirify.global businesses, affiliates, senior management, and legal colleagues on banking statutes, regulations, regulatory guidance, and policy developments.
• Provide legal and policy guidance on stablecoins, tokenized deposits, real-time payments, digital assets, and next-generation payment infrastructure.
• Develop regulatory strategies and relationships with regulators, policymakers, trade associations, peer financial institutions, and government affairs stakeholders.
• Draft comment letters, advocacy materials, policy positions, legislative amendments, and regulatory filings for new business initiatives and interpretive requests.
• Prepare executives for meetings with government agencies and support hirify.global’s Regulatory Change program.
• Manage outside counsel relationships and combine external advice with internal analysis to deliver practical legal guidance.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction; multiple active state issuers are listed as a certification.
• Typically 8 or more years of industry-relevant experience.
• Experience with legal compliance, regulatory compliance, legal risk, risk assessments, and regulatory analysis.
• Strong communication, negotiation, critical-thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, and influencing-through-expertise skills.
• Must be able to work in the Washington, D.C. office; employment visa sponsorship and STEM OPT participation are not available.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace focused on respect, collaboration, customer service, and risk management.
• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage, including health savings account options.
• 401(k) matching, pension, stock purchase plans, life insurance, disability protection, and dependent care support.
• Educational assistance, wellness programs with financial incentives, and family-related reimbursement programs.
• Paid parental leave, up to 11 holidays, occasional absence days, and 15–25 vacation days depending on career level and service.