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Who we are:

Sardine helps fintech, crypto, and web3 companies "move money confidently" by developing fraud, compliance, and payment infrastructure. With Sardine, builders can focus on growing their business instead of spending time, fighting against fraudsters. We're growing incredibly fast and powering over 100 customers around the world like Brex, MoonPay, FTX, Bakkt, Luno, Transak, Chippercash, Candy Digital, Metamask, Brave, and RelayFi.

Our culture:

• We have hubs in Bay Area, NYC, and Toronto. However, we have a remote-first work culture. #WorkFromAnywhere

• We hire talented, self-motivated people and get out of their way

• We value performance, not hours worked (or what time you work). We believe you shouldn't have to miss your family dinner, your kid's school play, or doctor's appointment for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.

Location:

• United States (From Home / Beach / Mountain / Cafe / Anywhere!)

• We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed team. So you can find your productive zone and work from there.

About the role:

We are looking for a Head of Legal who will lead our legal organization into our next growth phase. In this role, you will report to our CEO, Soups Ranjan, and partner cross-functionally to help steer the ship in the proper legal direction. The ideal candidate is fascinated with Fraud, Crypto, and Payments and is eager to help build Sardine and push the industry forward.

You will:

• Advise leadership and business teams on legal issues, opportunities, and risks, regulatory matters, complex agreement structures, approval processes, and intellectual property matters related to new businesses and opportunities in the Banking, Payment, and Crypto ecosystems

• Work with the leadership team to drive strategy and execute legal, regulatory, and compliance objectives

• Partner with our Head of Compliance to manage end-to-end internal and external compliance matters

• Help direct business strategy and maintain corporate focus in an ever-changing regulatory environment

• Provide high-quality, pragmatic legal and business advice regarding a wide range of product development issues, including securities law matters, and user protection

• Support business transactions, including partnering with the business on deal structure and term sheet, planning and assisting with due diligence, drafting, and negotiating deal agreements, actively managing the deal process and execution

• Be privacy-focused; Be the subject expert working with GLBA, GDPR, and CCPA financial frameworks.

• Coordinate among the internal stakeholders and serve as POC for external counsel

An ideal candidate has:

• 10+ years of experience

• Strong working knowledge of FinTech and crypto-specific legal considerations

• 5+ years of experience working in a B2B business

• Personal excitement with crypto, blockchain, and FinTech

• In-house legal experience. Hands-on approach and willingness to execute in a fast-paced environment and An active license to practice law in a US jurisdiction

• Experience building consensus among multiple internal stakeholders

• Experience developing policies and processes from the scratch

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives.

• Privacy-focused; experience with GLBA and other applicable financial privacy frameworks; GDPR, CCPA, and FCRA

• Prior experience working with regulators; previous experience with MTL process

• Experience working with financial data

You get brownie points for:

• Working knowledge with FinCen-related domain

• Prior work experience with Fintech or Payments companies

• Experience in working with a remote-first team working from different time zones

Benefits we offer:

• Generous compensation in cash and equity

• 7-year for post-termination option exercise (vs. standard 90 days)

• Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested

• Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture

• Unlimited paid time off and minimum 2 weeks/year of mandatory vacation

• 100% of health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and 50% for dependents

• 4% matching in 401k

• Company-wide offsites, the last one was at Miami

• MacBook Pro delivered to your door

• $1,500 one-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, monitors, etc.

• $250 monthly meal stipend

• $600 annual fitness allowance

• Unlimited access to an expert financial advisory

Join a fast-growing company with world-class professionals from around the world. If you are seeking a meaningful career, you found the right place, and we would love to hear from you.