Associate General Counsel - Personal Wealth Products

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Empower is transforming how Americans experience wealth, bridging workplace retirement and personal wealth products and services to deliver more holistic, accessible financial solutions. We are seeking a seasoned attorney to join our legal team as a strategic partner to our Personal Wealth product organization.

This role has primary accountability for supporting the development and delivery of personal wealth products. You will partner across retirement, wealth, compliance, and business teams where those areas intersect. Few organizations operate at this scale across both retirement and personal wealth, creating a unique opportunity to design integrated solutions for millions of customers.

You will help design and launch next-generation wealth solutions that reach millions of customers. If you are energized by building, not just reviewing, and want to help shape the future of retail wealth, this role offers a unique platform to do so.

What you will do:

Serve as lead counsel to the Personal Wealth product organization, advising on the design, development, implementation and distribution of innovative wealth offerings

Partner closely with product, compliance, risk and business leaders from concept through launch, ensuring aligned, practical solutions across legal, risk and compliance while enabling speed to market

Coordinate across Empower's broader legal team to deliver aligned, consistent, and business-oriented guidance, ensuring a "one voice" approach to legal advice

Navigate complex legal and regulatory frameworks, including the Investment Advisers Act, the Exchange Act, SEC and FINRA rules, ERISA/DOL fiduciary standards, and state laws and regulations

Advise on product structures and distribution across direct-to-consumer and advisor-led channels

Provide guidance on SEC and ERISA fiduciary obligations as applicable, Reg BI, conflicts of interest management, and client disclosures

Advise on and help shape Empower's approach to the responsible use of artificial intelligence and data-driven technologies in wealth products, including evolving state and federal guidance and rulemaking related to predictive analytics, conflicts of interest, model governance, and client communications

Support product governance, regulatory filings and client-facing materials

Advise on third-party partnerships and evolving fintech capabilities

Monitor regulatory and industry developments, translating them into practical guidance for product, compliance, and other legal stakeholders

What Sets This Role Apart

Direct impact:

Shape products that support millions of retirement plan participants and personal wealth clients as their financial needs evolve

Builder mindset:

Work closely with the product organization to shape strategy and enable execution

Innovation with purpose:

Help expand access to sophisticated wealth solutions

Enterprise impact:

Shape products and solutions that serve millions of investors across their financial lifecycle

Strategic seat at the table:

Partner directly with senior product and business leaders to shape product direction, not just advising on execution

Innovation in a regulated environment:

Help navigate and define approaches in emerging areas like AI, digital advice, and retail access to new products and services

What You Bring

J.D. and active bar membership

15+ years of experience advising retail wealth management businesses (RIA, broker-dealer, or hybrid)

Strong knowledge of wealth management legal and regulatory frameworks including deep familiarity with SEC, FINRA, and state regulatory regimes particularly related to duties of care, disclosure, and conflicts of interest

Exposure to emerging wealth products including direct indexing, alternatives, retirement income strategies

Experience supporting product strategy, development and launch, ideally in a fast-paced or technology-enabled environment

Sound judgment and ability to balance legal and regulatory risk with business objectivesComfort operating in evolving or ambiguous regulatory environments

Operates as a senior individual contributor with strong cross-functional influence

Executive presence and ability to communicate practical legal guidance clearly to senior business, product and other legal stakeholders

Preferred Experience

Experience at integrated retirement/wealth service providers, asset managers, RIAs, broker-dealers, fintech platforms, or other scaled financial services firms

Strong knowledge of wealth management legal frameworks, with familiarity or experience in retirement/ERISA frameworks strongly preferred

Familiarity with digital platforms, data-driven personalization, or fintech partnerships

Experience advising on distribution across retirement, direct-to-consumer, and advisor-led channels

Experience with product governance committees, disclosure/conflicts governance, and regulatory examinations

Familiarity with emerging retail products such as cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and prediction markets

How We Work at Empower
At Empower, how we work matters as much as what we build. We value collaboration, transparency, and shared ownership, and our legal team is viewed as a critical enabler of innovation— not a barrier.

We are looking for someone who:

Operates with a "one team" mindset, building strong, trust-based relationships across functions

Communicates clearly and pragmatically, translating complex legal concepts into actionable guidance

Takes accountability, exercises sound judgment, and leads with integrity

Embraces Empower's values and contributes to a culture where diverse perspectives and ideas drive better outcomes

Proactively aligns with legal, compliance, and risk partners to ensure consistent, enterprise-wide positions, avoiding siloed or fragmented advice

Why Empower
Empower is uniquely positioned at the convergence of retirement and wealth. This creates an opportunity to build differentiated products and to do so in a way that meaningfully improves financial outcomes for millions of people. This role offers the opportunity to help define how retirement and wealth solutions converge, an area of increasing focus across the industry, but one where Empower is uniquely positioned to lead.

If you're looking for a role where you can influence strategy, build innovative solutions, and be part of a collaborative, mission-driven culture, we'd like to meet you.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.

What we offer you
We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

Medical, dental, vision and life insurance

Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup

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