Senior Counsel | Remote

At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

NerdWallet is seeking a corporate generalist with broad experience managing labor and employment matters and supporting product-commercial strategy to join its legal department as Counsel. It will support the development and implementation of human resources policies, assist with employee relations matters, and support M&A activity and integration. This role will also provide product-consumer guidance to vertical leaders supporting the areas of contract review, digital marketing, compliance, privacy, and data.

In this role, you will have an opportunity to flex your versatility, acting as a hybrid Employment Counsel and Product Counsel. In this role, you will support the People Team by advising the team on risk related to employee relations matters and investigations, while also ensuring that our legal documents, policies, and employment practices are always up to date. You will also support our vertical teams by acting as an embedded advisor, guiding everything from contracts and partnership terms to negotiating vendor terms and supporting M&A.

Review and update employment policies as needed.

Provide practical, actionable advice on employment matters including reasonable accommodations, compliance, performance management, terminations, recruiting, hiring, and compensation and benefits.

Manage and update, as needed, the company’s legal documents, including offer letters, employment agreements, separation agreements and handbooks.

Manage employment law claims and arbitration, including all aspects of litigation and discovery.

Educate internal clients and stakeholders on important legal developments affecting our business and proactively ensure risk mitigation.

Identify and assess legal risks and opportunities in the employment area and advise accordingly.

Respond promptly to legal requests from product, business development, data and privacy, finance, marketing, senior leadership team, and other clients. Summarize and communicate legal concepts in a pragmatic, clear, and concise manner.

Implement streamlined and thoughtful processes to ensure product compliance.

Support the continuous improvement of NerdWallet and the legal department by identifying and implementing improvements in processes, forms, and operations.

Your experience: Experience : 6+ years of relevant experience, including a combination of both in-house and law firm practice at a major law firm.

Deep knowledge of California and/or New York employment laws and applicable federal laws.

Judgment : You leverage sound and practical judgment, personal integrity, and discretion regarding confidential matters.

You stay on top of your focus area and are able to quickly dive into matters, assessing risk and providing guidance when needed.

Ownership: Self-starting, proactive, driven, adaptable person who can, with poise and patience, prioritize and manage multiple projects and recalibrate advice in view of shifting priorities, legal developments and risk tolerance.

Adaptibility : You are able to seamlessly adapt and flex as needed and thrive on balancing risk mitigation with a drive for execution in support of business needs.

Experience advising on truth-in-advertising, UDAP, UDAAP and other consumer protection laws.

Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, master service agreements, licensing agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.

Knowledge of privacy laws, including but not limited to CCPA, GDPR, and GLBA.

Experience in a financial services regulatory area is a plus (e.g., insurance, mortgage, consumer lending, banking, or investing).

Where: This role will be remote (based in the U.No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents

Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown

New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care

Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution

Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)

Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

Be the first to test and benefit from our new financial products and tools

Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar

Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here .

We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

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