Deputy General Counsel — Crypto & AI‑Driven Deals

Open Standard; San Francisco, New York (CA, NY); On-site; USD 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Standard is building internet-native money with OUSD. We are hiring a Deputy General Counsel to build a legal function alongside our GC, operating with AI agents and a lean outside counsel network.

You will partner across product, policy, and regulatory teams to shape deals, DPA terms, and licensing paths in a fast-moving crypto environment. This role is based in San Francisco and reports to the General Counsel.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience in-house or equivalent.
• Expertise in stablecoins, banking and payments regulatory landscape.
• Experience using AI to support legal workflows.
• Admitted to practice in a US jurisdiction.
• Ability to work independently and with AI agents and outside counsel.
• Strong writing and regulatory strategy skills.

Responsibilities

• Shape the product with product and engineering teams: minting, redemption, rewards, wallet integrations, and new use cases.
• Structure and negotiate partner and liquidity agreements, custody, and cross-chain terms.
• Engage directly with banks, card networks, and asset managers on diligence and regulatory questions.
• Identify creative deal terms or regulatory paths when the obvious option is unavailable.
• Help steward governance models where partners own the product.
• Support Head of Policy on regulator engagement and industry work.
• Lead regulatory strategy for GENIUS Act and state/international regimes.
• Build AI-native legal workflows, including contract review and diligence questionnaires.
• Manage outside counsel in the US and abroad with tight coordination.

Skills

Legal experience

In-house crypto

Regulatory knowledge

Commercial negotiation

AI in legal practice

Tools

Regulatory databases

Job description

Open Standard is building internet-native money with OUSD. We are hiring a Deputy General Counsel to build a legal function alongside our GC, operating with AI agents and a lean outside counsel network.

You will partner across product, policy, and regulatory teams to shape deals, DPA terms, and licensing paths in a fast-moving crypto environment. This role is based in San Francisco and reports to the General Counsel.