Deputy General Counsel - Crypto & AI-Driven Deals

Open Standard; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Standard is seeking a Deputy General Counsel to help build the legal function and work closely with the General Counsel. You’ll own key legal areas end to end and will collaborate with AI agents to drive efficient, scalable legal work for OUSD.

You’ll negotiate complex partnerships and deals, engage with regulators and large financial institutions, and help steer governance for a partner-owned model with a focus on commercial, regulatory, and product outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience, including substantial in-house time at crypto companies.
• Knowledge of stablecoin market from commercial, regulatory and product perspectives.
• Experience with large financial institutions and decision-making with banks, card networks, and asset managers.
• Creative commercial instincts to shape deals and products, as a regulatory/product lawyer.
• Self-starter who can handle work from draft to board memo.
• Experience using AI seriously in practice with agents/workflows.
• Clear, precise writing.
• Admitted to practice in a US jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Shape the product with product and engineering teams: mint/redemption flows, partner rewards, wallet integrations, cross-border use cases.
• Structure and negotiate OUSD deals: network partner agreements, custody relationships, exchange/liquidity arrangements.
• Engage with banks, card networks, and asset managers on diligence, risk, and regulatory questions.
• Find creative deal structures or regulatory paths to enable partnerships.
• Help govern a partner-owned model and governance framework.
• Support Head of Policy on regulator engagement and industry work.
• Assist with regulatory strategy for GENIUS Act and licensing paths.
• Build an AI-native legal function with agents and workflows.
• Manage outside counsel in the US and abroad.

Skills

10+ years experience

In-house crypto

Regulatory & product

Creative commercial instincts

Drafting/writing

AI in legal practice

US bar admission

Bank/asset manager relationships

Deal structuring

Independent work

Education

US bar admission

Job description

Open Standard is seeking a Deputy General Counsel to help build the legal function and work closely with the General Counsel. You’ll own key legal areas end to end and will collaborate with AI agents to drive efficient, scalable legal work for OUSD.

You’ll negotiate complex partnerships and deals, engage with regulators and large financial institutions, and help steer governance for a partner-owned model with a focus on commercial, regulatory, and product outcomes.