Product Counsel

Zero Hash; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Insurance

Vision & Dental Insurance

Equity opportunity

Parental leave

WeWork All Access

Annual WFH stipend

L&D stipend

Job summary

zerohash is seeking a Product Counsel in New York to shape legal strategy for our cryptocurrency settlement platform. You will advise product, engineering and business teams on privacy, data security, marketing, consumer protection, risk management, and partner relations.

You will manage user and services agreements, licensing, and other contracts, conduct legal research, and collaborate with internal and external counsel to address complex regulatory issues.

Qualifications

• J.D. degree with 6+ years of relevant experience in top law firm, government, or in-house.
• Experience with consumer financial services laws, data privacy, and blockchain/cryptocurrency.
• Excellent written and oral communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Advising product, engineering, IT, business development, marketing, and other teams on issues related to product development and commercialization, including compliance with privacy, data security, marketing, consumer protection, risk management, and partner relations
• Managing contracts including user and services agreements, terms of service, licensing agreements, and commercial contracts
• Researching a range of novel legal questions and distilling findings to advise internal stakeholders
• Collaborating with in-house and outside counsel to research complex legal and regulatory issues
• Building relationships with outside counsel, partners, and regulators in furtherance of driving business goals

Skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Legal research

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

About the Job

zerohash is seeking a Product Counsel to help shape the legal and product strategy for our fast-growing cryptocurrency settlement solution. We are seeking a smart, driven individual with experience tackling problems across a variety of legal disciplines, including contract law, IP, financial services regulation, and employment law. We are a high performing team looking for an equally ambitious teammate.

Responsibilities

• Advising product, engineering, IT, business development, marketing, and other teams on issues related to product development and commercialization, including compliance with laws and regulations on privacy, data security, marketing, consumer protection, risk management, and partner relations
• Managing various contracts including, user and services agreements, terms of service, licensing agreements, and commercial contracts
• Researching a range of novel legal questions and distilling findings to advise internal stakeholders
• Collaborating with in-house and outside counsel to research complex legal and regulatory issues
• Building relationships with outside counsel, partners, and regulators in furtherance of driving business goals

Requirements

• J.D. degree, with 6+ years of relevant legal experience at top law firm, government agency, or in-house legal department, preferably within a fast-growing startup
• Admitted and in good standing with a state bar or the District of Columbia, preferably Illinois or eligible to register as in-house counsel in Illinois
• Familiarity with state and federal consumer financial services laws and regulations, including data security and privacy laws
• Strong interest in new and emerging technologies, particularly blockchain and cryptocurrencies
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work across functions and consult with technology development teams
• Strong project-management skills, with attention to detail

Preferred

• Experience in financial services, particularly with money transmitters and cryptocurrency firms
• Experience developing compliance programs and advising on such
• Experience with data privacy regulations, including GDPR, GLBA, and CPRA
• Arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, and customer complaint resolutions experience
• Experience drafting and managing terms of service

Benefits

• Healthcare Insurance: zerohash covers roughly 100% of employee premiums as well as a portion of spouse/children (U.S. only)
• Vision & Dental Insurance (U.S. only)
• Chance to earn equity
• Maternity & Paternity leave (after 6 months)
• WeWork All Access Membership
• WFH Yearly Stipend
• L&D Yearly Stipend (after 6 months)

About zerohash

zerohash is the leading crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform and the operating system for digital money, powering the next generation of financial services. Founded in 2017, zerohash enables banks, brokerages, fintechs, and payment companies to offer crypto trading, stablecoin payments, and tokenized assets without having to build or manage complex blockchain infrastructure on their own. The zerohash platform supports three core pillars: Trade, Transact, and Tokenize. Through a single integration, customers can launch regulated crypto buy, sell, and custody services; enable 24/7 stablecoin-based funding, payouts, and settlement; and issue and manage tokenized assets with built-in compliance, risk controls, and reporting. By abstracting away technical, regulatory, and operational complexity, zerohash allows partners to treat digital assets as just another financial primitive: fast, programmable, and global. zerohash is trusted by some of the world’s most recognized financial and consumer brands, including Interactive Brokers, Morgan Stanley, Stripe, Franklin Templeton, BlackRock, DraftKings, Gusto, Worldpay, Kalshi, One Pay, among others. Today, zerohash infrastructure supports millions of end users across brokerage, wealth, payments, and marketplace platforms globally. The company is deeply regulated and compliance-first, operating across the U.S. and internationally with licenses and approvals that allow partners to enter crypto and stablecoins with confidence. zerohash has become a trusted partner for enterprises seeking to modernize financial products while meeting the highest standards for security, risk management, and regulatory oversight. To date, zerohash has raised over $280 million in funding from a mix of leading venture firms and strategic investors, including Morgan Stanley, Interactive Brokers, SoFi, Point72 Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and more. zerohash has been featured in top-tier media outlets such as Bloomberg, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Reuters, Forbes, and CoinDesk, and its leadership team regularly contributes to global conversations on the future of payments, investing, and financial infrastructure. At zerohash, we're building the infrastructure that makes digital money work securely, compliantly, and at global scale.

The zerohash Culture

All zerohash employees are guided by the following characteristics and core principles:

• Independence/Ownership - An ability to work autonomously. Join zerohash, pitch ideas, and shape the work you do.
• Passion - We are innovating quickly and challenging the status quo. We want you to think big, be creative and make a difference every day.
• Collaborative - A good attitude and respect for others. We’re teammates, not co-workers. Everything we do is a shared success and equally a shared failure - we talk in terms of "we" not "me".
• Initiative - An ability and passion for learning and asking questions. We will champion you, challenge you and push you to achieve your best - and we expect you to do the same.
• Empathy - An ability to listen, respect, and understand your co-workers, customers, and everyone you interact with no matter how different they are to you.
• Adaptability - An ability to respond quickly. We are in a fast-paced industry and so we expect you to be creative when solving a new problem and comfortable under pressure.
• Transparency - We believe that transparency is critical to empowering everyone to make the best decisions, both the company and its people and vice versa.
• Integrity - Integrity creates trust. As both an organization collectively and as individuals, it is our most valuable asset.