What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Counsel position at MAJORITY?
Miami, FL
MAJORITY is a mission-driven mobile banking app designed for newcomers to the U.S., offering financial services tailored to their unique needs. We believe in empowering our community through accessible, ethical, and innovative solutions. We're looking for ambitious individuals who are passionate about making a difference and want to help us achieve our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
This is an in-person position based out of our Wynwood office in Miami, FL.
The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Legal Counsel to join our legal team. Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer, this role offers a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced fintech environment, providing legal support across a variety of business areas. You will work alongside various departments to develop new products, negotiate agreements, advise on legal risk and regulatory compliance in a variety of areas, support corporate, employment and litigation matters. We are looking for a highly adaptable, organized, and self-motivated individual who has a creative legal mind, amazing attention to detail, and is inspired by Majority’s mission to empower and serve global communities by making financial services more inclusive, accessible, and human.
Key Responsibilities
Majority is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law.
MAJORITY is a mission-driven mobile banking app designed for newcomers to the U.S., offering financial services tailored to their unique needs. We believe in empowering our community through accessible, ethical, and innovative solutions. We're looking for ambitious individuals who are passionate about making a difference and want to help us achieve our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
This is an in-person position based out of our Wynwood office in Miami, FL.
The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Legal Counsel to join our legal team. Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer, this role offers a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced fintech environment, providing legal support across a variety of business areas. You will work alongside various departments to develop new products, negotiate agreements, advise on legal risk and regulatory compliance in a variety of areas, support corporate, employment and litigation matters. We are looking for a highly adaptable, organized, and self-motivated individual who has a creative legal mind, amazing attention to detail, and is inspired by Majority’s mission to empower and serve global communities by making financial services more inclusive, accessible, and human.
Key Responsibilities
- Contract Review & Drafting: Assist in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts to support business operations.
- Consumer Finance Regulations: Advise on laws and regulations governing consumer financial products and services, including disclosure obligations and consumer protection standards.
- Legal Research & Analysis: Conduct research on complex legal issues across corporate, regulatory, privacy, and compliance matters.
- Marketing & Social Media Compliance: Advise on compliance with advertising laws, social media regulations, and marketing campaigns.
- Corporate Transactions: Support legal aspects of investment rounds, including due diligence, documentation review, and stakeholder communication.
- Privacy Compliance: Provide guidance on data privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable frameworks, ensuring the company’s practices align with legal requirements.
- Product Counseling: partnering closely with the product and compliance teams to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice throughout the product development lifecycle with a focus on regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and user trust.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Provide guidance on legal risks and best practices across departments, including product, operations, and marketing teams.
- General Legal Support: Contribute to any legal matter that arises within the organization, ensuring alignment with applicable laws and regulatory frameworks.
- Juris Doctor (JD) from a top U.S. law school.
- Admission to practice law in at least one jurisdiction (US or equivalent).
- 4-7 years of combined relevant experience in law firms and in-house legal departments.
- Experience working with fintechs or financial services companies.
- Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills.
- Experience with consumer finance regulations - familiarity with laws and regulations governing consumer financial products and services, including compliance with advertising, disclosure, and data privacy requirements.
- Ability to work independently and adaptively, anticipate and mitigate friction points, and take the initiative to drive projects to completion.
- Excellent communication skills, with a practical, solution-oriented approach.
- Proficiency in Spanish is preferred, but not required.
- Experience with marketing compliance or corporate transactions.
- Opportunity to work on impactful projects supporting the immigrant community.
- Exposure to a wide variety of legal issues in a dynamic fintech environment.
- Collaborative, inclusive culture that values innovation and diversity.
Majority is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law.
