Hey there, future changemaker!
At Noda we’re building seamless Open Banking and Card Payments solutions that make payments smarter, faster, and safer. We’re now looking for a Head of Legal to join our team and help drive the next wave of fintech innovation.
Your mission:
- Provide legal advisory support across the business: commercial contracts
- (merchant, partner, and vendor agreements), licensing, service-terms, data
- processing agreements, and related documentation.
- Lead negotiation of key commercial and strategic transactions (e.g.,
- partnerships, integrations, and vendor/supplier agreements).
- Work closely with the risk, compliance and operations functions to align
- legal strategy with operational requirements and regulatory obligations.
- Develop, maintain and refine Noda's legal policies, procedures and
- templates (contracts, data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, and intellectual
- property).
- Provide corporate governance support: board and shareholder matters,
- corporate entity structure, board minutes, and resolutions.
- Monitor emerging legal and regulatory developments in fintech/payment
- services, evaluate business impact and provide proactive guidance.
- Serve as a strategic advisor and business partner to senior management
- and functional leads, balancing commercial objectives with legal risk.
Your skills and experience:
- Significant experience in payments/fintech, financial services regulatory environment or similarly regulated sector.
- 5+ years of relevant legal experience (commercial contracts + regulatory compliance) ideally within fintech/payments/financial services.
- Demonstrated experience managing or building a legal team or being the senior legal function in a high-growth environment.
- Deep understanding of payments regulation (open banking, PSD2, e-money regulations as applicable), data protection (GDPR), AML/KYC, and fintech compliance.
- Strong commercial mindset: able to partner with business teams, support growth, anticipate issues and provide pragmatic legal advice.
- Excellent contract drafting, negotiation, communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, scaling startup/scale-up environment, with dynamic priorities and evolving regulatory context.
What we offer:
- Your office, your rules: remote-first setup with full flexibility - work from home, one of our offices, a café, or while exploring new places. Wherever you feel most productive, that’s your office.
- Keep growing: your growth is our priority. We cover trainings, courses, and certifications so you can sharpen your skills and stay ahead in your field.
- Strong connections: distance doesn’t stop us from building great bonds. From virtual hangouts and creative online sessions to local meet-ups and company-wide events, you’ll always feel part of the team.
- All the gear you need: we provide the hardware you need and a budget for your home office setup, making sure you’ve got the perfect tools to succeed.
- Time to recharge: we value balance just as much as results. That’s why we offer plenty of time off to rest, reset, and come back energised.
What happens once you apply:
- Your CV will undergo careful review, and we'll quickly update you on the next step in our recruitment journey.
- Get ready for an easy-going introduction call with our recruiter, where you'll delve into the heart of our company, product, and team dynamics, while sharing your own experiences and aspirations.
- Should the vibe match and your expectations align, up next will be an engaging interview with our HRD and CLO.
- And if everything clicks, anticipate a thrilling job offer landing in your inbox soon!
We do our best to close interview rounds within 3 weeks, although sometimes it might take slightly longer. Send your application our way, we look forward to meeting you!