Senior Counsel: Product, Payments & Compliance

ABOUT POLYGON LABS

Polygon Labs is a global blockchain payments company building and operating infrastructure to move money instantly, reliably, and at internet scale, with the mission to move all money onchain. It is building the Polygon Open Money Stack, an open and integrated stack of services and technologies to instantly and reliably move money anywhere, and put it to work. Its infrastructure has facilitated trillions of dollars in onchain value transfer and supported millions of transactions daily for some of the globe's largest banks, fintechs, enterprises, and consumer applications.

YOUR ROLE

As Senior Counsel, Product and Compliance at Polygon Labs, you will shape how blockchain-based payments infrastructure is built within the US regulatory landscape. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, you will partner closely with product and engineering teams to design, launch, and scale payment solutions that meet evolving financial regulatory requirements.

This role goes beyond traditional legal advisory. You will define and operationalize compliance frameworks and internal policies that enable Polygon Labs to build compliant payment products. If you are driven by solving complex regulatory challenges and enabling responsible innovation in financial infrastructure, this role offers real, outsized impact.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

- Serve as the primary legal advisor to product and engineering teams developing blockchain-based payments and financial infrastructure

- Provide proactive legal and regulatory guidance on US financial services laws and frameworks, including money transmission, payments regulation, and related compliance obligations

- Design, implement, and evolve internal compliance policies, product governance frameworks, and risk assessment processes aligned with US regulatory expectations

- Partner closely with compliance, risk, and security teams to embed controls into product design and engineering workflows, including KYC, AML, sanctions, and data privacy requirements

- Translate complex regulatory requirements and enforcement trends into clear, actionable guidance for product, engineering, and business teams

- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure product strategy aligns with legal, regulatory, and internal policy standards

- Manage external counsel on specialized regulatory matters and support internal reviews related to product and operational risk

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

- J.D. degree from an accredited law school and active admission to at least one US state bar

- 7+ years of legal experience, including law firm and/or in-house roles within fintech, payments, banking, or blockchain environments

- Strong expertise in US financial services regulation, including money transmission, payments, and related regulatory frameworks

- Demonstrated experience advising on product legal and compliance matters in fintech, crypto, or payments infrastructure

- Proven experience building or implementing com