Legal Counsel
At Possible, we create financial technology products that are built to benefit our customers’ economic mobility. As a Public Benefit Corporation, it’s not only our mission but our responsibility to succeed. We grow our team accordingly—through a selective process that prioritizes candidate and employee experience alike.
Job Description
Employees come to Possible to experience the energy of a fast-growing tech startup and the purpose of a meaningful public mission.
The Role & Responsibilities
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As Legal Counsel, you'll be a key member of our small but mighty Legal team, helping Possible navigate complex regulatory landscapes, manage risk, and support innovation and business growth. You’ll work closely with our General Counsel and cross-functional partners across Product, Marketing, Compliance, Operations, and Engineering.
This is a hands-on role where you’ll handle a wide variety of legal work, including contracts, consumer credit regulation, and litigation management. You’ll have the opportunity to deepen your expertise in fintech and consumer lending law while helping build scalable legal processes for a passionate company.
Key responsibilities include:
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- Contracting and Commercial Support: Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including vendor, partnership, technology, and confidentiality agreements.
- Pre-Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Lead intake and strategy for pre-litigation disputes. Supervise response coordination, risk appraisal, and case planning—partner with outside counsel as needed. Manage in-house arbitration filings and hearings, including preparation of pleadings, discovery, and case strategy.
- Regulatory and Compliance Support: Research and interpret federal and state consumer credit laws and regulations—partner with the Compliance team on regulatory change management and implementation.
- Perform legal research and provide practical mentorship to internal collaborators after analyzing risks.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Support internal teams on product development, marketing review, and other operational matters with a focus on mitigating legal risk while enabling growth.
Requirements
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- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 3-5 years of legal experience at a law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination of both.
- Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts.
- Excellent legal research and analytical skills; ability to translate complex issues into clear, actionable guidance.
- Self-starter comfortable handling a broad range of legal work in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills with a practical perspective.
- We prefer experiences with litigation or arbitration, privacy/data protection, or financial regulatory issues. A curiosity about learning and working within consumer finance and fintech regulation.
What we offer:
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We work in the office three days a week, and our office is centrally located in downtown Seattle.
The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $150,700 - $159,100. We benchmark every role to market data to ensure competitiveness; however, actual compensation is highly dependent on numerous factors such as experience, knowledge and skills, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
We also offer significant stock options, comprehensive benefits, a flexible PTO plan, a discretionary bonus plan, commuter benefits, work from home and wellness stipends, and an excellent office space with complimentary drinks and food options.
Employees come to Possible to experience the energy of a fast-growing tech startup and the purpose of a meaningful public mission.
The Role & Responsibilities
As Legal Counsel, you'll be a key member of our small but mighty Legal team, helping Possible navigate complex regulatory landscapes, manage risk, and support innovation and business growth. You’ll work closely with our General Counsel and cross-functional partners across Product, Marketing, Compliance, Operations, and Engineering.
This is a hands-on role where you’ll handle a wide variety of legal work, including contracts, consumer credit regulation, and litigation management. You’ll have the opportunity to deepen your expertise in fintech and consumer lending law while helping build scalable legal processes for a passionate company.
Key responsibilities include:
- Contracting and Commercial Support: Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including vendor, partnership, technology, and confidentiality agreements.
- Pre-Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Lead intake and strategy for pre-litigation disputes. Supervise response coordination, risk appraisal, and case planning—partner with outside counsel as needed. Manage in-house arbitration filings and hearings, including preparation of pleadings, discovery, and case strategy.
- Regulatory and Compliance Support: Research and interpret federal and state consumer credit laws and regulations—partner with the Compliance team on regulatory change management and implementation.
- Perform legal research and provide practical mentorship to internal collaborators after analyzing risks.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Support internal teams on product development, marketing review, and other operational matters with a focus on mitigating legal risk while enabling growth.
Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 3-5 years of legal experience at a law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination of both.
- Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts.
- Excellent legal research and analytical skills; ability to translate complex issues into clear, actionable guidance.
- Self-starter comfortable handling a broad range of legal work in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills with a practical perspective.
- We prefer experiences with litigation or arbitration, privacy/data protection, or financial regulatory issues. A curiosity about learning and working within consumer finance and fintech regulation.
What we offer:
We work in the office three days a week, and our office is centrally located in downtown Seattle.
The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $150,700 - $159,100. We benchmark every role to market data to ensure competitiveness; however, actual compensation is highly dependent on numerous factors such as experience, knowledge and skills, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
We also offer significant stock options, comprehensive benefits, a flexible PTO plan, a discretionary bonus plan, commuter benefits, work from home and wellness stipends, and an excellent office space with complimentary drinks and food options.
