Nova Credit

2 months ago

Product & Privacy Counsel

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Job Summary

Legal and regulatory lead focused on privacy for a fintech-focused credit analytics company. Serve as a key advisor to product, data science, engineering, and security teams, owning Nova Credit’s global privacy program, embedding privacy-by-design, and navigating US and global privacy regimes in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment. NYC-based hybrid role reporting to the General Counsel.

Location: New York

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

•Become a key advisor and first point of call for legal and regulatory risks and issues associated with products and features, spanning privacy, consumer financial data regulations, and adjacent requirements.
•Own and continuously maintain Nova Credit's global privacy program, including policies, notices, procedures, data subject rights processes and training materials.
•Guide our product, engineering, and data teams in navigating privacy and related regulatory frameworks, and serve as a thought partner on new ideas for our product strategies.
•Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent implementation of legal guidance and alignment on risk.
•Keep up on the rapidly evolving privacy and regulatory landscape, including new state privacy law enactments, regulatory guidance, and enforcement trends, and proactively revise and update policies, forms, and agreements where necessary.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 223,300 - 281,400 annually

Perks:Health InsuranceVision401kPaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

•Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree and active bar membership; 5+ years of relevant legal experience, including meaningful time in-house or at a firm advising clients in fintech, financial services, consumer technology, or data-intensive industries.
•Demonstrated expertise in US and global privacy law.
•Proven ability to navigate complex, heavily regulated environments, translating regulatory requirements into practical business guidance; comfort advising across multiple regulatory frameworks simultaneously rather than within a single specialty.
•Experience advising product, data, and engineering teams on complex and ambiguous legal concepts: able to issue-spot early, articulate risk clearly, and propose practical solutions in a fast-moving environment.
•Familiarity with FCRA, Fair Lending, Fair Housing, or other consumer financial regulations is a plus; prior exposure to the consumer financial data or credit reporting space is highly valued.

Experience:FintechConsumer financial dataPrivacy

Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)

Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving

Languages:English

Tech Stack:FCRAUK GDPRGLBAPIPEDAPrivacy-by-design

Company Brief

Nova Credit

Provides cross-border credit reporting and data infrastructure to help lenders assess creditworthiness of immigrants and international consumers using translated international credit files and API integrations.

Industry: Fintech Infrastructure

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2015

Website LinkedIn

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Nova Credit

2 months ago

Product & Privacy Counsel

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 11 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: New York

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

•Become a key advisor and first point of call for legal and regulatory risks and issues associated with products and features, spanning privacy, consumer financial data regulations, and adjacent requirements.
•Own and continuously maintain Nova Credit's global privacy program, including policies, notices, procedures, data subject rights processes and training materials.
•Guide our product, engineering, and data teams in navigating privacy and related regulatory frameworks, and serve as a thought partner on new ideas for our product strategies.
•Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent implementation of legal guidance and alignment on risk.
•Keep up on the rapidly evolving privacy and regulatory landscape, including new state privacy law enactments, regulatory guidance, and enforcement trends, and proactively revise and update policies, forms, and agreements where necessary.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 223,300 - 281,400 annually

Perks:Health InsuranceVision401kPaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

•Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree and active bar membership; 5+ years of relevant legal experience, including meaningful time in-house or at a firm advising clients in fintech, financial services, consumer technology, or data-intensive industries.
•Demonstrated expertise in US and global privacy law.
•Proven ability to navigate complex, heavily regulated environments, translating regulatory requirements into practical business guidance; comfort advising across multiple regulatory frameworks simultaneously rather than within a single specialty.
•Experience advising product, data, and engineering teams on complex and ambiguous legal concepts: able to issue-spot early, articulate risk clearly, and propose practical solutions in a fast-moving environment.
•Familiarity with FCRA, Fair Lending, Fair Housing, or other consumer financial regulations is a plus; prior exposure to the consumer financial data or credit reporting space is highly valued.

Experience:FintechConsumer financial dataPrivacy

Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)

Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving

Languages:English

Tech Stack:FCRAUK GDPRGLBAPIPEDAPrivacy-by-design

Company Brief

Nova Credit

Industry: Fintech Infrastructure

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2015

Website LinkedIn