Associate General Counsel, Product & Regulatory
Summary of Relevant Experience
Summary of Experience – Associate General Counsel, Product & Regulatory @ Flex
- JD/MBA-credentialed benefits and regulatory counsel with approximately four years of progressive in-house experience advising Fortune 500 and multiemployer fund clients on complex federal and state regulatory compliance, including ERISA, HIPAA, and employment law across financial services and healthcare.
- In-house litigation and compliance leader who served as lead counsel on regulatory matters, plan governance, and M&A due diligence, reporting directly to C-suite executives and managing outside counsel relationships at scale.
- Cross-functional legal partner who translated dense regulatory frameworks into actionable guidance for senior business leaders, mirroring the embedded product-counsel model Flex requires across product, finance, and business development teams.
- Regulatory change management practitioner with demonstrated experience building compliance programs and advising on enforcement exposure in heavily regulated industries, providing a foundation transferable to consumer financial regulation and fintech product counseling.
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Why this is a fit
Your ERISA/employee-benefits legal background is a poor match for this role's core requirement of 7+ years in consumer financial regulation (CFPB, TILA/Reg Z, UDAAP, fintech lending), which is a distinct legal specialty; the AGC title and seniority band align, but the substantive regulatory domain is outside your demonstrated expertise.
About the role
Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team? About the Role Flex is hiring an Associate General Counsel, Product & Regulatory to join our Legal team. This role is an embedded legal and regulatory partner across Flex's Product, Engineering, Finance, and Business Development teams. You will counsel on product development and launches, navigate consumer financial regulation, and help shape how Flex builds compliantly at scale. What You’ll Do Advise cross-functional stakeholders on new features, product enhancements, and go-to-market strategy Regulatory change management; monitor the consumer financial landscape and translating developments into actionable guidance for the policy team and business Advise senior leaders on consumer regulatory risk, enforcement trends, and litigation exposure across Flex’s product lines Partner with the Commercial team to review and negotiate business development and partnership agreements, providing regulatory and legal guidance on consumer finance terms and obligations. Contribute to legal technology initiatives, including tools and workflows that support the Product and Regulatory function. Contribute to building a modern, AI-native legal department developing workflows and tools that allow legal to move at the speed of the business. What We’re Looking For 7+ years of legal experience in consumer financial services with exposure to fintech lending, bank-fintech partnership structures, state licensing, and federal and state consumer protection regulation. Fluency across consumer financial regulation - CFPB rulemaking, TILA/Reg Z, UDAP/UDAAP, money transmission, and state licensing requirements for servicing and brokering. Demonstrated experience as an embedded legal partner to product teams — comfortable advising on feature launches and speaking to regulatory risk at the leadership level. Thrives in a fast-moving environment — able to assess risk and provide sound guidance even when the full picture isn't yet clear. Clear, concise communicator who translates complex legal and regulatory concepts into plain language for business audiences. JD from an accredited law school; active bar admission required Nice to Have Experience with rent-adjacent fintech, payments, or embedded finance products Compensation Flex takes a market-based approach to pay, ensuring compensation is commensurate with a candidate's experience and our internal leveling guidelines. For candidates located in our Tier 1 (NYC/Bay Area) and Tier 3 (Salt Lake City) markets, the base salary pay range for this role is below. Flex utilizes a geographic pay differential based on a cost of labor index. If you are located outside of the cities listed below, your starting pay will be adjusted to align with the market conditions of your specific geographic zone. Please speak with your recruiter for additional information regarding the specific range for your location. Tier 1 (NYC/Bay Area) $256,000 — $320,000 USD Tier 3 (Salt Lake City) $217,000 — $272,000 USD Life at Flex We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is located in New York City, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, w