Director, Legal – Product & Regulatory

🔥 16 hours ago

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $220k - $260k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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KOHO

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2014

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

💳 Fintech

Consulting • Insurance • Fintech

KOHO is a financial technology company that provides Canadians with tools to manage their money effectively and enhance their lifestyle. Offering a single platform, KOHO allows users to spend smarter with a prepaid Mastercard that offers up to 5% cash back, grow their savings with competitive interest rates, facilitate borrowing with easy cash advances, and build credit history. The app also features budgeting tools, payment splitting, and various customizable plans to suit individual needs, emphasizing convenience and financial wellness for its users.

📋 Description

• Lead legal support for KOHO’s product development and regulatory strategy across KOHO Tech and KOHO Bank • Partner with Product, Technology, Marketing, Risk, and Compliance teams to provide practical legal advice • Support the design and launch of new financial products and features • Identify regulatory risks early and help teams build compliant solutions • Help establish and operationalize a regulated bank • Support engagement with regulators such as OSFI, FCAC, and the Bank of Canada • Ensure Marketing and Growth campaigns comply with financial services and consumer protection requirements • Advise customer-facing teams on complaint handling, communications, and fairness considerations • Build scalable legal and regulatory processes • Support Legal knowledge management • Mentor Legal team members • Represent Legal in cross-functional and leadership forums

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of post-call experience as a lawyer practicing in Canada, with substantial in-house experience • Direct experience advising on the launch of retail banking products • Experience with financial services regulation, banking law, and consumer protection frameworks • Ability to operate with significant autonomy and deliver practical, business-oriented legal advice to senior stakeholders • Track record of leading complex legal or regulatory initiatives with minimal oversight • Experience working at both a large bank and a smaller tech startup or fintech, ideally through a bank charter or launch process • Experience engaging directly with regulators • Lobbying or government relations experience • Familiarity with the RPAA and the Financial Consumer Protection Framework (FCPF) • AML advisory experience at a bank • Experience implementing privacy laws • Experience mentoring or managing junior legal counsel • Fluent in French • Must be legally eligible to work in Canada • Must be called to the bar in Canada

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation & equity • Generous vacation • Wellness days • Flex Days • Holiday closure • Remote-first environment • Coworking support • Yearly all hands retreat • Access to coaching & growth programs • Parental top-up & leave policies • Comprehensive health benefits • Power-up budgets for books, home office setup, phone & internet, AI tools, and professional development • Inclusive, accessible environment