Senior Legal Counsel

At Mambu, we believe that banking and financial services can change the world for the better. We also know that inflexible systems are slowing innovation and limiting impact. We’re on a mission to change that, to make banking work better for everyone. 

Join us as we bring banking and financial services technology into the digital-first world. Where our best-in-class, cloud-banking platform is igniting financial change globally. Where we are enabling our customers to build great banking experiences for their customers; in a faster, more flexible and more dependable way than ever before. 

If this mission drives you, if you are bold, curious, customer-obsessed and ready to embrace a challenge, then we want you on our team. 

At Mambu our people are the foundation! We prioritise continuous learning and development to empower Mambuvians for success and growth. We provide a learning budget by function for professional development and offer a comprehensive L&D program that enhances both technical expertise and soft skills.

Let’s rewrite the rules of banking together!

• In collaboration the other legal counsels, you will provide legal advice and support to our business in Latin America and EMEA (focus on Southern Europe), including:
• provide legal support in all stages of commercial transactions and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements (SaaS agreements, channel partner agreements etc.);
• draft and negotiate agreements for strategic business opportunities;
• provide legal support in bidding processes (including RFIs/RFPs/etc) and all other phases of the customer journey.
• You will provide support to software engineering teams by providing legal risk assessments and recommendations with respect to development of our product.
• You will draft and negotiate a range of other contracts, including agreements with Mambu’s suppliers and partners.
• You will work closely with other parts of the Mambu business to support day-to-day legal matters (including marketing, product, finance and others).
• You will negotiate data processing agreements and liaise with customers to solve challenges around data protection.
• You will work with various departments across the organisation globally.
• You will lead and support initiatives to create future-proof documents, processes and systems, as well as train your fellow Mambuvians and be the advocate of the Mambu Legal team in the organisation.

• 8+ years of relevant experience;
• Specialisation in contract law, data protection and technology law;
• Experience in a similar role in the IT/software/technology industry, especially in in the fintech industry;
• Excellent understanding of a SaaS business model;
• Experience in negotiating commercial agreements in Latin America and negotiating contracts in US jurisdictions;
• Proven excellent communication and contract drafting skills in English and Spanish (native or near-to-native proficiency), ability to work and negotiate in Italian is a plus;
• Confident, effective, and positive negotiator who can lead the process, focus on important issues, and efficiently bring deals to a favourable close;
• Masters’ in Law (LLM).

Your future

We aim to be the leading cloud-banking platform, powering the future of banking and igniting financial change globally. If you want to join a collaborative, inclusive team of experts changing the lives of billions, this is where you belong.

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As part of the recruitment (or HR onboarding) process, you will be required to obtain authorised criminal background and credit screening results, as well as be queried against a sanctions/anti-money-laundering/counter terrorism financing/politically exposed persons screening service and your employment is conditional upon approval of these results.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that many job seekers (including women, people of colour and people from diverse backgrounds) are reluctant to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. 

Here at Mambu we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Mambu is committed to working with and providing equal opportunities to people with disabilities. If you have a medical condition or disability which inhibits your ability to complete any part of the application process, and are in need of a reasonable adaptation of the process to accommodate your needs, please contact us at talent.acquisition@mambu.com and let us know how we may assist you.