Chief Legal Officer

Tango Card helps thousands of companies reach their goals by making rewards and incentives easy to send and awesome to receive. Our customers genuinely love working with us, and it shows: We’ve made the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for the last five years. We’re backed by a stellar group of investors, including the private equity firm FTV (which led a $35M growth equity round in 2018), Fyrfly Venture Partners, Floodgate Capital, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, SWaN & Legend partners, and WTI.

We work with 2,500+ enterprise customers today, including some of the world’s most recognizable businesses: Twitter, Google, Extole, Microsoft, Salesforce, and F5. We also partner with the top gift card brands, including Amazon, Starbucks, Target, Walmart, The Home Depot as well as 600+ brands across 40+ countries. Our customers send millions of gift cards each month, and we’ve facilitated $2B gift card transactions since our creation. Last but not least, we proudly partner with many of the most respected non-profits in the country, including the National Park Foundation, Special Olympics, and Habitat for Humanity.

Why Work for Us

Tango Card is proud to have been rated one of the best companies to work for by Built In. We’re on an incredible path to be the #1 rewards provider, and to get there we need amazing people (like you) in customer support, sales, engineering, and finance to accomplish this vision.

We foster an office culture of autonomy and transparency with flexible working hours and slim team structures. We provide our team members with what they need to be successful—whether that’s the latest technology at their fingertips or empowering them to attend conferences about industry trends. We’re committed to promoting mentorship and career development opportunities for our team members. Our physical offices are designed for productivity and comfort with standing desks, comfortable pod chairs, and a very dog-friendly environment. If working from home is more your thing, many roles offer the choice to establish a remote office. With a company like Tango Card that’s experiencing high growth year over year, career opportunities abound and you have the chance to create, own, and grow your role.

COVID-19 Update: To learn more about how Tango Card has adapted during these times, take a look at our blog post, How Tango Card is Changing in the Face of COVID-19, by our CEO, David Leeds.

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The Job:

Tango Card, Inc. is a privately-held Seattle-based company that provides state-of-the art digital rewards and incentives programs that support enterprises of all types and sizes. Now, Tango Card is evolving into a fuller financial services company and is at a point in its growth and development where it desires to develop a larger in-house legal team skilled at handling a diverse set of corporate issues. We seek a well-qualified, energetic, innovative, and personable team member to serve as a new Chief Legal Officer (CLO) and be a key contributor to our expansion.

You will join a ~200 employee private enterprise that is consistently included on lists of Seattle’s Best Places to Work. You will be a catalyst that guides and promotes the Company’s robust growth path, including emerging into new markets and the provision of leading-edge services. Given our growth trajectory in the industry, the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) is a strategic business partner that manages legal tact as well as aligns legal and business strategies, suggests innovative business solutions, mitigates risk, and ensures legal efficiency. As the CLO, you will focus on both the legal and compliance department and provide valid business solutions to arising regulatory challenges while keeping the company’s business model and goals in mind.

Reporting to the CEO, you will be part of a Leadership Team that creates a culture of responsibility, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our CLO will reside in the local Seattle metro area.

Role Focal Areas:

• Financial Services: Money Transmission (licensing, compliance, modification, examinations, enforcement actions)

• Commercial: Customer, Vendor, and consulting agreements

• Regulatory: Infosec and Privacy (HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, GBL, etc.)

• Intellectual Property: Trademark, Patent, Trade Secret

• Corporate: Governance, M&A

• Administrative: Employment/workplace issues, Insurance, Leases

• International (a growing focus of the Company)

As CLO, your responsibilities will be to:

Develop and lead legal strategy to promote and protect the company

Optimize legal efficiency and effectiveness to serve the business

Monitor legal change changes that affect the company and our industry

Anticipate and proactively develop strategies to address changes in regulatory requirements

Serve as a trusted advisor that proactively engages the leadership team and the Board on strategic legal matters that impact the business

Partner with internal teams (e.g. Product, Technology, Finance & Accounting, etc.) to provide business solutions that balance innovation with risk and secure our brand and reputation

Facilitate the relationship and manage the costs associated with outside counsel (including a leading multinational law firm)

Design and lead internal audit and corporate compliance programs

Hire, support, and develop a legal department of attorney(s), including Corporate Counsel, and paralegal(s) that provide proactive and coordinated support and guidance

Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of contracts as necessary

Litigate when necessary

To be effective as CLO, you must have the following education and experience:

A minimum of fifteen years' of practice, including a significant portion in a corporate counsel role, preferably in the financial services sector

U.S. citizenship

Member of a State bar in good standing

J.D. (or equivalent) from an ABA accredited law school

Excellent academic credentials

Experience in commercial negotiations and contract draftsmanship

Experience in a Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, or Deputy General Counsel role

Experience in financial services and compliance, particularly with respect to money transmission and payments (preferred)

Experience in technology and eCommerce environments (preferred)

Our ideal CLO will have most of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Ability to align legal and business strategies to enable value creation

Knowledge of accounting and financial concepts and terminology

Skilled in data privacy and security issues and requirements

Skilled in business acumen and risk tolerance appropriate for the Company

Ability to approach and navigate status quo as a change agent

Ability to learn new legal concepts quickly

Ability to analyze and interpret issues and prepare legal options quickly

Ability to delegate authority

Ability to handle corporate governance, IP, and HR matters in-house

Ability to organize and prioritize multiple projects

Knowledge of business collaboration tools

Ability to navigate and resolve problems

Ability to develop and maintain meaningful relationships with leadership teams and Board members

Ability to communicate with all levels across the organization, outside counsel, Board members, and third parties

Ability to supervise, train, implement key performance metrics, and foster a collaborative work environment for legal team members

What you'll get from us:

Competitive compensation package (money isn’t everything, but it helps)

Medical, dental, and vision benefits (100% employer paid premium)

Unlimited PTO and a generous holiday schedule

401(k) matching and equity opportunities (401(k) is a 100% match of up to 6%)

Home-Office grant for ensuring a great WFH environment during social-distancing measures

Award-winning culture that fosters autonomy, creativity, inclusion, transparency, and ownership

Continued education and self-growth opportunities through Udemy

Virtual fitness benefits through Classpass

Dog-friendly offices

Role Note:

As Chief Legal Officer of a licensed Money Services Business, your appointment will be subject to approval of the Company’s Board. Prior to fully assuming your duties, you must pass regulatory examination of your personal background and maintain such in good standing throughout your tenure.

Tango Card is proud to extend its Voluntary WA State Paid Family Medical Leave Plan to employees across all Tango Card locations.

Tango Card is proud to be an equitable and equal opportunity employer; we’re strong because we’re diverse and prioritize inclusive practices. All applicants will be recruited and considered for employment regardless of their social identities, including but not limited to race, gender, color, religion, belief, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, and other protected classes. We thrive in the areas of recruiting and hiring when we have a growing awareness of the challenges faced by underrepresented candidates during the application and hiring process. We encourage all candidates to apply for roles they feel they have the skills to fulfill or a willingness to learn.