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Job description
About Team / Role
The Commercial Legal Director for Mobility & Payments will be responsible for supporting, and manage direct reports in support of, WEX’s Mobility lines of business on complex commercial transactions and product development and launches in the Americas, including providing strategic and tactical advice to WEX’s commercial, digital, and marketing teams and engaging collaboratively with finance, operations, compliance, and other corporate function groups, as well as external advisers such as outside. This position will positively contribute to the execution of the Legal Department strategy by playing a key role in process improvement initiatives and partnering with Mobility business leaders to solve complex legal matters.
How You’ll Make an Impact
The Commercial Legal Director will serve as a key legal partner and senior advisor for WEX Mobility operations across the Americas. This role combines strategic counsel, hands-on commercial drafting and negotiations, product life-cycle support, and team leadership to drive business growth while effectively mitigating risk for the company.
Strategic Legal Counsel & Leadership
Cross-Functional Legal Collaboration: Collaborate with colleagues in other areas of the Legal Department to identify risks and provide comprehensive legal advice to the Mobility lines of business.
Team Management: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of legal professionals, overseeing work output to ensure risk-appropriate assessments and high-value legal support.
Executive Partnership: Cultivate strong advisory relationships with Mobility executives and cross-functional leaders across Product, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Finance.
Department Strategy: Support the Legal Leadership Team in executing strategic initiatives.
Outside Counsel Management: Engage, instruct and oversee outside counsel and their work product.
Commercial Transactions & Business Integration:Contract Negotiation: Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements—including customer credit, card program, reseller, marketing, referral, and technology contracts.
Growth Support: Drive legal due diligence and integration for M&A activity, support high-stakes RFP responses, and review marketing initiatives.
Process Optimization: Identify and lead process improvements across the team and the Legal Department, and apply industry best practices to commercial contracting, and creating and updating contract templates and negotiation playbooks.
Product Development & Operations:Product Life-Cycle Support: Deliver solution-oriented guidance from initial product inception through commercial launch and ongoing technical evolution.
Terms & Governance: Draft and maintain product-related documentation, including application and API terms of use, integration terms, and website terms of service.
Risk & Dispute Management: Proactively identify, manage, and elevate business risks and guide team members in doing the same; manage pre-litigation disputes and contractual queries from customers or partners.
Experience You’ll Bring
Education: J.D. required
Experience: 10 years of legal experience, ideally with in-house experience; licensed in at least one U.S. state
Experience in payments and/or financial services industries and related laws and regulations
Extensive experience in structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide range of complex commercial transactions (both sales and buy sides), including those for financial services, digital payment, technology, and with the public sector
Understanding of the legal and practical components of a product life cycle and experience in providing legal advice throughout the cycle
Experience in managing and supervising others
Experience with legal matter management system, contract lifecycle management systems, and AI tools and capabilities, with a keenness to experiment and incorporate AI into daily workflows
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
Excellence in resourceful problem solving, detailed analysis, and issue resolution
Excellent ability to understand complex commercial, product and technical issues and business metrics
Effective organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills
Collaborative and can work as part of a team, while also being an independent self-starter
Ability to successfully lead process improvement initiatives that drive efficiencies impacting the legal team and the organization
Proactive in pursuit of continuous improvement, learning new skills, and addressing clients’ business needs with practical solutions
Pay Range
Pay Range: $195,000.00 - $223,800.00
Company Overview
WEX is a global commerce platform that helps businesses solve for operational complexities like employee benefits, managing and mobilizing fleets, and streamlining payments. With over 6,500 employees, we work with large and small companies in more than 200 countries and territories, and can tailor our services to meet the unique needs of their businesses. We hire people who share our passion for continuous innovation and client service that is unparalleled in the industry.
Benefits
health, dental and vision insurances
retirement savings plan
paid time off
health savings account
flexible spending accounts
life insurance
disability insurance
tuition reimbursement
and more
Equal Opportunity Statement
WEX is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, disability or other protected status.
Drug‑Free Workplace & Accommodation
WEX promotes a drug‑free workplace. Qualified individuals with a disability have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. If you require a reasonable accommodation as a result of your disability at any point in the job application process, please submit your request through our Reasonable Accommodation Request Form. This form is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
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Worksite address
dallas, TX, 75215, US
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