Director, Litigation and Regulatory

The role

You will run litigation and pre-litigation disputes, manage regulatory inquiries and investigations, and serve as the legal owner of the privacy and data protection framework. You will also advise on AI governance and provide counsel to product, marketing, engineering, and collections teams.

What you will do

• Manage consumer litigation, class actions, arbitrations, and commercial disputes.
• Direct outside counsel regarding scope, budget, staffing, and strategy.
• Own litigation holds, ESI protocols, custodian identification, and the discovery process.
• Manage the small-claims and arbitration pipeline.
• Identify patterns behind repeat disputes to inform product, operations, and collections.
• Manage civil investigative demands, examination requests, subpoenas, and informal inquiries.
• Run productions including scope negotiation, data collection, and privilege review.
• Draft response letters, white papers, and advocacy submissions.
• Track the enforcement and supervisory landscape for BNPL, UDAAP, and consumer disclosure.
• Serve as legal owner of the privacy framework including policies, notices, and data mapping.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited law school
• Active bar membership in good standing in at least one US jurisdiction
• Satisfy in-house counsel registration requirements in home state where they apply
• 5 to 7 years of combined law firm and in-house experience
• Substantive consumer financial services experience
• Knowledge of Reg Z, Reg B, FCRA, FDCPA, TCPA, and UDAAP
• Demonstrated ownership of litigation matters and regulatory inquiries
• Clear, direct writing
• Fluent and enthusiastic use of AI as a core part of how you practice
• Demonstrated experience working with Claude or equivalent large language model tools

Nice to have

• BNPL, fintech, consumer lending, or bank or bank charter experience
• Experience with a de novo charter application, bank supervisory examinations, or a bank partnership model
• Privacy credential (CIPP/US) or substantial privacy practice

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO, volunteer hours and sabbatical
• Life, STD/LTD, medical, dental and vision insurance
• Highly discounted LifeTime gym membership
• 401k with match of 6%
• Collaborative fun co-workers

About the company

Sezzle is a publicly traded consumer finance company building purchase-now-pay-later products for consumers who are underserved by traditional credit. The company is pursuing a de novo national bank charter.