Senior Product & Regulatory Counsel, Fintech

Help make the world more hospitable

The hospitality industry is uniquely human, and it deserves technology that’s just as inspiring as the people behind it. At Mews, we’re transforming the industry with a platform that helps hotels run smarter, move faster and create better guest experiences.

You’ll work with smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do. You’ll have autonomy and the trust to make good decisions and move quickly. And you’ll enjoy a real sense of purpose as you see the impact of what we’re building.

If you’re motivated by ownership, curiosity and meaningful impact, and are driven to deliver consistent high performance, you’ll feel at home here.

About the role

Let's get into the specifics. It’s impossible to capture every nuance of a role – especially at a rapidly growing company like Mews – but if we had to distil it into a job description (which we do because this is a job description), it would be this:

Mews is looking for a senior product counsel to serve as a trusted legal partner to Product, Engineering, Commercial and Compliance as we continue to scale our SaaS and fintech offering in the US and internationally.

This is a senior, high-trust role for a lawyer who wants to operate at the centre of product development rather than at the margins. We are looking for someone who is deeply embedded with product teams, shapes strategy and execution in real time, and brings clear legal judgement to complex decisions early enough to influence outcomes.

You will support both SaaS and fintech products, with a particular focus on regulated fintech environments. The right person will combine strong product instinct with sound regulatory judgement, and will be comfortable advising on complex financial products across partner-led models, cross-border propositions, regulatory change and supervisory scrutiny.

✅ Your mission, should you choose to accept it: 

• Partner directly with Product and Engineering teams on new products, features, launches and changes


• Act as a true product counsel and product champion, helping teams spot and triage issues throughout the design and release lifecycle


• Advise on product, fintech, payments and commercial legal questions across Mews’ SaaS and financial services environment


• Help teams navigate legal, regulatory and commercial trade-offs early and pragmatically


• Draft, review and negotiate a broad mix of commercial, product, partner and regulated-services agreements


• Support licensed and regulated products across areas such as payments, embedded finance, money transmission, lending, partner bank models and cross-border expansion


• Apply working knowledge of financial crime topics such as AML/BSA, KYC and KYB to product and licensing decisions


• Help the business navigate regulatory audits, supervisory expectations and the realities of operating regulated products at scale


• Build practical guidance, playbooks, templates and ways of working that help teams move faster without creating unnecessary risk

️ You’ll be a great fit if you bring a few of the below with you: 

• Significant in-house legal experience in technology, SaaS, fintech or another fast-moving, multi-geography environment


• Strong evidence of working closely with product teams rather than reviewing work at the end of the process


• Fintech and regulatory exposure, ideally in payments, embedded finance, e-money or another licensed setting


• Familiarity with licensing structures such as EMI licences in Europe, US MTL frameworks, BaaS models and partner bank relationships


• Working knowledge of AML/BSA, KYC, KYB and broader fintech regulatory issues such as money transmission and lending


• Strong commercial judgement and a track record of balancing legal risk with business outcomes


• A practical, hands-on builder mentality with examples of what you’ve improved, created or operationalised yourself


• Comfort operating in ambiguity and helping teams move quickly with good judgement


• Strong stakeholder skills and credibility with senior leaders, while still being happy to work at operating-detail level

Location A = USA

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  To be eligible for this position, you must be based in one of the following US states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.