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About the role

Chime is looking for an Assistant General Counsel to lead our Privacy & Security team! The Assistant General Counsel will work cross-functionally with marketing, security, engineering, product, data, and member support teams to manage Chime’s privacy program in compliance with applicable privacy and data security laws and regulations. The Assistant General Counsel will also play a key role in maturing Chime’s Artificial Intelligence governance program.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $193,860 and up to $274,700. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

In this role, you can expect to

• Advise teams on privacy laws, with a particular emphasis on financial privacy
• Take the lead in helping to mature Chime’s privacy program to ensure it meets evolving regulatory expectations
• Work cross-functionally to develop and help manage privacy impact assessments and ensure that privacy by design is embedded in everything Chime does
• Work collaboratively with product counsel to advise on privacy aspects of product design
• Develop and conduct both general and role-specific privacy trainings
• Stay abreast of regulatory and industry trends in privacy and security laws, including new regimes and requirements that may become applicable as the business evolves, and work with cross functional partners to implement necessary changes
• Help maintain and update privacy and security policies and notices
• Support Chime’s security team, including by supporting scenario planning exercises and advising on reportability of incidents to the extent they arise

To thrive in this role, you have

• 8+ years of privacy experience, including at least 3 years in-house, with an emphasis helping build privacy programs
• Willingness and interest in taking on new and additional responsibilities as Chime grows and the Privacy Team takes on new challenges
• Experience advising a security team on best practices and preparedness
• Proven track record leading a team
• Ability to translate legal and regulatory expectations into actionable guidance
• Experience helping to craft privacy policies and procedures for business teams while advising on risks and providing practical options for mitigating those risks
• Flexibility in managing shifting priorities as part of a creative and dynamic business
• Outstanding professional judgment and excellent communication, interpersonal and drafting skills
• Comfort with advising senior business leaders (including executive-level management)
• CIPP, CIPM, or other privacy or security certification preferred

A little about us

At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We’re passionate about developing solutions and services to empower people to succeed. Every day, we start with empathy for our members and stay motivated by our desire to support them in ways that make a meaningful difference.

We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*-- founded on the premise that basic banking services should be helpful, transparent, and fair. Chime helps unlock the access and ability our members need to overcome the systemic barriers that block them from moving forward. By providing members with access to liquidity, rewards, and credit building, our easy-to-use tools and intuitive platforms give members the ability to have more control over their money and to take action toward achieving their financial ambitions.

So far, we’re well-loved by our members and proud to have helped millions of people unlock financial progress, whether they started a savings account, bought their first car or home, opened a business, or went to college. Every day, we’re inspired by our members’ dreams and successes, big and small.

We’re uniting everyday people to unlock their financial progress—will you join us?

*Chime partners with The Bancorp Bank and Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC, that power the bank accounts used by Chime Members.

What we offer

• A thoughtful hybrid work policy that combines in-office days and trips to team and company-wide events depending on location to ensure you stay connected to your work and teammates, whether you’re local to one of our offices or remote
• Hybrid work perks, like UrbanSitter and Kinside for backup child, elder and/or pet care, as well as a subsidized commuter benefit
• Competitive salary based on experience
• 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
• Generous vacation policy and company-wide Take Care of Yourself Days
• 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
• Mental health support with therapy and coaching through Modern Health
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents and an additional 6-8 weeks for birthing parents
• Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with up to $10k in reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
• In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!
• A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

To learn more about how Chime collects and uses your personal information during the application process, please see the Chime Applicant Privacy Notice.