Regulatory Counsel
About Ramp
At Ramp, we’re rethinking how modern finance teams function in the age of AI. We believe AI isn’t just the next big wave. It’s the new foundation for how business gets done. We’re investing in that future — and in the people bold enough to build it.
Ramp is a financial operations platform designed to save companies time and money. Our all-in-one solution combines payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping with built-in intelligence to maximize the impact of every dollar and hour spent. More than 50,000 businesses, from family-owned farms to e-commerce giants to space startups, have saved $10B and 27.5M hours with Ramp. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment platform in America, and enables over $100 billion in purchases each year.
Ramp’s investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, Sands Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Redpoint, and ICONIQ, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companies—Stripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart.
Ramp has been named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn’s Top U.S. Startups for more than 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies.
About the Role
As Regulatory Counsel, you will help Ramp design and launch our ever-growing lineup of domestic and international regulated financial products, including treasury, investment account, and money movement products. You will partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, Engineering, Partnerships, Marketing, Finance, and other business teams to provide practical, actionable legal and regulatory advice through all phases of the product life cycle, from ideation through launch and beyond.
What You'll Do
Embed with cross-functional teams to build, launch, market, and operate new regulated fintech products
Analyse regulatory and licensing implications of new products and services; partner with regulatory on new license applications
Interface with regulators on new product approvals, requests for information, license applications, and regulatory examinations
Structure and negotiate complex partnerships with financial institutions, payment services providers, technology platforms and other entities that provide or support financial services
Support marketing teams, develop content policies, and review marketing collateral
Provide guidance on state, federal and international regulatory, privacy, intellectual property, and other legal issues, and their implications on product development and marketing strategies
Draft policies and procedures for regulated financial products
Help select and manage outside counsel
What You Need
J.D. with a strong academic background and the highest level of integrity
Membership in at least one state bar (NY or CA preferred); if not licensed in the state where you will be based, ability to register as in-house counsel
At least 3-5 years of legal experience
Experience as product or regulatory counsel for a fintech or technology company, and/or at a top law firm, preferred
Desire to learn quickly, work collaboratively, take ownership, and act as a legal generalist
Ability to understand complex business and regulatory issues and translate them into actionable guidance
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, handle multiple cross-functional projects simultaneously, and manage resource allocation to focus on the highest-priority needs
Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)
100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
Partially covered for your dependents
One Medical annual membership
401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)
Flexible PTO
Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
Parental Leave
Unlimited AI token usage
Pet insurance
Centralized home-office equipment ordering for all employees
Health and Wellness stipend
In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
Budget for intra-office travel
Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)
Referral Instructions
If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.
Other notices
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.