About Team / Role The Legal Director for Mobility will be responsible for supporting, and managing 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 counsel. 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 Legal Director for Mobility will: Role Summary: Serve as a key legal partner and senior advisor for WEX Mobility businesses 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. Core Responsibilities: 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 to set and execute 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 activities, 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 terms, including application and API terms of use, integration terms, and website terms of service. Risk & Dispute Management: Proactively identify, manage, and escalate 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 and product 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 The base pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position. Actual pay rates will vary and will be based on various factors, such as your qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. Base pay is one component of WEX's total compensation package. Most sales positions are eligible for commission under the terms of an applicable plan. Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus based on their role and applicable plan. WEX's comprehensive and market competitive benefits are designed to support your personal and professional well-being. Benefits include 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. For more information, check out the "About Us" section. Pay Range: $195,000.00 - $223,800.00 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. Offering comprehensive and market competitive benefits, our offerings are designed to support your personal and professional well-being. If you’re looking for a growing career - come be part of WEX today. To learn more about our employee benefits, please click here. 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. 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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