Founding Fintech Legal & Regulatory Lead

Founding Fintech Legal & Regulatory Lead About GrandGrand is the first purpose-built fintech for the B2B economy. We’ve raised over $5m to build the most intelligent fintech platform for businesses that operate in the built world. Our first product, Grand Profile, helps… ## What you'll do of a founding role - Hybrid Work: at least 3 days in our Dublin office - Extended Remote Work on Request: outcomes matter more than optics - Builders, Not Tourists: work with people who care deeply about getting things right Who You AreYou’re a builder with strong legal and regulatory instincts. You’re interested in how financial institutions actually operate, not just how regulation reads on paper. You think in systems, not isolated legal questions. You understand that regulation shapes product, operations, partnerships, and market expansion — not just compliance outcomes. You’ve seen what breaks when regulation becomes process for its own sake, and you design accordingly. You take responsibility for outcomes, including the difficult tradeoffs. You prioritise credibility, defensibility, and long-term trust over unnecessary complexity or theatre. You value correctness, clarity, and judgment over bureaucracy. You thrive in ambiguity, enjoy difficult problems with no obvious answer, and take pride in helping build regulated infrastructure that earns its place. You’re based in Dublin, Ireland or in close commuting distance (or ready to be), and ready to help build something genuinely new. If this sounds like you, let’s talk. ## What you'll bring Law degree or equivalent legal qualification (LLB, LLM, JD, or similar) - Proven experience working directly with fintech regulation, payments regulation, or financial services law in the UK and/or EU - Hands-on experience supporting licensing applications, regulatory approvals, supervisory engagement, or regulated product launches - Strong understanding of how legal structure, regulation, operations, and product design intersect inside fintech businesses - Comfort operating as a senior IC with real ownership and accountability - Ability to turn legal and regulatory ambiguity into clear, pragmatic direction - Confident working alongside law firms without outsourcing judgment or decision-making - Practical, daily use of LLMs and modern AI tooling in legal or regulatory work — as leverage, not novelty - Experience designing or operating regulatory workflows supported by automation and AI - Clear communicator who can explain complex legal and regulatory constraints plainly - Bias toward progress, resolution, and commercial practicality - High integrity, sound judgment, and calm under pressure …

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