Director, Regulatory Advisory and Implementations

Paysafe is a leading payments platform with an extensive track record of serving merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With 29 years of online payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of $152 billion in 2024, and approximately 3,300 employees located in 12+ countries, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 260 payment types in 48 currencies around the world. Delivered through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward mobile-initiated transactions, real-time analytics and the convergence between brick-and-mortar and online payments. Further information is available at www.paysafe.com. 

It starts here. Have a global impact on the world of payments.

At Paysafe, our Regulatory Team enables the company’s success within a complex and evolving global regulatory environment through clear and knowledgeable advice and proactive collaboration across the business.

We are seeking an experienced, driven, and solution-focused regulatory lawyer to lead our newly formed Regulatory Implementation and Advisory team. As part of the Regulatory Team and reporting to the VP Regulatory, you will play a pivotal role in delivering regulatory change projects and providing strategic regulatory advice globally. You will work closely with colleagues from diverse disciplines, ensuring regulatory requirements are implemented efficiently and effectively, and that complex legal concepts are communicated clearly to non-lawyers.

You will embody our values by providing clear and concise guidance, being responsive and proactive in your approach, collaborating across teams, and enabling others to succeed. Your deep knowledge of the business and regulatory landscape, combined with your accountability, will help drive Paysafe’s continued growth and compliance.

What Paysafe stands for:

• Being open and honest.
• Keeping focused.
• Operating with Courage.
• Pioneering the future.

Our values and culture are driven by Equality, Development, Social Responsibility and Wellbeing. If you want to find out more about life at Paysafe, check out our careers page here. 

How we work:

We follow a hybrid working model, spending an average of three days per week at our office location. The office address is 15 George’s Quay, 1st Floor, Dublin, D02 VR98

The impact you will have:

• Lead Regulatory Change Delivery: Oversee and innovate regulatory implementation processes, ensuring advice is clear, concise, and actionable. Be proactive in identifying regulatory challenges and responsive in delivering solutions that enable business success.
• Team Leadership & Development: Build, coach, and inspire a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team. Foster a collaborative environment where team members are empowered, accountable, and encouraged to share knowledge and learn from each other.
• Strategic Advisory: Provide knowledgeable, forward-thinking regulatory advice to stakeholders, including on new product development and delivery channels. Translate complex legal and regulatory concepts into plain English, enabling informed decision-making across the business.
• Regulatory Engagement: Take ownership of complex regulatory matters, preparing and coordinating responses to regulatory authorities and participating in supervisory meetings. Ensure Paysafe’s position is communicated clearly and confidently.
• Stakeholder Communication: Develop and present concise, insightful reports to senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency and accountability in regulatory implementation.
• Representation: Represent the Regulatory Team at key internal and external forums, building collaborative relationships and acting as a trusted, knowledgeable advisor.

What we’re looking for:

• Qualified lawyer with 7+ years’ post-qualification experience (PQE) in financial services regulation, ideally with payments/e-money industry exposure.
• Experience gained in a financial institution, regulator, or leading law firm, with a track record of engaging with regulatory authorities.
• Excellent legal technical and analytical skills, with the ability to quickly learn and apply new information in a complex and evolving environment.
• Outstanding communication skills: able to explain complex legal concepts in plain English to non-lawyers, always striving for clarity and conciseness.
• Responsive and proactive: You anticipate challenges, act quickly, and are always looking for ways to improve processes and outcomes.
• Collaborative and enabling: You believe the best solutions come from working together, valuing diverse perspectives, and empowering others to succeed.
• Knowledgeable: You stay ahead of developments in the business and regulatory landscape, sharing insights and expertise with your team and stakeholders.
• Accountable: You take ownership of your advice, actions, and outcomes, and are committed to delivering results.
• Positive, solution-focused attitude; motivated by enabling others to succeed.
• Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop teams in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment.

A snippet of what you’ll get in return:

• Enjoy free breakfast available for you to better your mornings
• You decide what your holiday looks like with the option to buy or sell your holiday and carry over up to 5 days into the next year.
• Don’t want to use up all your holiday days? Take advantage of the opportunity to work abroad up to 2 weeks in the year from any location (subject to HR approval)
• Let’s not forget, we also offer: Private health insurance (pre-existing conditions are included, Fertility cover & Travel cover), income protection, life assurance and more.
• Spend time with those important to you with our enhanced paid family policies.
• Test our products Skrill, Neteller and Paysafe Card. Upon joining we will award you £50 into each wallet.
• Kickstart your weekend early with our summer hours during the months of June, July and August with a 3pm finish every Friday.
• Join our six employee-led equality communities and help foster a workplace that celebrates diversity and create opportunities to collaborate and learn.

What do our current Employees think?

• “I enjoy the Dublin hub as it’s a smaller community, you get to connect with people and we go for after work socials often” - Mairead Horgan

• “Paysafe is truly a dynamic and fast paced company, where the focus is on working across teams to find solutions that achieve efficiency and help Paysafe to grow. If you want interesting work and great people to work with, Paysafe is the place for you!”- Claire Ryan

• “I'd say the Dublin Office has a great community of hard working professionals with incredible attitudes! It's a fun and active workplace to be around and a part of!” -Joshua Corregidor

What to expect next:

Phone screen with Talent Acquisition  

Video interview with the Hiring Manager.

In-person interview to meet with Peers

Final HR interview with Recruitment.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Paysafe is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to providing a work environment of mutual respect to everyone without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.