Provides end-to-end legal advice for payroll, fintech, tax, payments, privacy, and regulated product development. Partners with product, engineering, design, commercial, and risk teams; negotiates with counterparties; manages product legal risk; and builds scalable legal processes, playbooks, and AI-powered review tools. The role also drives innovation, advises on domestic and international product launches, and helps business teams make risk-based decisions.

Own Legal & Compliance systems, tools, and processes; maintain an AI-driven tech stack; manage outside counsel and legal spend; partner on budgeting and metrics; run day-to-day legal operations; build knowledge management and L&D; represent Gusto in Legal Operations community.