Data & Tech Product Counsel

Role Overview FIS is seeking a senior Data & Tech Product Counsel to serve as a strategic legal partner for FIS’s data and technology product initiatives within the Legal organization. This newl role sits within the Product Counsel team supporting Data, AI and Technology, and is part of the organization’s broader investment in dedicated product legal coverage for Data & AI strategy, technology, fraud, financial crime and enterprise platform priorities. FIS’s product counsel model is built around embedding legal support with product teams from ideation through launch and beyond, so this counsel will be expected to advise early, move quickly and help the business ship responsible, client-trusted products. This role is particularly important as data commercialization, data governance, AI-enabled functionality and technology product design become central to FIS’s product strategy. The Product Counsel guide identifies AI governance, data usage rights, data product approvals and data usage determinations as emerging core areas of coverage for product counsel. The successful candidate will bring deep legal judgment, technical fluency and commercial pragmatism to help FIS accelerate responsible growth and inspire client trust.

Serve as the primary legal resource for assigned data and technology products, acting as an integrated generalist with sufficient depth across regulatory compliance, commercial transactions, intellectual property, data privacy and technology matters to own legal strategy for those products. Embed with product, data strategy, technology, sales, compliance, privacy, security and other stakeholders from ideation through launch, business-as-usual support and product sunset or migration. Advise product and engineering teams on data flows, delivery models, product architecture, hosting and geography changes, data-access vendors, AI features and other design decisions with legal implications. Support FIS governance for data products and data usage determinations, including routing proposals through appropriate approval processes before commercialization or external sharing. Identify and advise on legal issues involving data governance, data monetization, third-party data, AI governance, model risk expectations, data usage rights, derivative outputs and technology-enabled product development. Partner with the Privacy and Data Protection Office when products process personal data, introduce new data uses, change hosting or geography, or add vendors with access to personal data. Maintain client-facing privacy, security, AI and data positions aligned with FIS governance, approved enterprise positions and contractual commitments. Build legal roadmaps tied to product milestones and help product teams define what “launch-ready” means from a legal standpoint, including required artifacts, approvals and contract readiness. Own and maintain contract templates, solution terms, order language, pricing attachments and contract-referenced product documentation for assigned products, ensuring they are short, consistent, client-friendly and appropriately versioned. Support RFP responses, sales pipeline reviews and deal negotiations where data, technology, security, privacy, AI or product-specific legal issues require subject matter expertise. Identify recurring negotiation themes and develop approved fallback positions, annotated negotiation guidance and training materials for sales, business teams and legal colleagues. Coordinate with compliance, privacy, security, intellectual property, litigation and other specialist teams when product issues require deeper expertise, while remaining accountable for the overall product legal strategy. Advise on disputes involving assigned data or technology products, including claims viability, available remedies, exposure, factual context, change management, third-party dependencies, specifications and evidence preservation. Drive process