Commercial Counsel

Summary

Join Stripe's commercial legal team as a transactional lawyer supporting the fast-growing North American business. You will lead negotiations, advise on legal issues, collaborate with various teams, and contribute to building Stripe's legal infrastructure. This role requires strong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills, along with experience in technology law. A JD degree and 4+ years of relevant experience are essential. Preferred qualifications include experience in payment or fintech and knowledge of data protection laws.

Requirements

• Be intellectually curious and a creative problem solver
• Be a self starter with a bias for action
• Be a clear and concise communicator (in written and verbal forms), who can distill the key risks and explain complex, nuanced issues in plain and simple terms
• Be a natural collaborator, able to guide cross-functional teams and drive to a win-win solution
• Be familiar with the range of legal issues and commercial risks that arise in connection with hosted data and technology services
• Be a team player who is willing to do what it takes to contribute to the collective success
• Have good standing membership in at least one US state bar with a JD degree or foreign equivalent
• Have 4+ years of relevant experience in-house or in a technology practice group in a top law firm

Responsibilities

• Support the AMER Sales team, leading negotiations and advising on a wide range of commercial and legal issues
• Work closely with Product Legal to bring new products and features to market
• Be an integral part of the build out of Stripe’s commercial legal infrastructure so that we can scale and operate efficiently at pace with Stripe’s exponential growth - this work includes drafting and maintaining Stripe’s agreements and playbooks, leading and contributing projects to improve internal processes and operational efficiencies
• Work with teams across Stripe, including sales, operations, product, tax, and risk groups
• Develop and deliver training and other resources to help the Sales team sell our products
• Be a point of escalation for outside counsel

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience working in payment or fintech industries and knowledge of associated regulatory issues
• Have in-house experience advising high growth companies
• Have working knowledge of data protection laws such as CCPA, GDPR, and HIPAA
• Be fluent in Spanish or Portuguese at a business level