Commercial Counsel, Sales

Stripe is looking for an exceptional transactional lawyer to join its commercial legal team supporting its fast-growing business in the Americas.

The successful candidate will support the AMER Sales team, leading negotiations for complex and strategic agreements, advise on a wide range of commercial and legal issues, and work closely with Product Legal to bring new products and features to market.

Responsibilities:

• Support the AMER Sales team, leading negotiations for complex and strategic agreements;
• Advise on a wide range of commercial and legal issues, including launch of new products to Stripe users and support international expansions;
• 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 it can scale and operate efficiently at pace with Stripe's exponential growth;
• Partner with teams across Stripe globally, including sales, operations, product, tax, risk groups, and others;
• Help the entire team drive scaled support and efficiency, working collaboratively in a global team to maximize the overall impact of the Commercial Legal team;
• Develop and deliver training and other resources to help the Sales team sell Stripe's products;
• Be a point of escalation for outside counsel.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in-house or in a technology practice group in a top law firm;
• Qualified with good standing membership in at least one US state bar with a JD degree or foreign equivalent;
• Intellectually curious and a creative problem solver;
• A self-starter with a bias for action;
• A clear and concise communicator;
• A natural collaborator, able to guide cross-functional teams and drive to a win-win solution;
• Familiar with the range of legal issues and commercial risks that arise in connection with hosted data and technology services;
• A team player who is willing to do what it takes to contribute to the collective success.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working in payment or fintech industries and knowledge of associated regulatory issues;
• In-house experience advising high-growth companies;
• Working knowledge on how to use LLM tools;
• Experience in improving legal processes with AI technology;
• A working knowledge of data protection laws such as CCPA, GDPR, and HIPAA.