Commercial Counsel, Crypto

We're seeking a Commercial Counsel to join our Stablecoin & Crypto team. As a key member of our legal team, you will lead complex commercial and contractual negotiations, advise on product launches, and help scale our legal and operational infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Sales team, with particular focus on Stripe's Stablecoin & Crypto 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, including drafting service terms and providing contractual, commercial, and user-experience advice for launches
• Be an integral part of the build out of Stripe's commercial legal infrastructure to enable scalable, efficient operations in line with Stripe's growth
• Partner with teams across Stripe, including Sales, Partnerships, Operations, Product, Tax, and Risk groups, to align legal solutions with business priorities
• Serve as a proactive and strategic business partner to senior managers and act as a trusted advisor on commercial strategy and risk
• Develop and deliver training, playbooks, and other resources to help the Sales team sell our products confidently and compliantly
• Act as a point of escalation for outside counsel and manage outside counsel relationships when matters require external expertise

Minimum requirements:

• Intellectually curious and a creative problem solver: you relish learning new products and finding creative solutions to complex and evolving legal and commercial problems
• Exceptional drafting skills, with experience in creating services terms or SaaS agreements in addition to deal negotiation drafting
• A self-starter with a bias for action: you are proactive and take ownership to move matters forward
• A clear and concise communicator (written and verbal): you can distill key risks and explain nuanced issues in plain, simple terms for commercial and technical stakeholders
• A natural collaborator: you can guide cross-functional teams toward practical, win-win outcomes
• Familiar with the legal issues and commercial risks arising in connection with hosted data and technology services
• Passionate about technology and able to understand complex business models and product use cases quickly
• A team player willing to do what it takes to contribute to collective success
• Qualified with good standing membership in at least one US state bar with a JD or foreign equivalent
• 6+ years of relevant experience in-house or in a technology practice group at a top law firm

Preferred qualifications:

• Direct experience advising on, drafting service terms for, and negotiating transactions involving cryptocurrency, stablecoin, or traditional money-movement products, particularly on a global basis
• Experience in payments or fintech and familiarity with related regulatory frameworks
• Working knowledge of LLM tools and experience in improving legal processes with AI technology
• Prior in-house experience advising high-growth technology companies
• Working knowledge of data protection and privacy regimes such as CCPA, GDPR, and HIPAA