Commercial Counsel

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companiesfrom the worlds largest enterprises to the most ambitious startupsuse Stripe to accept payments grow their revenue and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyones reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

As Commercial Counsel primarily supporting Stripes Stablecoin & Crypto team you will lead complex commercial and contractual negotiations advise on product launches and help scale Stripes legal and operational infrastructure. You will work closely with Sales Product Legal Partnerships Risk Tax Operations and external counsel to enable safe compliant and commercially sound growth of Stripes crypto stablecoin and wallet offerings.

We are committed to building an inclusive work environment where all Stripes feel welcomed as their authentic selvesinclusive of all genders sexual orientations ethnicities races education ages and other personal characteristics. We work on broadening our internal diversity because we want to be culturally equipped to build products and solutions for our diverse user base.

What youll do

Responsibilities

• Support the Sales team with particular focus on Stripes 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 Stripes commercial legal infrastructure to enable scalable efficient operations in line with Stripes growth. This includes advising on the contractual integration of services provided by Stripes cryptocurrency stablecoin and wallet infrastructure acquisitions (including Bridge and Privy) drafting and maintaining agreements and playbooks and leading or contributing to projects that improve internal processes and operational efficiencies including by leveraging AI tooling
• 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

Who you are

Were looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus not a requirement.

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