Stripe · 3 hours ago
Commercial Counsel, Tech Transactions
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
6+ years expStripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, aiming to increase the GDP of the internet. The role involves being a subject matter expert and key advisor on various transactions to support Stripe’s global office expansion while ensuring legal compliance and managing risks.
FinanceFinTechMobile PaymentsSaaS
Responsibilities
Draft, review, and negotiate enterprise agreements for SaaS, software, AI tools, on-prem infrastructure, hardware, data feeds, consulting services, and technology-focused managed services
Act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders on legal and technology licensing issues. Partner closely with key client group Corporate Technology (CorpTech) and a range of product technology groups
Collaborate and build efficiencies with talented teams across Stripe, including Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Deal Management, Product Legal, Privacy Legal, Regulatory Legal, Intellectual Property, Security, Tax, Finance & Strategy, and Third Party Risk Management
Develop and implement continuous improvement of tools, processes, training, and playbooks to help manage high-volume workstreams and educate internal and external counsel
Ensure Stripe’s commercial relationships comply with applicable law, Stripe’s data privacy and security policies, global privacy regulations, and global outsourced services guidelines
Identify and evaluate business and legal risks, and find creative ways to mitigate them while achieving business goals
Effectively distill and explain complex issues in a meaningful and effective way to a variety of cross-functional stakeholders
Be able to prioritize workloads and competing priorities with skillful multitasking
Spot issues, develop solutions, and counsel teams on issues relating to data protection and privacy regulations, intellectual property, risk management, compliance, and cybersecurity
Act as a responsive point of escalation for outside counsel
Qualification
Required
6-8+ years of relevant legal experience working at a law firm and/or in-house legal department supporting technology transactions, including 3+ years of experience negotiating inbound technology (software and SaaS) procurement contracts
The ability to counsel internal teams based on a strong understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks, as well as industry standards relating to data privacy and protection, data security, and other emerging technology issues
Sound and practical business judgment and the ability to make smart decisions in the face of ambiguity and imperfect information
Ability to effectively prioritize and advance multiple deals happening simultaneously, often on tight deadlines
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
Strong project management skills with attention to detail
A strong sense of ownership where you proactively identify opportunities for our team and Stripe to improve; you're willing to jump in and do whatever needs to be done in an enthusiastic and resourceful manner
Humility, curiosity about an evolving industry, and a terrific sense of humor
Preferred
History of advising high growth companies
Experience working closely with a procurement function
Experience negotiating enterprise-level platform agreements
Company
Stripe
Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (272)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.44BKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementThrive CapitalFounders Fund
2025-02-27Secondary Market
2024-04-12Secondary Market· $694.16M
2024-03-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Steffan Tomlinson
CFO
Aitor Guevara
Head Of Engineering
Recent News
2026-01-22
2026-01-22
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