Senior Manager, Developer Communications
PayPal
Senior Legal Counsel
PayPal
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Arizona, California, Illinois
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💰 $152,500 - $262,350 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead complex projects of diverse scope, driving legal initiatives that support business growth and innovation
- Participate in complex problem resolution, providing expert legal advice on high‑stakes issues and disputes
- Provide expert legal advice and support, particularly in areas such as compliance, data privacy, and litigation support
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations and advise on implementation of new legal technologies and automation tools
- Manage legal risks and develop comprehensive risk management frameworks
- Represent PayPal in litigation and other legal proceedings, leading case strategies
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements with merchants, platforms, and partners, including agentic commerce ecosystem partners
- Structure transactions across licensing, data use and sharing, AI safety/usage restrictions, product integrations, go‑to‑market, and strategic partnerships
- Provide timely, solution‑oriented advice on payments, consumer protection, marketing, privacy and data protection, IP, and evolving AI/agent frameworks
- Collaborate with Sales, Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, Privacy, Finance, and Regional Legal to develop deal strategies and resolve issues
- Translate strategy into action: set goals, drive execution and results, and contribute to the legal department's success
- Build and maintain templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and training to simplify and accelerate negotiations
- Manage a high‑volume pipeline; exercise strong risk assessment to balance risk with business priorities
- Lead complex non‑agentic commercial deals across PayPal’s products and services as needed
- Improve processes: streamline approvals, clarify roles, and enhance visibility to stakeholders
- Establish strong client relationships, mentor teammates, and manage outside counsel to control costs and ensure quality
Requirements
- Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience
- Juris doctorate or equivalent degree
- 8+ years leading large commercial transactions for sales or similar functions (in‑house and/or law firm)
- Hands‑on demonstrated experience supporting technology, fintech, or financial services companies
- Demonstrated success drafting and negotiating complex sales, marketing, licensing, and partner agreements
- Proven ability to issue‑spot, propose practical solutions, and drive decisions in a fast‑paced environment
- Excellent negotiation, writing, and interpersonal skills
- Strong organization and project management skills; comfortable juggling multiple, time‑sensitive matters
- Preferred: experience with agentic commerce or adjacent AI technologies (agents, orchestration/automation, model/API integrations)
- Preferred: payments industry knowledge (processors, acquirers, networks, wallets, checkout, risk controls, chargebacks, settlement)
- Preferred: expertise on data rights/usage, privacy, and security terms in commercial agreements
- Preferred: product counseling for platform integrations and go‑to‑market arrangements, including co‑marketing and channel partnerships
- Preferred: global deal experience and familiarity with regulatory considerations affecting PayPal’s ecosystem
- Ability to manage outside counsel efficiently and effectively
