Commercial Counsel, Tech Transactions
Stripe
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Illinois • United States
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Tech Stack
About the role
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Health insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
negotiationlegal analysiscontract draftingdata privacydata securityrisk managementcompliancecybersecuritytechnology transactionsproject management
Soft Skills
communicationmultitaskingproblem-solvingbusiness judgmentprioritizationownershipcollaborationadaptabilityhumilitycuriosity