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Stripe

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Fintech • eCommerce • B2B

Stripe is a global payments processing platform that enables businesses to accept online and in-person payments. It offers a comprehensive suite of financial services, including payment processing, billing, and revenue management tools, aimed at businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises. By providing a developer-friendly API, Stripe allows businesses to streamline their payment operations and embed financial services directly into their applications, facilitating both B2B and B2C transactions.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2010

💳 Fintech

🛍️ eCommerce

🤝 B2B

💰 Venture Round on 2021-05

📋 Description

• Draft, review, and negotiate complex procurement agreements for SaaS, enterprise software, recruiting services, employee benefits, construction and design services, and facilities support. • Act as a trusted advisor on legal and commercial supplier issues to senior business leaders for client teams like People, Global Workplace, Global Recruiting, Core Technologies, and Product. • Collaborate and build efficiencies with talented teams across Stripe, including Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Deal Management, Corporate Legal, Product Legal, Privacy Legal, Regulatory Legal, Intellectual Property, Security GRC, 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

• 8-10+ years of related experience working at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department negotiating inbound services and technology 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

• Health insurance • Paid time off • Flexible work arrangements • Professional development opportunities