Product Counsel Payments

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

Stripes Product Legal team is responsible for managing the legal and regulatory elements of the design build and of our products and services. We work on some of the hardest technical commercial and regulatory problems around and were looking for a product lawyer to join our team. In this role you will be a key advisor to Stripes product engineering and partnerships teams and will work on a diverse set of matters that straddle financial services business processes and technology.

The ideal candidate is passionate about Stripes mission of helping businesses grow and thrive. Were looking for someone who is a team player and willing to jump in on tasks of any size. Stripe operates within a complex and interwoven legal regulatory and financial partnership environment around the world.

Were looking for someone with experience counseling businesses regarding payments financial services and financial regulations. The ideal candidate would also be comfortable drafting and negotiating financial partner agreements involving highly regulated often complicated products. Some experience with APACbased legal issues and workstreams is a huge plus.

This role can be based in London or Dublin.

What youll do

Responsibilities

• Counsel Stripe product and partnerships teams on a range of issues including payments regulations (including for money transmission or emoney) financial partnerships payment schemes rules data privacy marketing and monetization
• Collaborate with Stripe teams including product partnerships engineering compliance marketing and risk on product development and commercialization
• Support the drafting and negotiation of key deals with Stripes financial partners
• Work closely with colleagues across Stripes legal team to support Stripes regulatory structure scheme rule compliance customer agreements and financial partnerships
• Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review and launch of new products
• Draft review and update foundational documents for Stripes payments products
• Stay uptodate with the support of Stripes legal team on international laws and regulations dealing with payments financial services data privacy and marketing
• Participate as a proactive business partner to senior leaders and build relationships as a trusted advisor

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

• 5 years of experience as a qualified lawyer in a top law firm inhouse legal team and/or government agency working with financial institutions or financial technology companies on product legal matters and financial partner negotiations
• A qualified solicitor in England or Ireland
• Experience counseling product teams technical teams and other nonlawyers on product development and deal structure
• A passion for technology and ability to understand complex business models and product use cases quickly
• An entrepreneurial spirit a selfstarter and selflearner who thrives in a fast paced environment deals well with ambiguity and focuses on driving impact
• Excellent judgement and capable of making smart decisions with imperfect information
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Excellent project management skills and ability to work under tight deadlines