Product Counsel, Terminal

About the role

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. The Product Legal team manages the legal and regulatory elements of Stripe's products and services.

Responsibilities

• Serve as product counsel for the Stripe Terminal team — helping to expand our product offerings.
• Counsel the Stripe product team on a range of issues including regulatory, consumer protection, marketing, intellectual property, and data privacy.
• Actively collaborate with a wide variety of Stripe teams, including engineering, compliance, business development, and marketing, on a range of issues related to product development and commercialization.
• Work closely with colleagues across the Stripe legal team to clear key issues impacting the work of members of the team who support Stripe's regulatory structure, its customer agreements, and strategic financial partnerships.
• Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review and launch of new products.
• Draft, review, and update foundational documents for product and service offerings.
• Stay up-to-date, with the support of Stripe’s legal subject matter experts, on U.S. and international laws and regulations dealing with privacy, data security, consumer protection, financial services, and marketing.
• Participate as a proactive business partner to senior managers and build a trusted advisor relationship.
• Develop deep subject matter expertise of the Stripe Terminal products and serve as a legal team member point of contact for escalations and questions related to Stripe Terminal.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a qualified lawyer working on complex regulatory or technology matters, preferably working with technology companies on the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the technology space.
• A passion for technology and ability to understand complex business models and product use cases quickly.
• Strong communication (both written and verbal) and project management skills with a strict attention to detail.
• Excellent project management skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent judgment and the ability to make smart decisions in the face of ambiguity and imperfect information.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in financial technology, risk, payments, and financial services, and a working understanding of financial regulations and rules.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts (background in hardware, supply chain, and transportation/logistics agreements is preferred).

Pay and Benefits

• The annual US base salary range for this role is $178,200 - $267,200.
• Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.