Commercial Counsel, Crypto

Commercial Counsel, Crypto – Stripe

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About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use 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 everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the Team

As Commercial Counsel primarily supporting Stripe’s Stablecoin & Crypto team, you will lead complex commercial and contractual negotiations, advise on product launches, and help scale Stripe’s legal and operational infrastructure. You will work closely with Sales, Product Legal, Partnerships, Risk, Tax, Operations, and external counsel to enable safe, compliant, and commercially sound growth of Stripe’s crypto, stablecoin, and wallet offerings.

What you’ll do

• Support the Sales team, with particular focus on Stripe’s Stablecoin & Crypto team, leading negotiations and advising on a wide range of commercial and legal issues.
• Work closely with Product Legal to bring new products and features to market, including drafting service terms and providing contractual, commercial, and user-experience advice for launches.
• Be an integral part of the build out of Stripe’s commercial legal infrastructure to enable scalable, efficient operations in line with Stripe’s growth. This includes advising on the contractual integration of services provided by Stripe’s cryptocurrency, stablecoin, and wallet infrastructure acquisitions (including Bridge and Privy), drafting and maintaining agreements and playbooks, and leading or contributing to projects that improve internal processes and operational efficiencies, including by leveraging AI tooling.
• Partner with teams across Stripe, including Sales, Partnerships, Operations, Product, Tax, and Risk groups, to align legal solutions with business priorities.
• Serve as a proactive and strategic business partner to senior managers and act as a trusted advisor on commercial strategy and risk.
• Develop and deliver training, playbooks, and other resources to help the Sales team sell our products confidently and compliantly.
• Act as a point of escalation for outside counsel and manage outside counsel relationships when matters require external expertise.

Who you are

We’re 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

Preferred Qualifications

Hybrid work at Stripe

This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office). Office‑assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 km) or more from one of our offices. You may come into the office for team meetings, but the expectation is regular work from home. Stripe does not cover relocation costs for remote locations.

Pay and benefits

The annual U.S. base salary range for this role is $196,000 - $294,000. Additional benefits may include equity, company bonus or sales commissions / bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

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