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About the Role

PayPal is seeking a strong transactional lawyer to provide best-in-class commercial support for large merchant and partner deals. The successful candidate will partner with global sales teams to negotiate strategic and complex transactions with merchants, marketplaces, and partners across all of PayPal's global product and service offerings.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear, pragmatic, and solution-oriented legal advice to enable business strategy while managing legal risk.
• Participate in complex problem resolution, providing expert legal advice on high-stakes issues and disputes.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Partner with business counterparts across the enterprise to help drive the delivery of effective legal services.
• Manage legal risks and safeguard PayPal's legal interests, developing comprehensive risk management frameworks.
• Escalate complex issues to senior legal leadership where appropriate.
• Draft and negotiate highly complex multinational agreements, including with large global merchant organizations.
• Provide sophisticated, quick, concise, and high-quality legal advice.
• Coordinate cross-functionally within PayPal to craft deal strategies and provide innovative advice, including in cross-border payment services.

Requirements

• 8+ years relevant experience and a Juris doctorate degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 2 years experience managing large deal closings that involved tracking the status of interrelated agreements, triggers, and stakeholder requirements.
• Experience directly negotiating complex sales, marketing, or partner agreements with external parties.
• Experience working with multiple client-side stakeholders such as: sales, privacy, product, regional counsel, risk, and regulatory.
• Ability to spot issues and problems, take initiative, find solutions, make recommendations, organize internal coordination, bring about decisions, and implement change.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively navigate legal, compliance, and business needs.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to generate creative original legal documents.
• Hands-on experience, either as outside or inside counsel, to financial services, fintech, or technology companies.
• Outstanding communication skills and ability to work both in teams and independently.
• Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills and the ability to partner with internal and external stakeholders across the globe.
• Experience in payments.
• Ability to be highly engaged and succeed in a collaborative environment.

Skills

• Technology
• Licensing
• Payment/financial services (including payments product solutions)
• Risk and regulatory issues
• Exceptional writing skills
• Confident self-starter
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Sound legal advice
• Good business judgment
• Work with senior management
• Implement policies and processes on a cross-functional basis
• Negotiation skills

Location

• New York City, New York
• San Jose, California
• Chicago, Illinois
• Austin, Texas
• Washington DC, District of Columbia
• Scottsdale, Arizona
• Omaha, Nebraska

Work Type

• Balanced hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 days remote/office)

Experience Level

• 8+ years relevant experience
• At least 2 years experience managing large deal closings

Education Level

• Juris doctorate degree

Salary/Compensations

• New York City, New York: ($176,500.00 - $262,350.00 Annually)
• San Jose, California: ($176,500.00 - $262,350.00 Annually)
• Chicago, Illinois: ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)
• Austin, Texas: ($160,500.00 - $238,700.00 Annually)
• Washington DC, District of Columbia: ($169,000.00 - $250,800.00 Annually)
• Scottsdale, Arizona: ($152,500.00 - $226,600.00 Annually)
• Omaha, Nebraska: ($152,500.00 - $226,600.00 Annually)

Benefits

• Comprehensive, choice-based programs to support physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
• Generous paid time off.
• Healthcare coverage for you and your family.
• Resources to create financial security.
• Support your mental health.

About the Company

• PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years, creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure.
• PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.
• We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers.
• We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person.
• Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day, guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness.
• Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging.
• Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued.
• We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

Equal Opportunity

• PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
• In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
• If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.