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About the Role
PPRO is seeking an exceptional, highly strategic Senior Managing Counsel with deep expertise in the payments industry to lead and scale its Commercial Legal function. This pivotal leadership role involves managing a team of commercial lawyers, partnering directly with senior leadership, and architecting legal frameworks to drive rapid global growth. The role bridges commercial risk management, oversees high-stakes enterprise negotiations, streamlines team capacity, and builds scalable legal operations in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Responsibilities
- Manage, coach, and empower a team of commercial lawyers, fostering a high-performance culture aligned with business objectives.
- Design and refine legal workflows, contract playbooks, and intake mechanisms to maximise team output and efficiency.
- Act as a trusted strategic advisor to C-suite and commercial leadership on key deals, international expansion, and complex commercial risk.
- Structure, draft, and negotiate complex global commercial agreements with payment service providers (PSPs), acquirers, financial institutions, card schemes, and strategic enterprise partners.
- Partner closely with Product, Revenue, and Operations teams to support the launch of new payment solutions and local payment methods.
- Modernise contract templates, negotiation fallback guidelines, and self-serve legal tools to shorten sales cycles.
- Apply expert knowledge of payment infrastructure, payment gateways, acquiring, merchant processing, and scheme rules to commercial contract structures.
- Collaborate with Regulatory, Compliance, Privacy, and Tax functions to ensure seamless commercial alignment with evolving fintech regulations.
Requirements
- 10+ years PQE (or equivalent), with a proven track record in top-tier law firms and in-house fintech/payments legal environments.
- Experience in payment processing, acquiring, PSPs, cross-border payment flows, or payment infrastructure.
- Demonstrated success in leading, developing, and mentoring commercial legal teams.
- Exceptional verbal and written executive communication skills, with an ability to translate complex legal terms into clear business guidance.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic matrix environment, balancing speed with rigorous risk management.
- Looks beyond individual transactions to build repeatable legal systems for scale.
- Delivers pragmatic, solutions-oriented legal advice that enables business growth.
- Proven authority in leading high-stakes negotiations with global partners.
Skills
- Payments industry expertise
- Commercial contracting
- Team leadership
- Executive advisory
- Deal execution
- Product and commercial scaling
- Contract standardisation
- Risk management
- Strategic vision
- Commercial mindset
- Influencing
- Negotiation
Location
- Global
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10+ years PQE
Benefits
- Hybrid working (3 days/week on site expectation)
- 28-day holiday allowance
- Work from abroad policy (up to 30 days/year)
- GBP 1,000 annual budget for professional growth
- Leadership cafés
- On-the-job training
- Medical insurance (AXA health care plan)
- 5% matching pension plan through Now Pensions
- Enhanced family leave
- Workplace nursery scheme
- Gym membership contribution
- Mental health platform access (one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations)
- Pet-friendly office
About the Company
- PPRO simplifies access to local payments, providing a platform that empowers companies like PayPal, Stripe, and Microsoft to connect with billions of consumers worldwide.
- Ambitious, fast-paced mission to 3x growth by 2028.
- Diverse cultures spanning over 50 nationalities across 10+ global locations.
- People-first, high trust environment with autonomy for impact, ownership, and growth.
- Principles: Get things done, act with trust and integrity, put the customer first, make things better, work as a team.
Equal Opportunity
- Payments only work when they reflect how different people actually pay, and we build teams the same way: our people span more than 50 nationalities, and that mix is exactly what makes us good at this.
- We welcome applicants of every background, identity, and experience.
- We're far more interested in what you'll bring than a perfect match on paper.
- We make sure our hiring process is accessible to everyone.
- If you need an adjustment at any stage, just let us know: we're happy to help.