Senior Director, Commercial Legal

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. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness.

Job Description Summary: Reporting to the VP of Commercial Legal, the Senior Director of Commercial Legal will be responsible for the global sales and online agreements legal teams. The ideal candidate would be a proven leader in the commercial space, who has deep expertise in leading complex, strategic deals as well as a passion for innovation and leveraging technology to better scale the organization.

The Position

This Senior Director will lead a team responsible for providing representation for PayPal’s internal client base while overseeing a variety of critical legal services that have significant impact to the business.

Key Responsibilities

1. Manage a commercial team enthusiastic about building relationships, mentoring team members, partnering with the business to close deals and establish scalable processes and procedures to support this motion.
2. Negotiate key strategic merchant and partner deals in collaboration with the Global Markets Sales organization.
3. Manage escalations, collaborate across other teams and develop solutions to enable team and business partners to close deals.
4. Develop a strong rapport and working relationship with business counterparts across the enterprise to help drive the delivery of effective legal services.
5. Work with the members of the Commercial Legal team and others on process and contracting improvements to help create greater consistency and process efficiency.
6. Develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of PayPal’s core business, its markets, products, customers, competitors, and regulatory environment.

Qualifications

1. Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school and admission to at least one state bar in current good standing.
2. MBA or LLM is a plus.
3. 12+ years of relevant experience in house or at a major law firm.
4. Must have experience negotiating and advising senior leaders on complex commercial deals, including in the financial services sector.
5. Deep subject matter expertise in payments industry and commercial sales transactions.
6. Excellent drafting, written and verbal communication skills and ability to adapt legal requirements in balanced, creative, and pragmatic ways.
7. Deep familiarity and demonstrated experience with commercial contracts lifecycle management.
8. High comfort level with a wide range of legal issues and subject matters.
9. Skilled, effective, and empathetic manager who can empower team members.
10. A confirmed ability to effectively influence, lead, collaborate with and encourage others at all levels.
11. Experience building and leading teams with an inclusive and collaborative team culture.
12. High personal standards of excellence and ethics, as well as the ability to act with discretion.
13. Ability to work efficiently under pressure, juggle multiple projects with competing priorities.
14. Strong knowledge of key legal concepts and levers in negotiations.
15. Must have excellent issue identification, ranking and problem-solving skills.
16. Thrives in a demanding environment.

Compensation and Benefits:

PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience. The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is $143400 to $285450.

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: 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 law.