Legal Counsel, EMEA Marketing

Who we are

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

Stripe is looking for a data-focused, marketing lawyer to join our growing legal team. This role will provide dedicated legal support to Stripe’s Marketing, Communications, and Design organizations and be instrumental in maturing and scaling Stripe’s legal support frameworks for these client groups.

What you’ll do

The ideal candidate is passionate about Stripe’s mission of helping businesses grow and thrives in solving complex legal, technology, and business issues in collaboration with others. We’re looking for someone who is a team player and willing to jump in on tasks of any size. Experience in financial technology, payments, and/or financial services is helpful, but not required, for you to be successful in this role.  

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to the Marketing organization on commercial, marketing, and privacy issues with a focus on the EMEA region.
• Review Privacy Impact Assessments of proposed marketing activities and work closely with Privacy, Privacy Engineering, and marketing leaders to ensure compliant, programmatic data practices.
• Drive compliance and ensure all marketing technology platforms and data collection practices (including events, CRM, and ad-tech) comply with GDPR and other applicable data protection and technology laws.
• Draft, negotiate, and manage complex technology, data licensing, and commercial agreements to support marketing, advertising, events, communications, and content creation.
• Proactively monitor and analyze legislative, regulatory, and enforcement developments within EMEA, and translate the legal changes into clear, actionable advice and compliance strategies for the Marketing organization.
• Apply sound judgment to manage and resolve time-sensitive escalations quickly and effectively to support the Marketing organization's ambitious objectives.
• Drive compliance and operational efficiency, proactively identify opportunities for standardization, and lead projects to improve internal processes.
• Draft and maintain template documents, playbooks, training materials, and other essential resources.
• Collaborate effectively with key internal stakeholders across various teams, including Product Legal, Consumer Legal, Privacy Legal, Procurement, and Third Party Risk Management.
• Oversee and manage outside counsel.

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

• 6+ years of relevant legal experience, with a heavy emphasis on drafting and negotiating technology agreements and managing data protection issues preferably within a marketing or commercial context.
• Deep proficiency in data protection frameworks such as GDPR, particularly as they apply to sponsored events, CRM practices, and vendor/agency relationships.
• A strong understanding of data licensing and data usage rights, data privacy regimes, and consumer privacy issues.
• A proactive mindset focused on identifying opportunities for improvement and enhancing operational efficiency.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse cross-functional teams.
• A strong sense of ownership, willingness to approach tasks with enthusiasm and resourcefulness, and the ability to effectively prioritize and advance multiple concurrent deals, often under tight deadlines.
• Humility, intellectual curiosity about the evolving payments industry, and a terrific sense of humor.

Preferred qualifications

• In-house experience advising a high-growth company, preferably with direct experience supporting the Marketing function.