Team Lead, Deal Desk- Platforms

Team Lead, Deal Desk – Platforms Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers such as Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft, making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. We create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by culture and support to help them truly own their careers. What You Will Do Manage, mentor, and develop a team of high‑caliber commercial lawyers who draft, review and negotiate complex, multi‑jurisdictional commercial agreements for our customers. Provide strategic, business‑oriented legal advice to senior stakeholders across sales, account management, product and regulatory teams globally, including on contracting principles, commercial projects and compliance within customer contracts. Serve as the primary escalation point for your team, guiding strategic, risk‑based decisions on complex legal issues and proposing improvements to mitigate future exposure. Drive legal automation efforts and process improvements to scale the team and bring greater efficiency to the negotiation process. Advise on contract interpretation, early‑stage customer disputes and other general commercial matters. Ensure a global voice and consistent standards across the Deal Desk, creating and advancing global initiatives across the team’s pillars, including drafting comprehensive negotiation playbooks and training commercial colleagues on how to sell our agreements. Foster strong collaboration and feedback loops within the Legal Team. Keep up to date with developments in commercial law and relevant industry regulations, strategically advising the business of developments in the field. Who You Are You have 6+ years of legal experience, in‑house or at a law firm. You have strong experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of complex commercial contracts, with a solid understanding of contract law principles. You have demonstrated experience managing, mentoring and developing lawyers or other legal professionals. You are committed to building teams that reflect a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, where every team member can thrive. You are a clear and compelling communicator who ensures your team and stakeholders understand the purpose and reasoning behind decisions. You have solid people skills and work well with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and customers from varying disciplines and cultures. You have experience educating others on complex ideas, communicating them clearly and providing additional training when necessary. You have the ability to structure and prioritize work in a high‑volume, fast‑paced environment and build and drive processes to completion. You enjoy critically considering process flows and seeking to improve efficiency wherever possible. You are self‑motivated, pragmatic, reliable, adaptable and detail‑oriented. You are available to work from our New York office. You are fluent in English, both written and spoken. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitments: Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. We welcome individuals to be their true selves at Adyen. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status. #J-18808-Ljbffr Adyen