Deal Desk Lead: Strategic Commercial Counsel

Managing Commercial Counsel, Deal Desk - Platforms

Legal New York

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Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Team Lead, Deal Desk - Platforms

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic leader based in New York to join our global Deal Desk team. The Deal Desk operates as a global function within the Commercial Legal team, and you will serve as one of four Team Leads reporting to the Head of Deal Desk. As a Team Lead on Deal Desk, you will manage and lead a lean team of commercial lawyers who negotiate contracts with our platform and franchise customers. The role requires a leader with strong commercial contracting expertise who can act as a trusted advisor to senior commercial stakeholders, while building and developing a high-performing team. You must have a strong drafting and negotiation background across a variety of complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial agreements and be able to leverage sophisticated legal expertise and communication skills into tangible, scalable value that accelerates Adyen's global growth.

What you will do:

• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of high-caliber, pragmatic 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 our contracting principles, commercial projects, and legal and regulatory compliance within our 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, and 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. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them — voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you are from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What\'s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Don\'t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our New York office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration. We do not offer remote-only roles.

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

Annual salary ranges from $210,000 to $275,000. This range is based on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and geographic location; to learn more about our compensation philosophy, please click here .

The way we work is guided by the eight principles of the Adyen Formula. Learn more here.

To build the world\'s most customer-focused financial technology platform, we need as many different perspectives as possible. We’re looking for people from all sorts of backgrounds to contribute.