Commercial Counsel, Bridge

Support Bridge's commercial team by leading negotiations on complex and strategic user and partner agreements.

Advise on commercial and legal issues arising from stablecoin products, new product launches, and international expansion.

Work closely with Product Legal and Bridge's product and engineering teams to bring new products and features to market.

Help build Bridge's commercial legal infrastructure so the business can scale efficiently, including drafting and maintaining agreements and playbooks, improving internal processes, and using AI tooling to optimize work with clients, partners, and users.

Partner with teams across Bridge and Stripe globally, including commercial, operations, product, engineering, tax, compliance, and risk.

Help the team provide practical, scalable legal support while working collaboratively across a global Commercial Legal team.

Develop and deliver training and resources to help Bridge's commercial team sell and support its products.

Serve as a point of escalation for outside counsel.

Intellectual curiosity and creative problem-solving skills, given that Bridge's products and the stablecoin industry are complex and fast-evolving.

A self-starter mentality with a bias for action, proactivity, and a strong sense of ownership.

Clear, concise communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to distill key risks and explain complex, nuanced issues simply.

Natural collaboration skills, with the ability to guide cross-functional teams toward win-win solutions.

Familiarity with the legal issues and commercial risks arising from fintech, stablecoin, hosted data, and technology services.

A team-player mindset, willing to contribute to collective success.

Good standing membership in at least one US state bar, with a JD degree or foreign equivalent.

5+ years of relevant experience in-house or in a technology practice group at a top law firm.