Sr Legal Counsel, Advertising

PayPal’s Legal Department is seeking an experienced, creative, and collaborative attorney to join our Commercial Legal team, supporting PayPal’s growing Ads business. This role involves drafting, negotiating, and managing a wide range of contracts for both the buy-side and sales-side of PayPal’s Ads business, including agreements with data providers, ad platforms, technology vendors, and advertising partners. The attorney will provide pragmatic legal advice, ensure compliance, manage legal risks, and collaborate with stakeholders to design scalable contracting strategies and streamline workflows.

Must Have

• Provide clear, pragmatic, and solution-oriented legal advice
• Participate in complex problem resolution
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations
• Partner with business counterparts to drive effective legal services
• Manage legal risks and safeguard PayPal's legal interests
• Draft, negotiate, and manage complex commercial agreements
• Advise on privacy, data use, and regulatory risks
• Collaborate to develop procurement and vendor management strategies
• Partner with Legal colleagues for efficient contracting processes
• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent degree
• Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 5+ years of relevant legal experience
• Expertise in advertising, media, or digital marketing transactions
• Strong understanding of commercial contracting, data privacy, and technology transactions
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities

Perks & Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Employee shares options
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Annual performance bonus
• Equity
• Balanced hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 days home/office)

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. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.

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. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Summary:

Legal Department is seeking an experienced, creative, and collaborative attorney to join our Commercial Legal team, supporting our growing Ads business. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated lawyer who thrives on solving complex challenges, balancing risk with innovation, and working cross-functionally to enable business growth.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide clear, pragmatic, and solution-oriented legal advice to enable business strategy while managing legal risk.
• Participate in complex problem resolution, providing expert legal advice on high-stakes issues and disputes.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Partner with business counterparts across the enterprise to help drive the delivery of effective legal services.
• Manage legal risks and safeguard our legal interests, developing comprehensive risk management frameworks.
• Escalate complex issues to senior legal leadership where appropriate.

Expected Qualifications:

• 8+ years relevant experience and a Juris doctorate degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:

About the Role

You will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and managing a wide range of contracts that support both the buy-side and sales-side of our Ads business. This includes agreements with data providers, ad platforms, technology vendors, and advertising partners, as well as sales-side advertising and revenue-sharing arrangements for our properties.

You will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, procurement, and other members of the Legal team to design scalable contracting strategies, streamline workflows, and implement efficient processes to handle high-volume contract needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and manage complex commercial agreements, including:
• Insertion orders, affiliate network agreements, and revenue-sharing partnerships
• Technology, SaaS, and data vendor contracts
• Professional services and other operational agreements supporting the Ads business
• Provide concise, practical, and business-focused legal advice to help teams move quickly and responsibly.
• Advise on privacy, data use, and regulatory risks related to advertising partnerships and technologies.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop procurement and vendor management strategies.
• Partner with colleagues across Legal to design and implement efficient, scalable contracting processes.

What We’re Looking For

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent degree; active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 5+ years of relevant legal experience in-house or at a law firm.
• Demonstrated expertise in advertising, media, or digital marketing transactions.
• Strong understanding of commercial contracting, data privacy, and technology transactions.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, with a sharp attention to detail.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with a pragmatic and solution-oriented approach.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Why Join Us

At PayPal, you’ll work alongside passionate colleagues who believe in advancing financial inclusion and innovation. As part of our Legal team, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the frameworks that support our next-generation advertising and commerce solutions.

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Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

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The US national annual pay range for this role is $152,500 to $262,350

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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, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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Belonging at PayPal:

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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