Team lead, Deal Desk (Enterprise)

The role

You will manage and lead a lean team of commercial lawyers who negotiate contracts with enterprise customers. You will provide strategic legal advice to senior stakeholders and drive legal automation and process improvements.

What you will do

• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of commercial lawyers.
• Provide strategic, business-oriented legal advice to senior stakeholders globally.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for the team on complex legal issues.
• Drive legal automation efforts and process improvements.
• Advise on contract interpretation and early-stage customer disputes.
• Ensure a global voice and consistent standards across the Deal Desk.
• Foster strong collaboration and feedback loops within the Legal Team.
• Keep up to date with developments in commercial law and industry regulations.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of legal experience, in house or at a law firm.
• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
• Solid understanding of contract law principles.
• Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and developing lawyers or other legal professionals.
• Clear and compelling communicator.
• Solid people skills to work with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience educating others on complex ideas.
• Ability to structure and prioritize work in a high volume, fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated, pragmatic, reliable, adaptable, and detail-oriented.
• Available to work from our Singapore office.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

About the company

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft. They are a financial technology platform.