Team Lead, Deal Desk- Enterprise

EngineersOfAI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EngineersOfAI is looking for a driven Team Lead for their Deal Desk in New York. This leader will manage a team of lawyers responsible for negotiating complex commercial agreements with enterprise customers.

The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of legal experience, strong drafting and negotiation skills, and experience in developing high-performing teams. The role emphasizes strategic legal advice for senior stakeholders and driving efficiencies in contract negotiations.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of legal experience, in house or at a law firm.
• Strong experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing legal professionals.

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of commercial lawyers.
• Provide strategic legal advice to stakeholders on contracts and compliance.
• Drive legal automation efforts and process improvements.
• Advise on contract interpretation and customer disputes.
• Ensure consistent standards across the Deal Desk.

Skills

Commercial contracting expertise

Drafting complex agreements

Leadership and mentoring

Legal automation

Contract interpretation

Job description

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 - Enterprise

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 enterprise 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.