Legal Director, Commercial

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Legal Director, Commercial to join our global legal team and support a fast-growing business operating across fintech, payments, e-commerce, and digital platforms.

This role is ideal for a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys working closely with product and business teams in a dynamic, international environment, and is ready to step into a broader, high-impact role.

What you'll do

• Lead the Company’s global commercial contracting framework while providing end-to-end legal support across commercial, corporate, regulatory, and policy matters in the assigned regions (APAC and the Americas), enabling scalable operations and effective risk management across multiple jurisdictions.
• Leading and developing a high-performing legal team and setting a benchmark for excellence.
• Own and maintain the Company’s global commercial contracting framework, including templates, playbooks, and standard positions
• Develop and implement contracting standards and policies to ensure consistency, scalability, and risk alignment across all regions
• Advise regional business teams on complex, high-value or non-standard commercial arrangements and define fallback positions and risk parameters.
• Advise on regional aspects of M&A, strategic partnerships, and restructuring initiatives
• Support Corp Sec. in corporate governance, entity management, and intra-group structuring within the assigned regions
• Partner with Legal Operations to improve contracting efficiency, automation, and lifecycle management
• Collaborate with Compliance and other control functions to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and internal policies

What you'll bring

• Minimum 10 years combined law firm and in-house experience, with strong commercial negotiation expertise
• Experience in negotiating cross-border commercial contracts, including exposure to US counterparties
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across regions and functions
• Proven leadership and team management experience…