VP, Legal – Employment

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 Description Summary:

PayPal is seeking a high caliber, experienced attorney, with a strong background in employment law to join PayPal’s global legal team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work across PayPal and interact with senior executives and legal colleagues who support PayPal in more than 200 markets around the world.  Reporting to the SVP & General Counsel, this position has responsibility to advise on employment legal matters within the enterprise and works cross-functionally and collaboratively with legal and people team colleagues to provide legal support on a global basis.  This role combines strategic guidance, legal advice, and policy oversight to ensure PayPal’s workforce practices align with local and international employment laws.

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop and lead PayPal’s employment legal strategy, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.  

• Provide advice and counsel to executive leadership and people team professionals on a broad range of employment issues including recruiting; hiring; employee relations; discipline and terminations; internal investigations; leaves of absence; wage and hour compliance; EEO compliance; restrictive covenants; and contingent worker issues. 

• Act as a strategic advisor on complex/sensitive employee relations and workplace relations matters and help resolve matters through pre-dispute resolution and/or positioning the company for potential employment litigation. 

• Draft and negotiate employment, settlement and termination agreements. 

• Review and provide guidance on drafting and development of people policies and procedures globally. 

• Lead and/or provide guidance to internal investigators on internal people/compliance investigations. 

• Defend, supervise and manage employment-related claims and litigation, including managing outside counsel and responding to administrative charges, complaints, attorney’s letters, settlement demands and claims