**Who we are **
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team
We work on complex technical and legal problems every day, and we’re looking for a privacy fellow with a love for data, technology, and privacy. In this role you will work closely with members of Stripe’s privacy legal team and cross-functional privacy teams to help develop procedures, playbooks and templates to help comply with privacy and data protection laws around the world.
What you’ll do
- Work across a spectrum of privacy topics within the business.
- Work closely with other members of Stripe’s privacy legal and cross-functional privacy teams to assist in development of procedures, playbooks and templates.
- Help ensure that Stripe’s practices, products and services comply with applicable law and our privacy and security commitments.
- Contribute to Stripe’s privacy and data protection compliance program, including our continuous compliance efforts for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and similar data compliance operational work.
- Analyze existing and new legislative and regulatory developments to ensure that Stripe understands and remains compliant with evolving requirements.
- Use AI tools to support research, drafting, and analysis — including summarizing regulatory developments, drafting playbooks and templates, and accelerating day-to-day privacy work.
Who you are
We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply.
Minimum requirements
- Passionate about privacy and data protection with a desire to become a subject matter expert in data protection and privacy legal issues.
- Organized, with strong project management skills and the ability to work well on both long and short-term projects; willingness to partner on a wide range of projects.
- Someone with excellent written and oral communication skills.
- A team player, willing to pitch in where needed in a fast-paced, growing company.
- Decisive, and capable of making smart decisions in the face of ambiguity and imperfect information.
- Capable and determined to get things done.
- Curious about and comfortable using AI tools; eager to adopt them as part of their daily workflow.
- Passionate about Stripe’s mission of helping businesses grow and thrive.
Preferred qualifications
- Relevant experience with privacy, data protection, legal research, or compliance is welcome, though not expected.
- Ideally based in the SF Bay Area or Seattle.