Senior Counsel, Vendor
$220,000–$280,000 year
RemoteCalifornia, United States or New York, United States
Job Summary
Lead and grow the Vendor Legal team by managing a high volume of vendor agreements across technology, cloud, SaaS, data platforms, contractors, marketing, leases, and payment processing engagements. Drive operational execution by designing playbooks, contract templates, and negotiation guides that reduce cycle time while maintaining quality. Serve as a strategic business partner to senior managers and cross-functional teams including procurement, engineering, product, and finance, providing clear guidance on vendor matters. Foster a high-performance culture grounded in accountability and continuous improvement, while developing talent and training business partners to self-serve on routine legal matters. This role involves rebuilding the Vendor Legal function from the ground up to support Affirm's mission of delivering honest financial products.
Required Qualifications
- JD and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
- 8+ years of relevant transactional experience in-house at a technology company or in a technology practice group at a top law firm
- 2+ years of direct people management experience, including hiring, developing, and performance-managing attorneys or legal professionals
- Exceptional drafting skills
- Experience in fintech, payments, or financial services
- Experience supporting global or multi-jurisdictional transactions (e.g., Canada, US, UK/EU, Australia)
- Strong working knowledge of data protection and privacy regimes such as CCPA, GDPR, APPs, PIPEDA, and GLBA
- Proven ability to manage high deal volume while maintaining quality, consistency, and attention to detail
- A track record of building or improving legal processes, playbooks, templates, or other operational tools in a high-growth environment
- Clear, concise communication skills, with the ability to distill complex legal and commercial issues into plain language
- Collaborative working style, with experience guiding cross-functional teams toward practical, win-win outcomes
- Intellectual curiosity and creative problem-solving instincts: you learn new products and business models quickly and enjoy finding solutions to novel challenges
- Proactive, self-starter mentality with a bias for action
- Excellent judgment, and ability to make timely, pragmatic, and business-focused decisions in ambiguous situations with imperfect information
- Humility, integrity and a sense of humor; you take your work seriously, but not yourself
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
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