Legal Counsel SR

Sagent; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/Hybrid workplace options

Health Benefits

Unlimited Flexible Time Off

Family Planning Services

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Family Leave

401(k) Matching

Pet Insurance

In-person and Virtual Social Events

Career Pathing

Focus Time Fridays

much, much more!

Job summary

Sagent is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to support fintech software and mortgage servicing industry transactions. You will draft and negotiate technology agreements, advise on renewals, and help streamline contracting workflows across product, sales, and privacy teams.

Qualifications include a U.S. J.D. and 7+ years of legal experience, with at least 5 years in tech contract negotiations. A hybrid remote work setup and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• 7 years of legal experience, including 5 years negotiating technology-related contracts.
• Experience drafting, negotiating, and closing technology transactions.
• Ability to translate legal considerations into actionable business guidance.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate technology agreements (SaaS, MSAs, SOWs).
• Advise on contract renewals and modernizing legacy agreements.
• Collaborate with product, customer success, partnerships, privacy/data security, and sales teams.

Skills

Legal experience

Technology contracts

SaaS/Cloud agreements

Contract negotiations

Risk assessment

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

You could work anywhere. We know you are talented and looking for something inspiring and impactful. A place where you will make a difference and have a great time doing it!

By choosing Sagent, you can be part of our mission to make loans and homeownership simpler and safer for all consumers.

Sagent powers servicers and consumers. You power Sagent!

About the opportunity

As our Senior Legal Counsel, reporting to our EVP Chief Legal Officer, you will provide practical, business-focused legal support for Sagent’s FinTech software and services offerings for the mortgage servicing industry. You will draft, negotiate, and advise on technology agreements, support complex commercial transactions, and help refine an efficient, scalable contracting process. Working closely with product, customer success, partnerships, privacy/data security, and sales, you will translate business and technology requirements into clear contractual terms that support growth and manage legal risk.

Your Day to Day at Sagent:

• Independently draft, review, and negotiate technology agreements supporting multiple loan servicing platforms, including SaaS agreements, master services agreements (MSAs), and statements of work (SOWs).
• Advise on contract renewals and the modernization of legacy agreements, developing practical approaches that address business objectives and legal risk.
• Partner with product management, customer success, sales, partnerships, and privacy/data security teams to resolve contractual issues and provide clear, actionable legal guidance.
• Help improve contracting workflows, templates, and legal processes to support consistent, efficient execution of commercial transactions.
• Maintain a strong understanding of Sagent’s product offerings and translate software, cloud computing, and services delivery models into appropriate contractual terms.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• 7 years of legal experience, preferably including 5 years negotiating technology-related contracts.
• A U.S. law degree (J.D.) and an active license to practice law in at least one state.
• Experience independently drafting, negotiating, summarizing, and closing technology transactions, with sound judgment on when to elevate significant legal or business issues.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and provide responsive legal support in a fast-paced team environment.
• Experience addressing intellectual property matters in a SaaS environment.
• Experience drafting and negotiating cloud computing agreements.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to communicate practical recommendations clearly.
• The ability to collaborate effectively with business and product teams and translate legal considerations into actionable business guidance.
• Experience analyzing business and technology system architectures, databases, and client applications and translating them into an appropriate contracting framework.

As a Sagent Associate, you will be eligible to participate in our benefit programs beginning on Day #1! We offer a comprehensive package including

• Remote/Hybrid workplace options
• Health Benefits
• Unlimited Flexible Time Off
• Family Planning Services
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Family Leave
• 401(k) Matching
• Pet Insurance
• In-person and Virtual Social Experiences
• Career Pathing
• Focus Time Fridays
• much, much more!

Why Sagent?

Sagent is transforming the mortgage servicing industry by bringing the modern experience customers now expect from loan originations to loan servicing. Our platform lets customers manage their home-owing lives from anywhere while giving servicers lower costs, scale compliance and higher servicing values through full market cycles.

Sagent is a joint venture that combines Fiserv Inc.'s decades of market-leading fintech expertise with Warburg Pincus' skill in growing technology companies. We hire innovators and doers to disrupt the last and most complex frontier of lending and housing. We're growing fast and need you to help shape our future.

Sagent is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationalorigin, disability or protected veteran status.