Senior Vendor Agreements Counsel (Remote-First)

Affirm, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 164,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% health coverage for you and your

Remote-first culture

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a practical, proactive transactional attorney to join the Vendor Legal team. You will lead negotiation and drafting of vendor agreements across marketing tech, cloud services, SaaS, data platforms, and more, while building scalable playbooks and templates to improve efficiency.

You will partner with Procurement, Financial Partnerships, Engineering, and Privacy teams to provide pragmatic guidance, train business partners, and support global transactions for a remote-first

Qualifications

• JD and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• 5+ years of relevant transactional experience in-house at a technology company or in a technology practice group at a top law firm.
• Experience in marketing tech, adtech, 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiation, drafting, and execution of a wide range of vendor agreements, including marketing tech, technology services, cloud services, SaaS, data platform, contractor, creative, lease, and payment processing engagements.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve playbooks, contract templates, negotiation guides, and other projects that enable the team to operate efficiently at scale.
• Work closely with Procurement, Financial Partnerships, Engineering, Product, Finance, Information Security, Privacy, and other teams to provide clear, practical guidance.
• Serve as a proactive, strategic business partner to stakeholders across the organization.
• Develop and deliver training and resources that empower business partners to self-serve on routine commercial legal matters, increasing team capacity and reducing bottlenecks.

Skills

Vendor contracts

Contract negotiation

Privacy & data protection

Cross-functional collaboration

In-house tech law

Startup experience

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Affirm is seeking a practical, proactive transactional attorney to join the Vendor Legal team. You will lead negotiation and drafting of vendor agreements across marketing tech, cloud services, SaaS, data platforms, and more, while building scalable playbooks and templates to improve efficiency.

You will partner with Procurement, Financial Partnerships, Engineering, and Privacy teams to provide pragmatic guidance, train business partners, and support global transactions for a remote-first