Senior Vendor Contracts Counsel (Tech)

Affirm, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage at no cost

Monthly spending stipends for tech and

Generous time off and holidays

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a practical, proactive transactional attorney to join the Vendor Legal team. You will negotiate and draft a broad range of vendor agreements, implement playbooks, and partner with cross‑functional teams to drive efficient, scalable processes in a high-growth tech environment.

The role emphasizes practical guidance, collaboration, and training to empower business partners while managing risk and velocity in deals across marketing tech, SaaS, fintech, and payments sectors.

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.
• Exceptional drafting skills.
• 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 vendor agreements across a range of services.
• Design and improve playbooks, templates, and negotiation guides to scale the team.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Financial Partnerships, Engineering, Product, Finance, and Security teams for practical guidance.
• Serve as a proactive business partner to stakeholders across the organization.
• Develop training resources to enable business partners to self-serve on routine legal matters.

Skills

Exceptional drafting skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Ability to manage high deal volume

Analytical problem solving

Education

J.D. and active U.S. state bar

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking a practical, proactive transactional attorney to join the Vendor Legal team. You will negotiate and draft a broad range of vendor agreements, implement playbooks, and partner with cross‑functional teams to drive efficient, scalable processes in a high-growth tech environment.

The role emphasizes practical guidance, collaboration, and training to empower business partners while managing risk and velocity in deals across marketing tech, SaaS, fintech, and payments sectors.