Vendor Legal Counsel for High-Velocity Tech Deals (Remote)

Affirm, Inc.; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 164,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer‑paid health coverage for

Monthly tech and wellness stipends

Flexible time off

Job summary

Affim is seeking a practical, proactive transactional attorney to join its Vendor Legal team. You will negotiate and draft a wide range of vendor agreements, partner with Procurement and Financial Partnerships, and help design scalable playbooks to support rapid growth in a remote-first environment.

With 5+ years of in-house tech or top firm experience, you will drive cross-functional collaboration, deliver training, and build processes that reduce cycle times while preserving quality and

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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiation, drafting, and execution of vendor agreements across marketing tech, cloud, SaaS, data, contractor, and payments.
• Design and improve playbooks, templates, and negotiation guides for scalable operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide clear, practical guidance.
• Act as strategic business partner to stakeholders.
• Develop training to enable self-service on routine commercial legal matters.

Skills

Drafting skills

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Privacy knowledge

Education

JD + bar admission

Job description

Affim is seeking a practical, proactive transactional attorney to join its Vendor Legal team. You will negotiate and draft a wide range of vendor agreements, partner with Procurement and Financial Partnerships, and help design scalable playbooks to support rapid growth in a remote-first environment.

With 5+ years of in-house tech or top firm experience, you will drive cross-functional collaboration, deliver training, and build processes that reduce cycle times while preserving quality and