Vendor Transactions Counsel — Remote

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 164,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness & tech stipends

Equity rewards

Job summary

Affirm seeks 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 payments, balancing risk with business velocity.

You will design playbooks, templates, and training, partnering with Procurement, Engineering, Product, Finance, and Privacy to scale processes for high-volume deals while maintaining quality and legal standards.

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 a wide range of vendor agreements, including marketing tech, technology services, cloud services, SaaS, data platform, contractor, creative, lease, and payment processing engagements. Manage a high volume of deals with speed and sound judgment.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve playbooks, contract templates, negotiation guides, and other projects that enable the team to operate efficiently at scale. Identify friction points and build solutions that reduce cycle time without sacrificing quality.
• 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

Contract negotiation

Drafting skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Privacy/compliance knowledge

Independent judgment

Problem solving

Business-minded

Education

JD and active U.S. state bar

Job description

Affirm seeks 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 payments, balancing risk with business velocity.

You will design playbooks, templates, and training, partnering with Procurement, Engineering, Product, Finance, and Privacy to scale processes for high-volume deals while maintaining quality and legal standards.