Senior Counsel, Vendor

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. The Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team combines legal, compliance, and policy expertise to guide growth and build trust.

Affirm seeks a practical, proactive, and people-oriented transactional attorney to lead and grow the Vendor Legal team. Reporting to the Senior Director, this role manages a team, sets priorities, drives operational execution, and serves as a key stakeholder partner. You will also maintain a personal deal portfolio.

• Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture.
• Lead negotiation, drafting, and execution of vendor agreements including technology services, cloud services, SaaS, data platform, contractor, marketing/creative, lease, and payment processing engagements.
• Manage high volume of deals with speed and sound judgment.
• Design and implement playbooks, contract templates, and negotiation guides.
• Work closely with procurement, financial partnerships, engineering, product, finance, information security, privacy, and other teams.
• Develop and deliver training and resources for business partners.

• JD and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• 8+ years of relevant transactional experience in-house at a technology company or in a technology practice group at a top law firm.
• 2+ years of direct people management experience.
• Experience in fintech, payments, or financial services.
• Experience supporting global or multi-jurisdictional transactions.
• Strong working knowledge of data protection and privacy regimes such as CCPA, GDPR, APPs, PIPEDA, and GLBA.
• Proven ability to manage high deal volume.
• Track record of building or improving legal processes.

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $220,000 - $280,000. USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $195,000 - $255,000. Total compensation may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits.

Affirm offers health care coverage with all premiums covered for you and dependents, flexible spending wallets, competitive vacation and holiday schedules, and an employee stock purchase plan.

Apply via the Greenhouse link. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.