Overview
A growing technology-driven financial services organization is seeking a transactional attorney to join their Vendor Legal team. This role involves negotiating a wide range of vendor agreements and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams such as Procurement, Financial Partners, Engineering, Product, Finance, Information Security, and Privacy. The ideal candidate is pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and able to balance risk with business velocity in a high-growth environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead negotiation, drafting, and execution of various vendor agreements including technology services, cloud services, SaaS, data platform, contractor, marketing/creative, lease, and payment processing contracts.
- Manage a high volume of deals efficiently while exercising sound judgment.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve playbooks, contract templates, negotiation guides, and workflows to increase team efficiency and reduce cycle times.
- Collaborate with procurement, financial partnerships, engineering, product, finance, information security, privacy, and other teams to provide clear and practical legal guidance.
- Serve as a proactive, strategic business partner to stakeholders across the organization.
- Develop and deliver training and resources to empower business partners to self-serve on routine commercial legal matters, increasing team capacity and reducing bottlenecks.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant transactional experience, either in-house at a technology company or in a technology practice group at a top law firm.
- Exceptional drafting skills.
- Experience in fintech, payments, or financial services sectors.
- Experience supporting global or multi-jurisdictional transactions (e.g., Canada, US, UK/EU, Australia).
- Strong working knowledge of data protection and privacy laws such as CCPA, GDPR, APPs, PIPEDA, and GLBA.
- Proven ability to manage a high deal volume while maintaining quality, consistency, and attention to detail.
- Demonstrated experience building or improving legal processes, playbooks, templates, or operational tools in a high-growth environment.
- Clear and concise communication skills, capable of distilling 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 skills.
- Proactive, self-starter mentality with a bias for action.
- Excellent judgment and ability to make timely, pragmatic, business-focused decisions in ambiguous situations.
- Humility, integrity, and a sense of humor.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with high-growth technology companies.
- Familiarity with vendor management and procurement processes.
Compensation & Benefits
- Base pay grade: M
- Equity grade: 6
- Base salary range for select U.S. states (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT): $185,000 - $245,000 per year
- Base salary range for all other U.S. states: $164,000 - $224,000 per year
- Total compensation package may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness, and technology spending, and benefits.
- Benefits include 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for employees and dependents.
- Flexible spending wallets for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses.
- Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) enabling purchase of company shares at a discount.
Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Location
This is a remote-first position within the United States. Employees can work from almost anywhere within their country of employment. Some roles may require occasional work from an assigned office depending on job responsibilities.
Additional Information
The organization is committed to providing an inclusive interview experience and will provide reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered in accordance with applicable fair chance hiring ordinances for positions based in Los Angeles or San Francisco.