Legal Counsel, Transactions (Remote)

Overview

A financial technology organization is seeking a business-minded transactions attorney with experience in drafting, negotiating, and managing complex commercial agreements within a fast-paced, highly regulated environment. This role involves partnering closely with cross-functional teams to close strategic deals, reduce friction in contracting, and scale a contract lifecycle management function, including implementing and optimizing contract management systems, playbooks, and workflows.

The position requires strong technical legal expertise combined with operational acumen, ideally within fintech, financial services, or other regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial and technology agreements, including enterprise SaaS agreements (MSAs, SOWs, order forms), vendor/procurement agreements, NDAs, strategic partnerships, licensing, marketing, data processing agreements, and professional services arrangements.
• Provide practical, risk-based guidance on key terms such as indemnities, limitation of liability, confidentiality, intellectual property, data use, and compliance obligations to support growth while protecting the business.
• Collaborate with Sales and business stakeholders to efficiently move deals from intake through signature, resolving issues quickly and accelerating revenue.
• Design and build scalable contracting infrastructure including intake processes, playbooks, templates, clause guidance, approval routing, and signature workflows.
• Assist with continuous improvement of contract management systems (CLM/contract repository) to enhance consistency, speed, and visibility across the contracting lifecycle.
• Establish operational discipline including contract data hygiene, version control, audit-ready documentation, and reporting/metrics such as cycle time, bottlenecks, risk themes, and renewals.
• Drive adoption of standardized contracting processes across cross-functional teams through training, documentation, and stakeholder enablement.
• Partner with Operations, Procurement, Finance, and other teams to align contracting workflows with upstream/downstream systems (e.g., e-signature, CRM, procurement tools).
• Ensure agreements comply with applicable federal and state regulatory frameworks relevant to consumer finance operations.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, and Security teams to identify and mitigate contractual exposure, including vendor oversight and third-party risk requirements.
• Provide guidance on data privacy and information security obligations in customer, partner, and vendor contracts.
• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to business stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Translate legal issues into clear options and recommendations to enable informed business decisions.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active Utah bar membership in good standing.
• Minimum of 3 years practicing commercial/transactions law; in-house experience strongly preferred.
• Significant experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, with technology/SaaS experience strongly preferred.
• Strong business judgment and a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach to risk.
• Ability to manage multiple high-impact matters simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or scaling contract operations and implementing contract management systems/workflows in a high-growth environment.
• Background in fintech, financial services, banking, or other highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with consumer finance, lending, or payments.
• Knowledge of GLBA, FCRA, modern privacy/security contracting expectations, and state consumer protection regulations.
• Familiarity with legal technology ecosystems such as CLM tools, e-signature platforms, CRM/procurement integrations, and workflow automation.

Compensation & Benefits

• Generous paid time off.
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan with company match (for US employees).
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to mental health and wellness resources.
• Company-paid volunteer time.
• Legal coverage and other supplemental insurance options.

Location

This position requires active membership in the Utah bar, indicating a likely location or remote work arrangement compliant with Utah licensing requirements.