Senior Counsel, Vendor

Overview

A financial technology organization is seeking a practical, proactive, and people-oriented transactional attorney to lead and grow their Vendor Legal team. This role reports to the Senior Director and involves managing a team, setting priorities, driving operational execution, and serving as a key stakeholder partner across the organization. The position also includes maintaining a personal deal portfolio to model quality, speed, and judgment.

Responsibilities

• Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and action.
• Lead negotiation, drafting, and execution of a wide range of vendor agreements, including technology services, cloud services, SaaS, data platform, contractor, marketing/creative, lease, and payment processing engagements.
• Manage a high volume of deals efficiently with sound judgment.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve playbooks, contract templates, negotiation guides, and other tools to enable efficient team operations at scale.
• Identify friction points and develop solutions to reduce contract cycle time without sacrificing quality.
• Collaborate closely with procurement, financial partnerships, engineering, product, finance, information security, privacy, and other teams to provide clear, practical legal guidance.
• Serve as a proactive, strategic business partner to senior managers across the organization.
• Develop and deliver training and resources to empower business partners to self-serve on routine vendor 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 8 years of relevant transactional experience in-house at a technology company or in a technology practice group at a top law firm.
• At least 2 years of direct people management experience, including hiring, developing, and performance-managing attorneys or legal professionals.
• Exceptional drafting skills.
• Experience in 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 a high deal volume while maintaining quality, consistency, and attention to detail.
• 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.
• Proactive, self-starter mentality with a bias for action.
• Excellent judgment and ability to make timely, pragmatic, and business-focused decisions in ambiguous situations.
• Humility, integrity, and a sense of humor.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay grade: O
• Equity grade: 8
• Base pay range for select U.S. states (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT): $220,000 - $280,000 per year
• Base pay range for all other U.S. states: $195,000 - $255,000 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.
• Additional benefits include flexible spending wallets for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses.
• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
• Employee stock purchase plan enabling purchase of company shares at a discount.

Location

• This is a remote-first position within the United States.
• Employees can work almost anywhere within their country of employment.
• Some roles may require occasional work from an assigned office.

Additional Information

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• The organization is committed to providing an inclusive interview experience and reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
• For U.S. positions potentially performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered in accordance with local fair chance hiring ordinances.