Senior Counsel, Vendor

Overview

A growing technology-driven financial services organization is seeking a practical, proactive, and people-oriented transactional attorney to lead and expand 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 a bias for 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 the team to operate efficiently 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 that 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, either 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 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 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 will provide reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities.
• For U.S. positions that could be 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.