Affirm
Affirm

Counsel II, Commercial

legalfull-timeRemote US
SALARY
$160k – $230k/yr
WORK TYPE
remote
JOB TYPE
full-time
INDUSTRY
fintech
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About the role

What you'll do

  • Structure, draft, negotiate, and review a broad range of global commercial agreements, including highly complex and novel agreements
  • Collaborate with and provide strategic and legal advice to various cross-functional teams, including but not limited to, sales, product, finance, tax, customer ops and risk
  • Lead or participate in projects to improve internal processes and increase the efficiency and scalability of the Commercial Legal team
  • Train and help educate internal business partners
  • Manage and resolve legal issues that arise in existing domestic and international commercial relationships
  • Build and improve templates for global revenue-generating commercial agreements
  • Build collaborative and effective working relationships with various teams in the U.S. and internationally

What we look for

  • JD from an accredited school and current member in good standing of the bar in at least one state in the United States.
  • 5+ years of complex commercial drafting and negotiation experience (ideally on revenue-generating contracts); prior in-house and law-firm experience is a plus
  • Great project management skills with the ability to organize, prioritize, and remain collected under pressure
  • Ability to prioritize and advance multiple concurrent deals on tight deadlines while producing strong quality work product
  • Excellent judgment, and ability to make timely, pragmatic, and business-focused decisions in ambiguous situations with imperfect information
  • A strong work ethic, sense of ownership, accountability, and proactive willingness to jump in and do whatever needs to be done
  • Experience drafting and negotiating data privacy terms, including but not limited to, CCPA, GLBA and GDPR contract terms
  • Clear and concise communication skills to effectively collaborate and negotiate with both internal and external business and legal teams
  • Adaptability in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and an enthusiasm for learning
  • Humility, integrity and a sense of humor; you take your work seriously, but not yourself
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Counsel II, Commercial at Affirm — Remote