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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