Counsel II

🕒 May 14

🏄 California, Connecticut, +3 more states – Remote

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💵 $160k - $230k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍⚖️ General Counsel

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Affirm

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-01

Fintech • B2C • eCommerce

Affirm is a financial technology company that offers a 'Buy Now, Pay Later' service, allowing consumers to make purchases and pay for them over time with flexible payment plans. Affirm eliminates hidden fees and compound interest, providing clear terms and conditions for its users. The company also offers the Affirm Card, a debit card that allows users to request to pay over time for larger purchases or pay in full for smaller ones. Affirm partners with various retailers across multiple categories, including electronics, apparel, and travel, providing customers with the convenience of paying over time at checkout both online and in physical stores. Affirm's services are integrated with Apple Pay, enabling customers to make payments seamlessly from their iPhone or iPad.

📋 Description

• 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

🎯 Requirements

• 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount