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Affirm Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. Affirm’s Commercial Legal (Revenue) team builds, scales, and supports the framework for global commercial transactions and GTM efforts, focusing on structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial and strategic partnerships across a diverse range of financial and technology products and services while navigating regulations. In this role, you will be a key advisor to Affirm’s fast-growing sales, partnerships, and merchant success teams.
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 cross-functional teams, including 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
Support Commercial Legal efforts related to M&A integrations
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
Compensation and Benefits
Pay Grade - M
Equity Grade - 6
Base pay ranges: USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $180,000 - $230,000; USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $160,000 - $210,000
Affirm’s compensation includes benefits such as health coverage, equity rewards, and wellness stipends
Second language: This role is remote-first with flexibility to work remotely in the country of employment
Additional Information This position may be performed remotely within the United States. Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. Some roles may require occasional office work depending on responsibilities. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Affirm is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. Affirm provides reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of support during the hiring process.
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Counsel, Commercial
role at
Affirm Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. Affirm’s Commercial Legal (Revenue) team builds, scales, and supports the framework for global commercial transactions and GTM efforts, focusing on structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial and strategic partnerships across a diverse range of financial and technology products and services while navigating regulations. In this role, you will be a key advisor to Affirm’s fast-growing sales, partnerships, and merchant success teams.
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 cross-functional teams, including 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
Support Commercial Legal efforts related to M&A integrations
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
Compensation and Benefits
Pay Grade - M
Equity Grade - 6
Base pay ranges: USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $180,000 - $230,000; USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $160,000 - $210,000
Affirm’s compensation includes benefits such as health coverage, equity rewards, and wellness stipends
Second language: This role is remote-first with flexibility to work remotely in the country of employment
Additional Information This position may be performed remotely within the United States. Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. Some roles may require occasional office work depending on responsibilities. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Affirm is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. Affirm provides reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of support during the hiring process.
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