Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Product, Regulatory & Litigation

About the Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team

The Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team is a group of dedicated professionals committed to helping Affirm scale, innovate, and provide outstanding products for consumers, merchants, and key partners. We combine legal, compliance, and policy expertise to guide growth, shape products, and build trust across our ecosystem. Our work spans multiple professional disciplines and provides the foundation for Affirm’s mission to deliver honest financial products.

Affirm's Legal team partners with the business to drive innovation and support the scaling of our consumer financial products while expertly managing complex regulatory, litigation, and enforcement risks globally.

This senior leadership position will report directly to the Chief Legal Officer & Chief Compliance Officer (CLO/CCO) and lead across the US and international jurisdictions, Affirm’s Product, Regulatory, Innovation, Licensing, Litigation & Enforcement teams. The ideal candidate will build and lead a team of professionals, skilled in all legal matters related to these domains and will be skilled in strategizing and developing products for the Company. This role will also partner closely with the executive team including the CEO, CLO & CCO, Chief Operations Officer, SVP Product, SVP Engineering, CISO & other executives, along with other cross-functional groups, to ensure that our product, regulatory, licensing, litigation and enforcement legal work supports the company and is cohesive, holistic, and aligned with the strategic and operational needs of the business. Necessary experience and skills include critical thinking in the development and provision of legal analyses and the provision of strategic counsel, strong and effective written and oral communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to lead while seamlessly and collegially partnering with internal and external teammates. The ideal candidate will join the leadership team for the CLO organization and provide important cross-department leadership and strategic guidance to the CLO and the leadership team.

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