Job description
Basic Function
Lumin Digital is seeking a business-minded lawyer with an understanding of complex technology transactions, who can apply evolving legal frameworks to innovative products and services. This role exists to provide legal advice and strategies with a focus on product and commercial agreements. Success in this position requires coordinating advice with cross-functional teams including product, marketing, and partnerships. This role will directly interact with senior leaders and will be expected to act as a key advisor and first point of contact for our product team and vendor and partnership agreements. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in commercial law, fluency in tech-forward business models, and a proven ability to lead legal and deal strategy in high-growth environments.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Serve as the senior legal authority on all matters related to vendor contracts and strategic partnerships
Partner closely with the Chief Legal Officer and senior leadership to align legal strategy with company goals
Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of vendor and service agreements, including SaaS, licensing, and professional services
Partner with vendor risk management and finance and accounting teams to develop scalable contracting processes and mitigate third-party risk
Lead the legal negotiation of partnership agreements, including reseller, referral, joint venture, technology integration, and distribution agreements
Collaborate with compliance, information security, and privacy teams to ensure contracts address appropriate legal, regulatory, and cybersecurity requirements
Supervise outside counsel as needed
Provide strategic guidance on API terms, ecosystem integrations, and complex technology partnerships
Support post-signature obligations, renewals, and operational handoffs
Develop legal frameworks and operational standards for vendor engagement, including playbooks, templates, approval workflows, and metrics
Lead contract-related dispute resolution
Perform other duties as assigned
Position Specifications
Education:
J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction required.
Experience:
8 years of experience as an attorney, with a mix of law firm experience and in-house experience within SaaS, technology, financial services, or other highly regulated industries required.
5 years of experience as an attorney negotiating vendor and partnership agreements within the B2B SaaS industry required.
Proven track record of collaboration across product, security, and GTM functions.
Extensive experience negotiating complex commercial contracts, especially in vendor and partnership contexts required.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Strong command of commercial contract law
Comfortable using contract lifecycle management tools and collaborative platforms (e.g. JIRA, LinkSquares, Docusign)
Exceptional business judgement and ability to apply legal risk frameworks to fast-paced product and business decisions.
Deep understanding of the legal and regulatory landscape affecting fintech, SaaS, and cloud-based service providers.
Understanding of API licensing terms and interoperability frameworks in SaaS and digital ecosystems.
Expert-level drafting and negotiation skills, particularly with high-value and technically complex agreements.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess legal and business risk and balance them appropriately.
High-level facilitation skills to align legal, business, and technical stakeholders during negotiations.
Ability to synthesize legal and technical concepts for cross-functional audiences, including product, sales, and engineering.
Travel:
Minimal, generally 12 days or less per year
$175,000 - $205,000 a year
LIFE AT LUMIN DIGITAL
Lumin Digital is a trailblazer in digital banking solutions, driven by a unique approach to technology, service, and people. We empower credit unions and banks by creating cutting-edge digital experiences that continuously serve, engage, and grow their membership base. Lumin is 100% cloud-native, purpose-built to unlock the full advantages of the cloud for financial institutions and their users.
At Lumin, we thrive on curiosity and innovation. Our culture fosters trust - in our expertise and decisions, respect - for diverse perspectives and talents, and boldness - in pursuing innovative paths. These values guide us, shaping a workplace where collaboration thrives, ideas flourish, and new possibilities are discovered. Focused on continuous improvement and innovation, we encourage our team to explore, experiment, and put new ideas into action, challenging the usual way of doing things.
All qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, will be considered for employment. Any conditional offer will include a notice regarding the review of the candidate’s criminal history as part of the hiring process.
For more information, visit lumindigital.com.
