Member of Legal, Vendor Counsel

At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings. The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn. As a Member of Legal, Vendor Counsel you have the ability to influence the future of digital assets and build best‑in‑class legal, compliance, and regulatory pillars for the broader industry. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with other Members of Legal and members of TPRM to craft contracts with vendors and other key Anchorage partners as well as drive the vendor management process. You will also have the opportunity to work on projects related to privacy, patents and trademark requirements as Anchorage grows its business. We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Member of Legal role:

Technical Skills:

• Apply legal and digital asset expertise to provide negotiation support for vendor contracts, experience and emerging trends to provide insights, guidance and leadership to shape strategy and tackle critical issues internally and externally.
• Drive technical quality and output of the Legal department and advise on how to improve execution of vendor agreements.
• Has a complete conceptual knowledge and full understanding in contractual negotiations, with a focus on vendor and partnership agreements, privacy, date and trademarks, and a working knowledge of related areas.
• Applies analytical and problem solving skills to complex legal issues.
• Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways, suggests different potential approaches and adapts to circumstance.

Complexity and impact of work

• Work with the Global Lead Counsel, Commercial and Trading, and Member, Commercial Legal to ensure that the Legal department’s vendor contracting function produces high‑quality output in an efficient and scalable manner.
• Help draft and negotiate contracts that stand the test of time.
• Keep abreast of industry norms and help set the industry standard for our agreements, protecting Anchorage from legal and reputational risk while maintaining a fair and commercially friendly posture with our clients.
• Applies judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions with limited information, and evaluates the right course of action. Can work autonomously, defines priorities under broad direction and applies problem solving skills. Work review is only required at critical points.
• Directly responsible for the entire lifecycle of a contract including negotiation, execution and implementation/interpretation.
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of contractual provisions and issues requires evaluation of multiple factors.
• Normally receives little instruction on day‑to‑day work and general instructions on new assignments.
• Participates in the hiring process by submitting referrals, conducting interviews, meeting candidates, attending recruiting events or presenting externally.

Organizational knowledge

• Is aware of the strategy of Anchorage and is considered when defining the planning and goals of the team.
• Understands how the company’s priorities relate to their own area of work, and clearly communicates the ‘why’ behind the work.

Communication and influence

• Promotes a positive working environment through proper listening, speaking and empathy with team members. Embodies and is a role model of our culture pillars.
• Contributes to cross‑functional projects, collaborates with their team and adjacent teams to solve problems, and assists or teaches other team members.
• Adapts communication both internally and externally in an effective manner, explains and convinces others the need to adapt or change processes, policies, structures, and methods to deliver their goals.
• Enhances relationships and networks with senior internal and external stakeholders within their own area of expertise.
• Help provide clear, actionable guidance to the business on strategic legal communication issues for Anchorage in high‑profile situations, and difficult on‑the‑spot questions.
• Engage and build appropriate rapport internally and externally, and is recognized as a team player whose knowledge, ideas, and critical thinking impact the strategic direction of Anchorage and the digital asset industry.
• Is an active ambassador and role model of our culture and values both internally and externally.

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements.

Protecting your privacy rights is important to Anchorage Digital, and we work to maintain the trust and confidence of our clients when handling personal or financial information. Please see our privacy policy notices here. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.