Overview
A healthcare technology organization is seeking a Commercial Contracts Attorney to manage and scale the contracting function across health system partnerships and vendor relationships. This role is critical to supporting rapid growth while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Own the full lifecycle of commercial contracts, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and closing agreements with health systems and other partners.
- Manage vendor contracts and third-party relationships, including SaaS agreements, service contracts, licensing agreements, data processing agreements, and other procurement-related contracts.
- Collaborate with finance, security, and compliance teams to evaluate and enable vendor relationships, ensuring operational, regulatory, and information security standards are met.
- Develop and maintain contracting playbooks and templates to enable sales and procurement teams to move quickly while protecting organizational interests.
- Manage the existing contract portfolio, including amendments, renewals, and partner/vendor inquiries, ensuring obligations are tracked and fulfilled.
- Advise internal stakeholders on healthcare regulatory considerations in deal structures, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, Civil Monetary Penalties, and state licensure requirements.
- Work with sales, partnerships, finance, and clinical operations to structure deals aligned with service lines and Medicare reimbursement frameworks.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Minimum 5 years of experience handling commercial contracts in-house and/or at a law firm, preferably with healthcare or life sciences experience.
- Experience with both sell-side (customer/partner agreements) and buy-side (vendor/procurement contracts) contracting.
- Working knowledge of federal and state healthcare regulations, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, Civil Monetary Penalties Law, and clinical licensure and scope-of-practice requirements.
- Experience with HIPAA and privacy law is a plus.
- Experience contracting with payers is a plus.
- Proven ability to build or improve contracting processes, including playbooks, clause libraries, or template suites.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment with minimal oversight.
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: $180,000 - $220,000 annually, determined by experience, skills, training, and business needs.
- Competitive total compensation and meaningful equity.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Virtual primary care services.
- National and local discounts.
- Unlimited paid time off and paid holidays.
- Remote equipment setup and home office stipend.
- Paid parental leave.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Charitable donation matching program.
Location
Equal Opportunity
The organization is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status is not tolerated.
Reasonable accommodations are available upon request during the hiring process.