Legal Counsel

Overview

Legal Counsel provides legal advice and counsel on a variety of legal issues, supports contract administration on commercial transactions, including structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial SaaS, software, services, and equipment contracts, strategic partnership agreements, sourcing and vendor agreements, consulting agreements, development contracts, licensing arrangements, and related transactional matters. The role also involves conducting legal research, ensuring organizational compliance, managing customer, vendor, litigation, and dispute matters, and performing other related functions as needed.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and revise complex commercial, SaaS, software license, services, and equipment agreements, vendor agreements, strategic business agreements, and other corporate contractual documents including addenda and amendments.
• Act as a business partner by applying combined business and legal judgment to proposed transactions, relationships, and other issues requiring legal or compliance attention.
• Advise on regulatory, privacy, antitrust, data rights, and promotional matters; provide regulatory and compliance advice including HIPAA; assist in developing policies on industry-specific issues.
• Ensure compliance with delegation of authority levels and financial policies, including revenue recognition; evaluate contract requests that vary from established standards.
• Conduct legal research and respond to requests for assistance with RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and security questionnaires.
• Support and manage dispute resolution and litigation matters as needed.
• Promote effective communication across all business levels; develop and maintain positive relationships with internal and external clients, vendors, suppliers, and consultants.
• Support, mentor, and collaborate with the contract administration team on creating, revising, and negotiating commercial sales contracts, including term extensions, renewals, and terminations.
• Identify potential legal issues within the organization and work with business leaders and the Chief Legal Officer to address and remediate them.

Required Skills

• Experience with contracts and contract negotiation, preferably in software licensing and technology.
• Proficiency in legal research and writing, including drafting and negotiating strategic business transactions and resolving disputes.
• Knowledge of intellectual property law and understanding of financial and revenue recognition issues.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, written, and oral communication skills in English.
• Strong computer skills related to legal research and document drafting.
• High attention to detail and accuracy; ability to work effectively as part of a team and with all levels of personnel, clients, and vendors.
• Effective time management, prioritization, and organizational skills; initiative to contribute beyond core legal functions.
• Energy, creativity, judgment, integrity, and comfort handling a broad array of legal matters in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with irregular hours.
• Proficiency with MS Office programs and other technology tools.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited U.S. law school.
• Licensed to practice law and a member of a state bar in the United States.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in a law firm or corporate legal department focusing on corporate law, contract law, and/or transactional/M&A law, preferably in a technology company; healthcare technology experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with AI and agents, including their use to streamline workflows, enhance decision-making, improve user experiences, and support operational efficiency across various tasks and tools.

Compensation

• Salary range: USD $145,000 to $165,000 per year.