Paralegal

Overview

This Paralegal role supports the organization’s legal team by leading and managing a broad range of contracting matters essential to growth across markets, products, and service offerings. Responsibilities include end-to-end contracting for vendors and participating providers, with a focus on agreements supporting Medicare Advantage and Commercial operations, as well as support for medical groups and internal operational teams.

The role also assists in developing contract playbooks and contract workflow processes. Strong legal drafting skills, contract lifecycle management experience, analytical ability, and project-management capability are key to success.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a high volume of vendor and participating provider agreements, including amendments, statements of work, and ancillary documents.
• Manage the full contract lifecycle: intake, drafting, negotiation, approval, execution, and renewal.
• Maintain accurate contract records, including key-term tracking and reporting, within the organization’s contract management system.
• Support structuring, drafting, and administration of risk-bearing and value-based provider arrangements (including capitation, shared-savings, and other risk-sharing agreements) in coordination with attorneys and business leaders.
• Develop, maintain, and improve contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and standard operating procedures to support consistency, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with business segments—including network, finance, compliance, and operations—to support strategic initiatives and provide contracting guidance.
• Work with in-house attorneys, other paralegals and contracts professionals, and outside counsel as needed.

Requirements

• Ability to work in a startup, fast-paced environment; capable of working independently and collaboratively while meeting tight deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree; paralegal studies degree, paralegal certificate, or comparable contracts or legal training a plus.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing, drafting, and negotiating commercial, vendor, and/or provider contracts in a corporate legal, contracting, or compliance department, or at a law firm.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating provider and vendor agreements.
• Experience using a contract management system, including contract workflows, key-term tracking, and reporting. Experience with IronClad preferred.
• Effective interpersonal and team communication skills.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and writing skills.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills, flexibility, and ability to manage multiple or competing priorities within designated time frames and adjust priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving member experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience in health care or insurance contracting, particularly Commercial lines, Medicare and Medicaid.
• Experience with risk-bearing, capitation, or other value-based provider arrangements.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: $58,000–$105,000 / year

Additional details on pay considerations: the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at the time of posting; during the interview process, additional compensation details will be provided. Base salary offered will depend on qualifications, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education, certifications or other professional licenses, and the applicant’s location and/or the location from which the job will be performed.

Total rewards package (for full time employees only):

• Employer-sponsored health, dental, and vision plan with low or no premium
• Generous paid time off
• $100 monthly mobile or internet stipend
• Stock options for all employees
• Bonus eligibility for all roles excluding Director and above; commission eligibility for Sales roles
• Parental leave program
• 401K program

Location

• Hybrid / Remote (listed as #LI-Remote)