Overview
This hands-on role focuses on commercial contracting and healthcare regulatory issue-spotting to support fast, compliant deals as the organization scales integrated pharmacy and healthcare services.
The position supports Privacy, Compliance, Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM), and Operations teams and is designed for a versatile attorney who can build repeatable processes and help enable speed-to-contract. Complex or novel matters will be escalated to Senior Counsel and/or specialized outside counsel.
Responsibilities
Commercial Contracting
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including pharmacy services agreements, PBM network participation agreements, payer/client agreements, specialty pharmacy arrangements, data sharing agreements, BAAs/DPAs, SaaS and technology agreements, licensing agreements, MSAs, and SOWs, using playbooks and clause libraries.
- Manage redlines, issues lists, internal alignment, and approval workflows through execution; memorialize deviations and approvals.
- Maintain and improve templates, clause libraries, and playbooks to reduce cycle time and drive consistency.
Healthcare Regulatory Support
- Issue-spot and provide practical guidance on applicable laws and regulations, including Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), Stark Law, False Claims Act, and FDA/DEA requirements relevant to pharmacy and telehealth operations; state pharmacy laws; pharmacist professional licensing; PBM network participation rules; and HIPAA/HITECH.
- Conduct targeted research, prepare summaries, and assist with regulatory analyses and alerts; coordinate with Compliance to ensure ownership and accountability across healthcare and pharmacy regulatory domains.
- Partner with outside counsel on complex or novel regulatory questions; help implement recommendations.
Privacy & Data Protection Support
- Support the Privacy team on HIPAA and data protection matters, including incident response, breach investigations, and privacy compliance activities.
- Assist with drafting and negotiating privacy and security provisions in client and vendor agreements, including BAAs, DPAs, and security addenda.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to identify and remediate data handling risks; encourage privacy-by-design practices.
Vendor & Procurement Contracting
- Draft, review, and negotiate vendor, procurement, and operations agreements (IT/SaaS, professional services, logistics/delivery, marketing vendors, clinical vendors), including MSAs, SOWs, order forms, renewals, and amendments— including vendors that support pharmacy operations, PBM services, patient support, data exchange, and related healthcare services.
- Partner with Procurement, Finance, Security/IT, Privacy, and Compliance on intake, diligence, and approvals (e.g., security questionnaires, BAAs/DPAs, SOC 2/ISO documents, COIs).
- Negotiate and document SLAs, support/uptime, data handling/retention, audit rights, business continuity, termination/transition assistance, and fee/charge guardrails.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Legal Ops
- Provide timely, business-oriented legal advice to Commercial, Partnerships, and Operations teams.
- Contribute to process improvements (e.g., workflow design, contract lifecycle management, playbook refinements, dashboards) that scale the legal function.
- Support communications and marketing review for external messaging, disclosures, and public statements.
Compliance & Risk Support
- Collaborate with Compliance on training materials, audits, and corrective actions.
- Support Compliance with PBM audits by researching and advising on state pharmacy and PBM laws and reviewing PBM contractual requirements.
- Assist with risk assessments, internal inquiries, and remediation planning as needed.
Qualifications
Required
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 8–10 years of legal experience (law firm and/or in-house) in pharmacy, PBM, healthcare, or digital health; strong candidates with 5+ years will be considered.
- Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating commercial and technology agreements.
- Experience with vendor/procurement contracting and third-party risk management (e.g., SaaS/IT, SOWs, SLAs, security addenda, BAAs/DPAs).
- Working knowledge of healthcare regulatory frameworks (e.g., AKS, HIPAA, FDA, DEA, PBM, state pharmacy laws) with a willingness to deepen expertise and collaborate with specialists.
- Excellent communication, judgment, and organizational skills with a practical, business-minded approach.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving organization and manage multiple priorities effectively.
Preferred
- Experience in pharmacy or PBM-related commercial/regulatory work, such as PBM network participation, payer/client contracting, prescription drug benefit administration, pharmacy services arrangements, specialty pharmacy, mail-order pharmacy, manufacturer/rebate-related arrangements, or state PBM laws.
- Exposure to data privacy, cybersecurity, and breach response.
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks applicable to telehealth, diagnostics, and clinical operations.
- Experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM) and legal operations tooling.
- Familiarity with SOC 2/ISO 27001 and vendor security due diligence processes.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary Range: $178,000 - 222,500
- Commission Eligible: No
- Benefits include:
- Dental and vision, plus multiple group medical plans to choose from
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Group life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Flexible spending account (FSA) and health savings account (HSA)
- Commuter benefits
- Employer-paid short-term (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) insurance
- Supplemental insurance plans (spouse life insurance, legal insurance, an employee assistance program, home health testing kits, and a fertility medication discount program)
- Flexible vacation time, accrued paid sick time, 10 paid holidays, (2 floating holidays for full time non-exempt employees)
- Eight weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees, additional paid weeks for the birthing parent
- 4 weeks paid caregiver leave
- Lifestyle Spending Account allowance each month
Location
- Travel: Yes - Required up to 10% of the time
- Location Requirement: limited to individuals residing in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington (WA), Wisconsin.
- Employment Authorization Requirement: Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
Additional Information
Application deadline
- July 16th, 2026 (deadline may be extended as needed)
Physical requirements
- Ability to work at a computer terminal with monitor, keyboard and mouse for extended periods of time
- Ability to stoop, bend, and reach for equipment and supplies
- Ability to make frequent repetitive motions required to operate a computer (including wrists, hands and fingers)
- Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, and move light objects up to 20 pounds
- Ability to effectively communicate through verbal interactions, discern auditory information, and visually perceive details to perform essential job functions
Equal opportunity
- The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Consideration is provided without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
- Reasonable accommodation will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, unless doing so would cause undue hardship.
- The employer considers qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment and conducts background checks consistent with applicable law, including the California, Los Angeles County, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and New York City Fair Chance laws.
- The employer participates in E-Verify.
Use of automated decision tools
- Automated decision tools may be used to help identify candidates who match stated job requirements; hiring decisions involve human review and input.
- Requests for an alternative process may be submitted during the application/hiring process.