Assistant Corporate Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Prepare, evaluate, revise, and negotiate commercial contracts.

• Assist in negotiations with customers, vendors, healthcare partners, technology providers, consultants, and other external parties.

• Analyze contract terms for legal, financial, operational, compliance, and risk factors.

• Facilitate the contracting process from initiation to execution.

• Enhance contract templates, standard legal language, playbooks, and internal contracting processes.

• Provide legal assistance on healthcare regulatory issues, including compliance, privacy, fraud and abuse, licensing, accreditation, state-specific requirements, and operational risk.

• Collaborate with the Compliance team on policy evaluations, regulatory monitoring, training support, issue management, corrective action planning, and documentation.

• Assess compliance, operations, patient care, privacy, and business conduct policies and communications.

• Stay updated on changes in laws, regulations, agency guidance, and industry standards.

• Support audit preparedness by organizing and maintaining contract files, regulatory documents, and compliance records.

• Aid in Certificate of Need matters, ambulatory care facility licensing, facility-related filings, and other healthcare regulatory submissions.

• Conduct legal and regulatory research pertaining to state healthcare requirements, facility operations, licensing rules, and Certificate of Need regulations.

• Coordinate documentation for regulatory filings and responses.

• Monitor filing deadlines, renewal dates, submissions, and follow-up obligations.

• Identify, assess, and communicate legal risks.

• Offer practical, business-oriented legal advice.

• Assist in preventing and resolving disputes.

• Support legal analysis for growth initiatives, partnerships, corporate transactions, new service lines, and process enhancements.

• Collaborate with outside counsel and review their work products.

• Assist with corporate governance issues, entity documentation, resolutions, written consents, meeting materials, and corporate records.

• Maintain contract files, legal templates, matter trackers, documentation repositories, and status reports.

• Streamline legal intake, contract review, approval, and communication processes.

• Prepare legal summaries, contract issue lists, risk assessments, and materials for business leadership.

• Ensure confidentiality of company, employee, patient, financial, legal, contractual, and strategic information.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school is mandatory.

• A valid license to practice law is required.

• Pennsylvania licensure is preferred.

• Candidates must be able to obtain a license or authorization to practice in Pennsylvania, where applicable.

• A minimum of five years of experience in corporate, commercial, healthcare, or transactional law is preferred.

• Experience in a respected business law firm, healthcare organization, in-house legal department, or a highly regulated business environment is strongly preferred.

• Proven experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements.

• Experience in healthcare regulatory or healthcare transactional matters is preferred.

• Familiarity with vendor agreements, customer contracts, service agreements, technology agreements, NDAs, and other commercial contracts is beneficial.

• Experience with HIPAA, healthcare compliance, fraud and abuse issues, state licensure, accreditation, Certificate of Need processes, or facility-related regulatory issues is a plus.

• Strong legal research, analytical, drafting, negotiation, and issue-spotting skills.

• Ability to simplify complex legal concepts into clear, practical, and business-focused guidance.

• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Capability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders.

• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with legal, compliance, finance, commercial, operations, human resources, and executive leadership teams.

• High levels of professionalism, discretion, judgment, confidentiality, and integrity.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Short-term disability coverage.

• Company-sponsored long-term disability coverage.

• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance.

• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.

• Paid time off and paid holidays.

• Employee referral program.

• Employee discount programs.

• Comprehensive training and professional development.

• Opportunities for career advancement and growth.

• Meaningful work.

• Opportunities to develop alongside the organization.