Commercial and Healthcare Regulatory Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Prepare, assess, and negotiate commercial agreements (e.g., MSAs, SOWs, BAAs/DPAs, SaaS and technology agreements, services, licensing, data sharing) utilizing playbooks and clause libraries.

• Oversee redlines, issue lists, internal alignment, and approval processes through to execution; document any deviations and approvals.

• Enhance and maintain templates, clause libraries, and playbooks to minimize cycle time and ensure consistency.

• Identify legal issues and provide practical advice regarding applicable laws and regulations, including the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), Stark Law, False Claims Act, FDA/DEA requirements relevant to pharmacy and telehealth operations, state pharmacy/professional licensing, PBM contracting/network participation, and HIPAA/HITECH.

• Perform focused research, create summaries, and assist with regulatory analyses and alerts; work with Compliance to ensure ownership and accountability across healthcare and pharmacy regulatory areas.

• Collaborate with external legal counsel on complex or novel regulatory inquiries; assist in implementing their recommendations.

• Aid the Privacy team on HIPAA and data protection issues, including incident response, breach investigations, and privacy compliance tasks.

• Help draft and negotiate privacy and security clauses in client and vendor agreements, such as BAAs, DPAs, and security addenda.

• Work with internal teams to identify and mitigate data handling risks; promote privacy-by-design principles.

• Draft, assess, 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.

• Collaborate with Procurement, Finance, Security/IT, Privacy, and Compliance on intake, due diligence, and approval processes (e.g., security questionnaires, BAAs/DPAs, SOC 2/ISO documents, COIs).

• Negotiate and document SLAs, support/uptime, data handling/retention, audit rights, business continuity/DR, termination/transition assistance, and fee/charge guidelines.

• Provide prompt, business-focused legal counsel to Commercial, Partnerships, and Operations teams.

• Contribute to process enhancements (e.g., workflow design, CLM maintenance, playbook updates, dashboards) that expand the legal function.

• Assist with communications and marketing review for external messaging, disclosures, and public statements.

• Partner with Compliance on training materials, audits, and corrective actions.

• Support risk assessments, internal inquiries, and remediation planning as required.

⛳️ Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and a valid license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

• 8–10 years of legal experience (in a law firm and/or in-house) in healthcare, digital health, or pharmacy; strong candidates with 4+ years will be considered.

• Proven experience in drafting and negotiating commercial and technology agreements.

• Experience with vendor/procurement contracts and third-party risk management (e.g., SaaS/IT, SOWs, SLAs, security addenda, BAAs/DPAs).

• Familiarity with healthcare regulatory frameworks (e.g., AKS, HIPAA, FDA, DEA, PBM) with a willingness to deepen knowledge and collaborate with specialists.

• Exceptional communication, judgment, and organizational skills with a pragmatic, business-oriented approach.

• Capability to excel in a fast-paced, dynamic organization and effectively manage multiple priorities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Dental, vision, and various group medical plans to choose from.

• A 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.

• Additional supplemental insurance options (spouse life insurance, legal insurance, employee assistance program, home health testing kits, and a fertility medication discount program).

• Flexible vacation policy.

• Accrued paid sick leave.

• 10 paid holidays.

• Two floating holidays for full-time non-exempt employees.

• Eight weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees.

• Additional paid weeks for the birthing parent.

• Four weeks of paid caregiver leave.

• A Lifestyle Spending Account allowance each month.