Job Title: Legal Counsel
Job Responsibilities:
- Draft and Negotiate Contracts: The Legal Counsel will be responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various contracts and third-party agreements with customers, vendors, and partners. This includes customer sales agreements for medical devices, related services, SaaS and software licensing, service level agreements, ASP customer agreements, reseller agreements, partnership agreements, and purchase order terms and conditions. The role will also involve privacy and data protection agreements such as business associate agreements, data processing agreements, and information security agreements, as well as vendor and service provider agreements. The primary focus of this role will be contract negotiation.
- Advise the Business: The Legal Counsel will provide timely, high-quality analysis and pragmatic advice on legal and business issues to internal clients. This includes offering proactive legal and business counseling on a broad range of topics, including general commercial law, contract interpretation, privacy regulations, and healthcare compliance regulations.
- Support Corporate Initiatives: The Legal Counsel will assist with corporate-level initiatives or other assigned duties, contributing to the overall success and operational efficiency of the business.
Education and Experience:
- The candidate must be a graduate of an accredited law school and licensed to practice law in their state of residence.
- The position requires 2-5 years of legal experience as a dedicated commercial transactions attorney, with a preference for individuals with a background in the medical device and healthcare software solution space.
- Experience as in-house counsel or with a law firm dedicated to supporting an internal sales organization is strongly preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- The candidate should possess exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to actively listen.
- Ethical integrity and strong analytical skills are essential.
- Excellent business judgment and sound decision-making ability are required.
- The ability to interface professionally and effectively with all levels of personnel internally and externally is necessary.
- Strong ability to draft and negotiate legal documents with attention to detail is crucial.
- The candidate should be proactive, organized, self-motivated, and possess a self-disciplined work ethic, with the ability to re-prioritize in real-time.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities with a "can do" attitude and a collegial, collaborative tone is important.
- A professional demeanor, high competency, and positive attitude are essential.
- Working knowledge of healthcare compliance regulations (., state and federal anti-corruption, fraud, waste, and abuse, anti-kickback, corporate practice of medicine, Sunshine and Stark laws) and privacy regulations (., HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, and CCPRA) is preferred.
- The ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position, as described above, and as modified from time to time based on the company's diverse and evolving needs is required.
- Experience as in-house counsel or with a law firm dedicated to supporting an internal sales organization is strongly preferred.
Salary Information:
- Compensation for this position is up to $160,. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and location.
