Senior Corporate Counsel

Overview

HealthEdge® offers AI-powered operational infrastructure for health insurance companies, guaranteeing an enduring financial edge in an increasingly competitive market. We're experiencing strong market momentum, with a growing number of health plans choosing HealthEdge to modernize their operations and compete more effectively. As we expand, we're investing in the people who power that growth, making this a pivotal moment to join us and shape the future of healthcare technology. Learn more at HealthEdge.com.

Position Overview:   

We are seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel with deep experience in Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) and outsourced business operations to serve as a strategic legal partner to our BPaaS lines of business. A successful candidate has structured and negotiated complex BPaaS, business process outsourcing (BPO), or managed services arrangements, and understands the unique risk allocation, service-level, and regulatory considerations those engagements require. This person will have substantial responsibilities with daily impact in adding to the forward momentum of HealthEdge’s growth, and will serve as a senior legal advisor on our highest-value, highest-complexity BPaaS transactions. In this role, you will have responsibility for providing legal advice and counsel in support of a dynamic, fast-paced BPaaS and SaaS business.  

About Center of Excellence:  Centers of Excellence (COE) are teams whose primary goal is to provide expertise in a specific field. COEs will usually provide support through training, research, and skilled leaders. In the case of HealthEdge, our Centers of Excellence incorporate the Human Resources, IT, Legal and Financial fields, all of which provide support to our Product divisions and allows the enterprise to move forward and achieve its goals.  

Your Impact:  

• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice, counsel and recommendations to sales professionals and other stakeholders on numerous legal and business issues  

• Draft, review, negotiate and close commercial contracts, including BPaaS master services agreements (MSAs), statements of work (SOWs), SaaS subscription contracts, license and services agreements, service orders, and related documents with customers, partners, resellers, data licensors and vendors  

• Serve as lead counsel on BPaaS and business process outsourcing (BPO) engagements, including delegated administration and managed services arrangements — advising on service level agreements (SLAs), risk and liability allocation, data ownership and portability, and termination/transition provisions  

• Coordinate with other groups (Finance, Marketing, Professional Services, Security, IT and others) in commercial contracting matters to support company policies and procedures  

• Monitor and provide guidance on data privacy, delegated-function, and other applicable laws and regulations relevant to BPaaS and outsourced business operations (including delegation and accreditation requirements such as URAC and NCQA), as part of our global compliance program  

• Provide legal support related to acquisitions and strategic alliances, including due diligence reviews and negotiations of purchase and sale agreements  

• Create and maintain standard templates, including BPaaS MSA and SOW templates, business processes and internal policies to help scale the business  

• Interface with and manage support from outside counsel  

What You Bring:  

• 7-10 years of commercial law experience, including work in a large law firm or in-house at a technology or BPaaS/outsourced-services company; candidates with comparable backgrounds will be considered. 

• Demonstrated experience structuring, negotiating, and closing BPaaS, business process outsourcing (BPO), or managed services agreements, including SLAs, delegated functions, risk and liability allocation, and data rights  

• Familiarity with regulatory and accreditation requirements applicable to delegated or outsourced business functions in healthcare or another highly regulated industry (e.g., URAC, NCQA, state delegation/TPA requirements)  

• Ability to work independently to draft and close complex BPaaS and commercial agreements with minimal support from senior staff, and to advise less-experienced legal team members on BPaaS deal structuring  

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, including ability to work effectively within a distributed team and a fast-paced business environment  

• Self-motivation and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment   

• The ability to tackle a variety of legal issues with a proactive approach to getting things done.   

Geographic Responsibility:  Remote, US

Type of Employment: Full-time, permanent 

FLSA Classification (USA Only): Exempt 

Work Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:  

• The employee is occasionally required to move around the office. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.  

• Work across multiple time zones in a hybrid or remote work environment. 

• Long periods of time sitting and/or standing in front of a computer using video technology. 

• May require travel dependent on company needs. 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the job being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. HealthEdge reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.  Candidates may be required to go through a pre-employment criminal background check. 

HealthEdge is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to workforce diversity and actively encourage all qualified persons to seek employment with us, including, but not limited to, racial and ethnic minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities. 

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**The annual US base salary range for this position is $186,000 to $202,000. This salary range may cover multiple career levels at HealthEdge. Final compensation will be determined during the interview process and is based on a combination of factors including, but not limited to, your skills, experience, qualifications and education.