ABOUT THIS POSITION
The Corporate Counsel role is to provide practical and innovative legal advice on a broad range of commercial and compliance matters to internal business clients. This role will be responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of corporate agreements. As a member of the legal team, this person will also have the opportunity to be involved in legal projects and longer-term department strategies.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
• Review, markup/draft (from forms and from scratch), negotiate and close commercial contracts, including master services agreements, statements of work, licenses, RFP responses and supporting documents
• Provide rapid, practical, business-oriented legal/commercial contract advice directly to internal business clients
• Support internal business clients in negotiating price, deliverables, services scope, warranty and other commercial terms
• Apply innovative problem-solving skills and practical business judgment to maximize revenues, minimize risk and foster long-term client relationships
• Collaborate with and facilitate cross-team decision-making across various internal teams on a broad range of legal, business and strategic issues as they arise in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing environment
• Manage assigned projects to completion
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
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5+ years of relevant experience in a corporate legal department; in-house corporate legal department experience preferred
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Services/Software industry experience preferred
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Analytical and research skills required
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Business oriented
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Experience negotiating commercial contracts and other experience demonstrating ability to handle and close commercial and legal negotiations
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Experience working in a fast-paced, fluid and collegial corporate culture
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Ability to draft and close commercial agreements with minimal support from senior staff
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Demonstrated ability to think and decide quickly, and to communicate legal issues and solutions clearly and concisely
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Experience with SaaS model contracts and related legal and business issues
ABOUT WAYSTAR
Through a smart platform and better experience, Waystar helps providers simplify healthcare payments and yield powerful results throughout the complete revenue cycle.
Waystar’s healthcare payments platform combines innovative, cloud-based technology, robust data, and unparalleled client support to streamline workflows and improve financials so providers can focus on what matters most: their patients and communities. Waystar is trusted by 1M+ providers, 1K+ hospitals and health systems, and is connected to over 5K commercial and Medicaid/Medicare payers. We are deeply committed to living out our organizational values: honesty; kindness; passion; curiosity; fanatical focus; best work, always; making it happen; and joyful, optimistic & fun.
Waystar products have won multiple Best in KLAS® or Category Leader awards since 2010 and earned multiple #1 rankings from Black Book™ surveys since 2012. The Waystar platform supports more than 500,000 providers, 1,000 health systems and hospitals, and 5,000 payers and health plans. For more information, visit waystar.com or follow @Waystar on Twitter.
WAYSTAR PERKS
- Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus, if applicable)
- Customizable benefits package (3 medical plans with Health Saving Account company match)
- We offer generous paid time off for our non-exempt team members, starting with 3 weeks + 13 paid holidays, including 2 personal floating holidays. We also offer flexible time off for our exempt team members + 13 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave (including maternity + paternity leave)
- Education assistance opportunities and free LinkedIn Learning access
- Free mental health and family planning programs, including adoption assistance and fertility support
- 401(K) program with company match
- Pet insurance
- Employee resource groups
Waystar is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate, value, and support diversity and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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What We Do
Waystar provides market-leading technology that simplifies and unifies healthcare payments. Our cloud-based platform streamlines workflows and improves financials for healthcare providers of all kinds, and brings more transparency to the patient financial experience.
The Waystar platform is used by more than 450k providers, 750 health systems and hospitals, and 5k health plans—and integrates with all major HIS and practice management systems.
The financial and administrative challenges facing healthcare providers are daunting. Waystar’s technology platform simplifies and unifies healthcare payments across the revenue cycle. We empower healthcare organizations to automate manual work, gain insight into processes and performance, and ultimately collect more revenue.
At Waystar, we know there’s a better, more efficient way forward. Let’s climb the mountain ahead of us to reach new heights in healthcare.
