Senior Commercial Counsel

The role

The Senior Commercial Counsel will provide transactional and commercial counsel supporting the company's product offering to health insurer customers and commercial partners. This role focuses on the full commercial legal lifecycle, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of agreements.

What you will do

• Provide transactional and commercial counsel supporting the company's product offering
• Lead commercial contracting efforts including customer contracts, vendor agreements, marketing materials, partnerships, licensing deals, NDAs, and SaaS agreements
• Build and maintain commercial legal infrastructure including templates, playbooks, and policies
• Partner with Sales, Product, Operations, and HR teams as a trusted advisor
• Partner with internal teams on AI and data usage and governance
• Identify and escalate legal risks
• Stay current on legal developments affecting AI and other technologies
• Support and implement contracting strategies for new product launches
• Address legal risks as the company scales internationally
• Support the Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and intellectual property protection

Required qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Active bar membership in good standing
• 7+ years of corporate legal experience, including time at a law firm and in-house
• Ability to manage a wide range of legal matters and balance risk with business objectives
• Track record of drafting and negotiating commercial contracts in the technology space
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
• Experience working cross-functionally
• Strong business acumen
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities
• High level of ownership, intellectual curiosity, and attention to detail

Nice to have

• health tech experience
• Familiarity with healthcare laws and regulations (e.g., HIPAA, Medicare, Medicaid)
• exposure to cloud technologies or AI

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K retirement plan with company match
• flexible spending and health savings account
• Flex Time Off
• company holidays
• Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave
• Pet insurance

Before you apply

• Preliminary Phone Screening
• Meet your Hiring Manager
• Behavioral Interview(s)

About the company

Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform delivers AI-powered solutions that streamline access to quality care by improving payer-provider collaboration, cost containment, and healthcare economics. The company works with over 660,000 providers and handles over 12 million prior authorization requests annually.