Associate Healthcare Law - Remote

Vivo HealthStaff Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Vivo HealthStaff Inc. is seeking a Senior Counsel, Health Tech to serve as the primary legal advisor for a growing portfolio of health tech clients.

The role focuses on HIPAA compliance, FDA digital health guidance, and complex healthcare regulation, with deep expertise in health tech transactional work. The position requires strong experience in drafting BAAs and related agreements, plus fluency with AI-native legal workflows.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of specialized healthcare regulatory and health tech transactional experience.
• Extensive experience drafting and negotiating BAAs and health tech agreements.
• Active bar admission in at least one US jurisdiction; US-based with willingness to work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients across HIPAA compliance, FDA digital health frameworks, and healthcare regulatory matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate BAAs, vendor agreements, and health data-sharing arrangements.
• Build and maintain healthcare contract templates and precedent libraries integrated into AI-native workflows.
• Develop training materials and lead sessions to guide non-specialist attorneys on healthcare issues.
• Translate regulatory complexity into clear, founder-friendly guidance while collaborating with internal tech teams.

Skills

Healthcare regulatory

Health tech transactions

Contract drafting

AI in legal workflows

BAA drafting

Education

J.D.

Tools

AI legal tools

Contract management software

Job description

Senior Counsel, Health Tech

Client Industry: Tech-Enabled / AI-Native Legal Services

Compensation: $190,000 - $230,000 + Equity (Remote, US-based)

Recruiter: LegalStaffers.com (A division of Vivo HealthStaff)

LegalStaffers.com (a division of Vivo HealthStaff) has been retained by an innovative, AI-native legal services provider to recruit a Senior Counsel, Health Tech. Designed for a seasoned healthcare attorney with 8-15 years of experience, this role serves as the primary legal advisor for a rapidly growing roster of health tech clients, combining specialized regulatory acumen with modern, AI-driven workflows.

What You Will Be Doing

• Client & Founder Advisory: Serve as the primary legal advisor across HIPAA compliance, FDA digital health frameworks, and complex healthcare regulatory matters.
• Contract Drafting & Negotiation: Draft, review, and negotiate Business Associate Agreements (BAAs), vendor agreements, health data-sharing arrangements, and specialized commercial deals.
• Precedent & Template Architecture: Build, standardize, and maintain healthcare contract templates and precedent libraries integrated directly into the firm's AI-native workflows.
• Knowledge Sharing & Mentorship: Develop training materials and lead educational sessions to guide non-specialist attorneys encountering healthcare issues.
• Practical Guidance: Translate dense regulatory complexity into clear, actionable, founder-friendly guidance while partnering with internal tech teams to optimize legal delivery tools.

Key Requirements

• 8-15 Years Specialized Experience: Deep, focused practice in healthcare regulatory and health tech transactional law (not a generalist background).
• Core Contract Mechanics: Extensive, hands-on experience drafting and negotiating BAAs and health tech-specific agreements.
• Regulatory Expertise: Expert-level, current working knowledge of HIPAA, FDA digital health guidance, and healthcare compliance frameworks.
• Active AI Tool Fluency: Current, practical usage of AI legal tools and a high level of comfort operating within AI-native legal workflows.
• Bar Admission: Active J.D. and bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (US citizen or Green Card holder based in the U.S.).
• Demonstrated track record of building legal precedent libraries, template systems, or playbook automation.

Nice-to-Have

• Advanced legal or business education, such as an LL.M. in Health Law, Master of Health Administration (MHA), or healthcare-focused MBA.
• Dual background spanning top-tier BigLaw healthcare practices and in-house health tech or regulatory agency experience.