Commercial Counsel, Healthcare

solutions; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Comprehensive health coverage

Paid time off

401k plan + matching

Paid parental leave

Home office stipend

Job summary

Cadence, a clinical AI company, seeks a Commercial Contracts Attorney to scale its contracting function with health system partnerships and vendors. You will own drafting, negotiating, and closing agreements while ensuring regulatory compliance across healthcare standards.

Collaborate across sales, partnerships, clinical, finance, security, and operations to enable rapid growth of Cadence's care-delivery platform, including Medicare frameworks and licensure requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience handling commercial contracts in-house or at a law firm.
• Experience with healthcare or life sciences contracting on both sell- and buy-side preferred.
• Knowledge of federal/state healthcare regulations (AKS, Stark, Civil Monetary Penalties) and HIPAA a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of commercial contracts from drafting to closing with health system partners and vendors.
• Negotiate and review SaaS, service, licensing, and data processing agreements; manage vendor relationships.
• Collaborate with finance, security, and compliance to ensure regulatory and information security standards are met.
• Develop contracting playbooks, templates, and clause libraries to enable rapid yet compliant deals.
• Manage amendments, renewals, and inquiries; track obligations and performance.
• Advise on healthcare regulatory considerations in deal structures and licensure requirements.
• Structure deals aligned with Medicare reimbursement frameworks and Cadence service lines.

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract negotiation

Vendor management

Regulatory compliance

AI productivity tools

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Tools

Playbooks

Clause libraries

Template suites

Job description

Cadence is the clinical AI company automating the treatment of chronic disease. Its Clinical Intelligence takes on the routine, high-volume work of chronic care – monitoring patients, surfacing risks, and coordinating action – so clinicians can focus on the decisions that require them. Grounded in partnerships with more than 20 leading health systems, deep EMR integrations, dedicated medical group, and experience serving a population of more than 100,000 patients, the system learns from real-world care delivery, improving as it scales. Cadence has been recognized by TIME as one of the Top 100 HealthTech Companies and by LinkedIn as a Top Startup (#4, 2025).

The Role

We're hiring a Commercial Contracts Attorney to manage and scale Cadence's contracting function across our health system partnerships and vendor relationships, ensuring our agreements support rapid growth while maintaining compliance with healthcare regulatory requirements.

This is a mission-critical role at the intersection of legal strategy and healthcare operations. You'll collaborate across sales, partnerships, clinical, finance, security, compliance, and operations teams to deliver work that directly enables Cadence to expand access to proactive, tech-enabled care for patients with chronic conditions.

What You’ll Do

• Own the full lifecycle of commercial contracts, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and closing agreements with health systems and other partners.
• Manage all vendor contracts and third-party relationships, including negotiating and reviewing SaaS agreements, service contracts, licensing agreements, data processing agreements, and other procurement-related contracts.
• Collaborate with finance, security, and compliance to evaluate and enable vendor relationships, ensuring third parties meet Cadence's operational, regulatory, and information security standards.
• Develop and maintain contracting playbooks and templates that enable the sales and procurement teams to move quickly while protecting Cadence's interests.
• Manage the existing contract portfolio, including amendments, renewals, and partner and vendor inquiries, ensuring obligations are tracked and met.
• Advise internal stakeholders on healthcare regulatory considerations in deal structures, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, Civil Monetary Penalties, and state licensure requirements.
• Collaborate with sales, partnerships, finance, and clinical operations to structure deals that align with Cadence's service lines and Medicare reimbursement frameworks.

What You Need

• 5+ years of experience handling commercial contracts in-house and/or at a law firm, with a strong preference for experience in healthcare or life sciences. Experience on both the sell-side (customer/partner agreements) and buy-side (vendor/procurement contracts) is preferred.
• Working knowledge of federal and state healthcare regulations, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, Civil Monetary Penalties Law, and clinical licensure and scope-of-practice requirements. Experience with HIPAA and privacy law is a plus. Experience contracting with payers is a plus.
• Experience building or improving contracting processes, including playbooks, clause libraries, or template suites that support a scaling organization.
• JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• A commercial attorney with healthcare experience who thrives in high-velocity, mission-driven environments and is comfortable owning the contracting function with minimal oversight.
• Fluency with AI research and productivity tools and the ability to evaluate AI-driven insights critically, distinguishing signal from noise in a fast-moving information environment.

Compensation

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The base salary for this role typically ranges between $180,000 – $220,000, depending on experience, skills, seniority, and business needs. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for equity as part of the total compensation package. Actual compensation may vary by location.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive pay & equity*
• Fully remote
• Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental & vision
• Paid time off
• 401k plan + matching
• Paid parental leave
• Home office stipend

*benefit offerings may vary depending on job profile, job level and worker type

Cadence is committed to equal opportunity and fairness regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, nation of origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, country of citizenship, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, family status, family care status, military or veteran status or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws.

A notice to Cadence applicants: Our Talent team only directs candidates to apply through our official careers page at https://www.cadence.care/our-team. Cadence will never refer you to external websites, ask for payment or personal information, or conduct interviews via messaging apps. We receive all applications through our website and anyone suggesting otherwise is not with Cadence.

If you require a reasonable accommodation during the interview or hiring process, please notify your recruiter.