Senior Commercial Contracts Leader — Remote, Data Rights

Beacon Biosignals; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Biosignals is hiring a Senior Commercial Contracts Manager to own the contracting process end to end, drafting, negotiating, and closing customer and supplier agreements. You will handle pharma/biopharma collaboration, data licensing, and RWD/RWE contracts.

You will lead negotiations on SaaS and device‑related agreements, ensure regulatory cooperation and quality provisions, and manage HIPAA BAAs for vendors. Based in the continental United States.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years negotiating commercial agreements in‑house, at a law firm, or in a paralegal/contracts role supporting a life sciences, health tech, or SaaS company.
• Demonstrated experience independently negotiating customer‑facing commercial agreements (SaaS, services, or life sciences collaboration agreements) from first draft to signature.
• Solid understanding of data rights: data ownership, license scope, use restrictions, and how these terms drive commercial value.
• Working familiarity with HIPAA and GDPR issues as they arise in commercial contracts.
• Excellent contract drafting skills and a clear, plain‑English negotiation style.
• Comfort working independently and reporting directly to the General Counsel in a lean legal function.
• Based in the continental United States.

Responsibilities

• Own the full contract lifecycle for customer and vendor agreements: drafting, negotiation, redlining, and execution from initial term sheet through signature and integration with Beacon systems.
• Conduct negotiations on pharma and biopharma collaboration agreements, clinical trial services agreements, and data licensing and real‑world data/real‑world evidence (RWD/RWE) agreements.
• Lead negotiations on SaaS and platform subscription agreements, licensing agreements, device supply agreements, and partnerships with health systems and academic medical centers.
• Support commercialization of Beacon’s FDA‑cleared devices (Waveband, SleepView) by ensuring supply, distribution, and reseller agreements include appropriate regulatory cooperation and quality provisions.
• Negotiate and manage supplier and vendor contracts, including HIPAA business associate agreements for vendors handling protected health information.
• Serve as a subject‑matter resource on data rights: ownership, licensing scope, and secondary‑use and restriction provisions covering EEG, sleep, and other clinical data.
• Apply working knowledge of privacy rules to flag issues in contracts and escalation matters to the General Counsel.
• Help create, maintain and improve Beacon’s contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation positions as the business and regulatory landscape evolve.
• Manage the contract repository and tracking process, including renewal dates, milestone deadlines, and expirations.
• Partner directly across the company to keep deals moving.
• Give clear, plain‑English guidance to non‑lawyers on contract terms and risk.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract drafting

SaaS agreements

Data rights

Independent work

Education

Paralegal certification

Tools

Ironclad

Job description

Beacon Biosignals is hiring a Senior Commercial Contracts Manager to own the contracting process end to end, drafting, negotiating, and closing customer and supplier agreements. You will handle pharma/biopharma collaboration, data licensing, and RWD/RWE contracts.

You will lead negotiations on SaaS and device‑related agreements, ensure regulatory cooperation and quality provisions, and manage HIPAA BAAs for vendors. Based in the continental United States.