Senior Counsel, Commercial - Payer Contracting

Headway; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Headway, a Series D mental healthcare technology company, is seeking a Senior Counsel, Commercial to serve as a strategic legal partner to the payer contracting team. The successful candidate will own the payer contracting strategy, build scalable legal systems, and partner with outside counsel to mitigate risk while unlocking business value.

Headway operates in a fast-paced startup environment and seeks a candidate with healthcare contracting expertise and 5+ years of post-bar experience.

Qualifications

• Requires a J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership.
• 5+ years of post-bar legal experience in healthcare contracting.
• In-house startup experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the payer contracting strategy and related initiatives.
• Build scalable legal systems and processes for contracting.
• Partner with outside counsel to mitigate risk and unlock business value.

Skills

Healthcare contracting

Payer contracting

Contract negotiation

Legal strategy

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

Headway, a Series D mental healthcare technology company, is seeking a Senior Counsel, Commercial to serve as a strategic legal partner to the payer contracting team. The successful candidate will own the payer contracting strategy, build scalable legal systems, and partner with outside counsel to mitigate risk while unlocking business value.

Headway operates in a fast-paced startup environment and seeks a candidate with healthcare contracting expertise and 5+ years of post-bar experience.