Senior Legal Counsel

Wolters Kluwer; Glen Allen (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great benefits and programs

Job summary

Wolters Kluwer seeks a Senior Legal Counsel to advise on a wide range of commercial, regulatory, and litigation matters, with a strong emphasis on the healthcare industry. You will draft and negotiate SaaS, licensing, and data agreements while aligning with HIPAA/HITECH and GDPR compliance.

You will collaborate with regional and global teams, manage outside counsel, and stay ahead of evolving AI and HIT developments to support strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree + J.D. required and admitted to practice in the candidate’s state.
• Minimum of 7 years of corporate/commercial legal experience, including top-tier firm and in-house work.
• Strong background in HIT/digital health, software licensing, SaaS subscriptions, and familiarity with RAG/LLMs/AI technologies.
• Solid understanding of US and EU healthcare laws affecting operations and product development.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on commercial, contractual, regulatory, litigation, and day‑to‑day matters with a healthcare focus.
• Draft, structure, and negotiate customer agreements, SaaS, enterprise licenses, and data processing agreements.
• Advise on HIPAA/HITECH, GDPR, and healthcare compliance for providers, payers, and suppliers.
• Manage outside counsel and collaborate with global Wolters Kluwer teams (IP, litigation, regulatory, HR).
• Develop deep knowledge of Wolters Kluwer’s business, products, and regulatory landscape to offer timely guidance.
• Build relationships with senior executives to deliver high‑quality legal services.

Skills

Corporate/Commercial experience

Healthcare IT & AI concepts

Regulatory risk assessment

Education

Bachelor’s + J.D. (law degree)

Job description

Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information services that combines deep domain knowledge with specialized technology. Our portfolio offers software tools coupled with content and services that customers need to make decisions with confidence. Every day, our customers make critical decisions to help save lives, improve the way we do business, build better judicial and regulatory systems. We help them get it right.

Who We Are:

Wolters Kluwer: The world is a big place, find your place here. (https://youtu.be/OZ2kSzAaXK4?si=sDgZ7DZUbMnBddMq)

What We Offer:

The Senior Legal Counsel role offers growth potential opportunities, professional development, an engaging team environment, and amazing benefits.

What You’ll be Doing:

The Senior Legal Counsel will provide legal advice and guidance on a wide variety of commercial, contractual, regulatory, litigation and day-to-day legal matters, with a particular focus on the healthcare industry, including healthcare providers, payers, pharmacies, the pharmaceutical industry and HIT suppliers.

Key Tasks:

• Structure, draft and negotiate (i) customer agreements (including preparation of Software as a Service (“SaaS”), enterprise licensing, subscription and/or implementation or services agreements covering offerings or services from a single or multiple businesses within Wolters Kluwer Health (WKH)) with private and public organizations, (ii) business development, co-development/co-marketing, innovation lab and other strategic alliance arrangements, (iii) reseller and distribution arrangements, (v) content licensing agreements for use in retrieval augmented generation (“RAG”) models, large language model (“LLM”) model training, and/or other emerging artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies, and (v) business associate agreements and/or data processing agreements.

• Work closely with segment leadership on contractual and regulatory exposures and risks related to (i) development of new customer offerings or services and related customer agreement terms, (ii) existing enterprise and individual sales activities, and (iii) promotional and marketing activities.

• Counsel business on (i) key healthcare information technology (“HIT”) and intellectual property legal concepts, including those relating to SaaS subscriptions, software licensing, and e-commerce transactions, (ii) HIPAA/HITECH Act and GDPR compliance, and (iii) health care laws and regulations applicable to healthcare providers, payers, pharmacies, the pharmaceutical industry and HIT suppliers, including but not limited to medical device regulations applicable to clinical/pharmacy decision support.

• Effectively and efficiently manage outside counsel supporting WKH’s legal needs (transactional, litigation or compliance) and collaborate with other attorneys within the GLCD globally (e.g., IP, litigation, regulatory, HR/employment, M&A).

• Develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of WKH — its people, matrix organization, markets, product offerings and services, customers, competitors, and regulatory environment — in order to identify trends, stay abreast of material developments, and provide timely legal advice to the business.

• Develop strong rapport and working relationships with senior executives, segment leadership and functional teams within WKH to help drive effective, high-quality legal services.

You’re a Great Fit if You Have/Can:

• Bachelor’s degree + J.D. (law degree) required; must be admitted to practice law in the state in which the candidate resides.

• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible corporate/commercial legal experience, preferably including experience with both a top-tier law firm and an established in-house legal department. This experience should include, among other things, hands‑on legal work on a variety of healthcare transactional and regulatory (including pharmaceutical) matters.

• Strong background in, and understanding of, innovative HIT and digital health concepts, software licensing and SaaS subscription arrangements and a general understanding of, and interest in, RAG, LLMs, and AI technologies.

• Strong understanding of healthcare laws and regulations in the U.S. and EU that impact WKH’s operations and product development strategy.

We are an incredibly supportive team that truly enjoys what we do and who we do it with. We play a key role within WK and assist in driving the daily success. If you have a passion for making a true difference within an organization, while working alongside a genuinely caring and supportive team, #Bethedifference

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers great benefits and programs