Legal Counsel -Contracting Specialist

DayTwo is seeking a talented Contracts Counsel to join our growing, world-class team. The Contracts Counsel role is a newly created position that will support the legal team in providing general corporate and contractual advice to DayTwo and appreciates the art to contracting. The successful candidate will assist with general commercial, healthcare contracting, and vendor matters. As a strategic partner to the business, this Counsel will also help to build processes, templates, and other mechanisms to support growth, manage risk and drive collaboration.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing and prioritizing a high volume and broad range of inbound and outbound contracts. You will be drafting, reviewing, revising, and negotiating general corporate, vendor, and commercial agreements, including customer agreements and amendments, business associate agreements, business development agreements, data transfer and use agreements, software licensing agreements, supplier agreements, distribution agreements, professional services agreements, non-disclosure agreements and reseller agreements.

You will be expected to establish productive relationships with the sales team and other internal stakeholders across multiple business units and functional groups. To succeed in the role, you must be able to analyze legal and business issues and develop creative approaches to enable contract execution while safeguarding the company and creating a positive customer experience.

The ideal candidate is a resourceful, independent self-starter who will bring to the role their legal acumen, expertise in drafting and negotiation, solid business instincts and judgment, and outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Experience in a Corporate Healthcare environment a plus

This position is Hybrid (WFH and Office) based in our Operations Headquarters in Tennessee. We ask that applicants be within commuting distance from Brentwood (Maryland Farms) Area.

This position requires ability to travel domestically and internationally.

DayTwo is the leader in telehealth-based precision nutrition for metabolic disease. Our customers include some of the largest employers and payers in the US. This position will join an international product and design team focused on building a flexible, robust care management system taking advantage of proprietary and platform technologies such as Salesforce, interoperability networks and telehealth technologies.

Your Responsibilities:

• Serve as an organizational contact during contract negotiations.
• Engage relevant stakeholders in negotiation decisions involving legal or regulatory requirements, financial or customer relations goals, technical or security issues, and contract standards.
• Review, draft, revise, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements with insurance carriers or employer groups, software subscription and licensing contracts, SOWs, amendments, business associate agreements, data transfer and data use agreements, vendor agreements, NDAs, and other commercial agreements.
• Escalate non-standard or complex matters to appropriate legal team members and internal resources.
• Provide legal advice concerning contracts, including advising on complex proposals, negotiating terms, managing contract changes, identifying conflicts and/or desired changes requiring resolution at contract renewal, and advising on any contractual issues that may arise during offboarding.
• Support the performance of existing contracts by advising DayTwo’s internal teams on contract interpretation and obligations.
• Evaluate the legal consequences of contract terms, including the likely outcome should a dispute arise. Provide risk related input to executive management when necessary.
• Pending budget approval, this individual will own the deployment of a contract management repository for purposes of managing workflow, tracking contracts, providing metrics, and retaining accurate contract records.
• Works cross-functionally with Legal, Accounting/Finance, Sales, Account Management, Operations, Clinical, R&D, Technology, Product, Compliance, Privacy, and Information Security team members in developing and leading process and risk mitigation within the contract lifecycle.
• Can train and advise sales team members on the preparation, negotiation, and execution of customer agreements.
• Work on additional projects and initiatives as directed by the Executive Leadership Team and legal counsel.
• Additional Qualification: Employment law experience to assist with overflow HR related agreements (offer letters, bonus plans)
• Additional Qualification: Assist compliance team in buildout of market specific compliance programs; Assist in the development, implementation and adoption of firm-wide policies, as needed.

Your Skillset Includes:

• Superb legal drafting skills.
• Risk based decision making experience and can communicate these risks to the requesting parties at DayTwo.
• Establishing credibility and trust with team members and maintaining strong internal and external client relationships at all levels.
• Friendly, collaborative, and pleasant interpersonal skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Proven ability to provide entrepreneurial, quick-thinking, pragmatic, business-oriented advice and to make clear recommendations that appropriately balance risks and business reward.
• Strong organization and project management skills, with experience in successfully tracking and managing contracting projects through to signature in collaboration with multiple functional areas.
• Thriving in a fast-paced, innovative environment with the ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously, under deadline pressure and with limited supervision.
• Appropriately triage a heavy workflow, setting appropriate priorities with clients and delivering results efficiently.
• Must be energetic, driven, and committed to delivering superior client services.
• Can uphold the company values and vision in performing work and delivering service to clients.
• Understands boundaries with client requests and is not afraid to disagree, while still seeking to get to a resolution or compromise.
• Sound business judgment, including understanding when escalation is needed.
• Good sense of humor, disdain for drama, ability to remain calm under pressure, eagerness to learn new things.
• Experience with cost-effective contract management software to build into legal workflow; implementation of legal management software.
• Experience in a corporate healthcare environment a plus.

Your Education and Experience:

• J.D. with strong academic credentials.
• A minimum of 5 to 7 years of post-grad legal experience in healthcare and/or healthcare technology.
• Work at a law firm in a role dedicated to drafting/negotiating agreements; experience with startup clients.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations – Telehealth, CPOM, AKS, Stark.
• Plus: Experience working with government agencies, Veterans Administration, and with state or federal government contracts.
• Experience developing templates and implementing processes within the contract lifecycle preferred.

What We Offer:

• Evidence-based, Science-first, mission-driven culture focusing on improving the lives of people impacted by type 2 and prediabetes
• Hybrid (WFH/In Office) Schedule
• Competitive compensation
• Stock Options!!!!
• Comprehensive Benefits Including 80% Company Paid Health, Dental, Vision Premiums
• Company Perks
• Flexible PTO Policy

DayTwo is the leader in telehealth-based precision nutrition that enables a path to remission for

metabolic disease. Our customers include some of the largest employers and payors in the US.

DayTwo is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim for every person at DayTwo

to feel like they matter, belong, and can be their authentic selves so they can do their best work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual

orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

DayTwo is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants

with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable

accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us.

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