Senior Legal Counsel

In the healthcare sector, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires that all insurance payers exchange transactions such as claims, eligibility checks, prior authorizations, and remittances using a standardized EDI format called X12 HIPAA. A small group of legacy clearinghouses process the majority of these transactions, offering consolidated connectivity to carriers and providers.

Stedi is the world's only programmable healthcare clearinghouse. By offering modern API interfaces alongside traditional real-time and batch EDI processes, we enable both healthcare technology businesses and established players to exchange mission-critical transactions. Our clearinghouse product and customer-first approach have set us apart. Stedi was ranked by Ramp as one of the fastest-growing SaaS vendors.

Stedi has lightning in a bottle: engineers and designers shipping products week in and week out; a lean business team supporting the company’s infrastructure; passion for automation and eliminating toil; $142 million in funding from top investors like Stripe, Addition, USV, Bloomberg Beta, First Round Capital, and more. To learn more about how we work, watch our founder Zack’s interview with First Round Capital.

We are hiring a commercial counsel with high potential who is excited to grow with the business. You will own a large share of our customer contracting work, trading partner agreements with payers, and key vendor contracts. You will work closely with the Head of Legal and regularly partner with company leadership and teams across the business. You will also scale and improve the processes and tools that let a lean team move quickly while operating comfortably within our risk profile. Relevant domain experience is, of course, preferred, but we hire for trajectory. If you bring excellent judgment and work ethic, strong writing, and the ability to pick up new subject matter quickly, we want to talk, especially if you are eager to use AI and other technology to raise the quality and speed of the work.

• Own customer contracting from first redline through signature, working closely with the Head of Legal on edge cases and process improvements.

• Negotiate BAAs as part of customer, payer, and vendor deals, and get most of them to signature without escalation.

• Drive payer trading partner agreements and key vendor agreements to close quickly and within our risk profile while maintaining our rigorous compliance standards.

• Improve, expand, and automate existing templates and playbooks.

• Take on new areas over time based on interest and business need; as the second or third legal hire, you will have a tremendous opportunity to shape the trajectory of your career.

• You are bar admitted and ready to take on a role with broad ownership, regardless of your specific practice background.

• BigLaw or relevant in house experience is strongly preferred, though it is not a prerequisite for the role.

• You write clearly and can explain complex issues in plain language for different stakeholders.

• You do what you say you will do and you keep stakeholders updated.

• You are comfortable with high-volume work and shifting priorities, and you maintain high quality through effective systems and habits.

• You thrive in ambiguity, create structure from chaos, and can independently design scalable processes from scratch.

• You have the business acumen to blend legal rigor with strategic persuasion – knowing when to apply pressure, and when to collaborate.

• You are relentless and resourceful. You follow up, escalate, and push until the job is done – and you do it with professionalism and integrity.

• You can communicate clearly and confidently with executives, lawyers, regulators, procurement staff, engineers, and everyone in between.

• You move fast and operate with precision. You thrive in an environment where clarity, accountability, and urgency matter.

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