Counsel, Commercial/Product

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Counsel providing proactive legal advice on commercial transactions and compliance at Truven by Merative. Transforming healthcare through data, innovation, and real-world impact by driving sales and innovation.

Responsibilities:

  • Draft, negotiate, and manage a wide range of commercial and government agreements (enterprise SaaS and data contracts, business associate agreements, data processing agreements, strategic partnerships, vendor contracts, and more)
  • Negotiate directly with large enterprise customers, government customers and strategic partners, balancing speed-to-close with thoughtful risk mitigation
  • Learn and understand Truven’s products, business model, strategy, culture, etc. to develop a deep understanding of the business and support its goals by providing practical and actionable legal advice on privacy, product, compliance and enforcement matters as they arise
  • Build strong business relationships with leadership, internal stakeholders, and external parties to advance business and legal interests and to collaborate on the development of new products, technologies and markets
  • Assist in building smarter process to help scale contracting and drive compliance
  • Work with existing contract management systems and contract processes and identify, implement and support improvements
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as needed, requested, and/or assigned

Requirements:

  • J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and qualified to practice law in house in the state where you live/work (or ability to obtain promptly)
  • 3+ years of relevant experience (law firm and/or in-house) supporting commercial, product, technology, and/or regulated-industry work
  • Strong drafting and negotiation skills with a track record of moving deals forward and closing complex agreements
  • A practical, business-first mindset: you can spot risk, explain it clearly, and propose options that keep teams shipping
  • Comfort working in a fast-moving environment with multiple stakeholders, shifting priorities, and tight deadlines—without losing attention to detail
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills; you collaborate well with Sales, Product, Engineering/Security, and Operations
  • Working knowledge of data privacy concepts and the ability to support privacy-forward contracting (e.g., DPAs, BAAs, data use terms)
  • Experience in health tech, data, SaaS, analytics, or other regulated technology environments
  • Exposure to government customers, public sector procurement, and/or flow-down requirements is a plus.

Benefits:

  • Remote first / work from home culture
  • Flexible vacation to help you rest, recharge, and connect with loved ones
  • Paid leave benefits
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k retirement savings plan
  • Infertility benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement, life insurance, EAP – and more!