JD with strong academic credentials and membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
5+ years of legal experience in drafting and negotiating commercial deals for technology companies.
Ability to provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice.
Exceptional communication skills for translating complex legal concepts.
Highly organized and detail-oriented with reliable work habits.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results efficiently.
Autonomous worker with a collaborative mindset.
Responsibilities
Draft, negotiate, and advise on various commercial agreements.
Streamline and operationalize Suki's contracting processes.
Provide business and legal advice on commercial transactions and regulatory issues.
Own the entire contracting cycle, from draft to execution.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Sales and Product departments.
Benefits
Equity package alongside competitive salary.
Opportunity to impact the healthcare industry.
Autonomy in responsibilities and decision-making.
Collaboration with diverse teams in a growth-oriented company.
Full Job Description
In this role, you'll own ensuring that the commercial contracts and business engine powering Suki keeps running smoothly and continues to scale as the company grows, enabling us to help transform the healthcare industry.
What You'll Do
As Suki's Commercial Counsel, you'll handle a variety of legal, commercial, and product counseling issues. Reporting directly to the GC, you will be the second lawyer on the team, so you'll be an exceptionally important part of the company and will immediately have the opportunity to step in, own projects, and become a critical member of Suki's Legal team who will work cross-functionally with all of Suki's teams, especially our Sales, Customer Success, and Product teams. This position isn't a role where you'll just redline documents and pass them off; you will be deeply embedded in our commercial growth and the success of the company.
Key Responsibilities:
Serve as the point person for commercial deals. You'll draft, negotiate, and advise cross-functional teams on a wide variety of commercial agreements, including new business development initiatives, software licenses, partnership agreements, and vendor contracts.
Build, streamline, and operationalize Suki's contracting process to help us scale, including creating new playbooks to help the Sales team automate their sales motions.
Provide thoughtful and practical business and legal advice on various legal risks, business strategies, and other issues related to commercial transactions, data privacy, and the shifting landscape of AI regulation.
Own the entire contracting cycle--from initial draft to execution--working with business teams to drive contract negotiations to quick and successful completion.
Qualifications
JD, with strong academic credentials and membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
5+ years of legal experience, with significant experience drafting, negotiating, and managing commercial deals for technology companies (either in-house or at a law firm).
Proven ability to provide entrepreneurial, pragmatic, business-oriented advice, with a dedication to superior customer service.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal concepts into actionable, collaborative business advice.
Highly organized, reliable, detail-oriented, and diligent.
Ability to work on multiple issues simultaneously and to set appropriate priorities with clients and to deliver results efficiently.
Ability to operate autonomously, while being a team player who brings a positive attitude to the job.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working on healthcare, AI, and SaaS commercial agreements.
Experience and knowledge of privacy laws, including HIPAA and GDPR, and emerging regulatory policies on Generative AI and data security.
Start-up experience.
Demonstrated ability to operationalize and scale the commercial contracting process.
*We don't necessarily expect you to have done everything on the list, but you should be able to make a credible case for most of it - and most importantly, to show that you're enthusiastic about Suki's mission and ready for a challenge.
The base salary range for this role is between $200,000-$250,000. Candidates will also receive an equity package, which isn't included in this range. When determining compensation, we consider a number of factors, including experience, qualifications, location, and current market data.
