Anticipated End Date:
2026-08-27

Position Title:
Legal Counsel Senior

Job Description:

Legal Counsel Senior

Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Legal Counsel Senior is responsible for completing a variety of routine and non-routine legal assignments and intermediate level projects independently and using professional legal concepts and principles in accordance with company and departmental objectives to solve challenging, or legal issues in practical ways. Works autonomously with regular collaboration and reporting to management. At this level the associate has developed a specific technical depth and/or breadth of organizational and industry legal issues.

How you will make an impact:

• Works with more experienced attorneys to represent the organization in legal duties.
• Contributes to overall results of an SBU or CEE unit and/or department.
• May support the development of other attorneys and paralegals by providing guidance on technical and tactical procedures for lower-level attorneys.
• Assist Associate General Counsel with review of complex commercial contracts, including research services agreements, clinical trial site agreements, confidentiality agreements, data licensing agreements, data use agreements, data collaboration agreements, and other research-related legal documents and materials.
• Counsel internal stakeholders on restrictions and permitted data uses for general research studies, public health initiatives, and health plan operations studies.
• Proactively support compliance partners with legal issues and analysis related to clinical trial agreements and clinical research organization collaborations.
• Counsel internal stakeholders on external communication, presentation, and publication issues, and assist with drafting consulting agreements and other legal documents.
• Handle other legal matters and legal projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires a JD, current license to practice law, and a minimum of 6 years of specific industry and/or technical legal experience post licensure; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• Healthcare industry experience.

For candidates working in person or virtually in the below locations, the salary* range for this specific position is $160,336.00 to $240,504.00.

Location: Illinois

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.

* The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Job Level:
Director Equivalent

Workshift:
1st Shift (United States of America)

Job Family:
LEG > Attorneys

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