About This Role
This Corporate Counsel role is for a business-oriented, motivated, and resourceful individual to join the Legal Team, focusing primarily on U.S. healthcare and technology businesses within the Harris Healthcare portfolio. The position involves managing legal matters for assigned business units, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, and advising internal clients on legal trends and risks.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for legal matters for assigned Harris Healthcare business units
- Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements and contracts for customers and vendors, including license agreements, reseller agreements, service agreements, technology development agreements, and non-disclosure agreements
- Lead, from beginning to end, the structuring, drafting, reviewing, negotiating and closing of corporate and commercial transactions, based on experience level
- Create and maintain template agreements based on business and legal requirements
- Work closely with the other members of the Legal & Compliance Department and cross-functional teams across Harris Healthcare to identify needs, advise and counsel internal clients, and support Harris’ business growth
- Represent the needs and concerns of Harris Healthcare business units when interacting with customers, vendors and other partners
- Interact with external counsel on negotiations and dispute resolution
- Assist with various legal matters as assigned
- Review and proactively identify legal trends and risks as part of the changing regulatory environment
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience from a well-respected firm or company
- Firm understanding of the legal issues arising under technology contracts, software license agreements, and US healthcare laws including HIPAA
- Highly motivated and organized individual with strong business judgment and exceptional drafting skills
- Knowledge of US healthcare law, including HIPAA, data privacy and security
- Familiarity with reviewing and drafting technology/software license agreement
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, and exercise excellent judgment
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to provide sound, clear and succinct legal advice and analysis to business units and the Legal team, in both verbal and written form
- Ability to manage a diverse scope of matters, issues and projects simultaneously
- JD Degree
- Member in good standing of a State Bar
Nice to have:
- International contracting experience
- Experience with GDPR, UK and other international privacy laws
- International medical device regulatory and/or contracting experience
- Familiarity with the CCPA and other State privacy and breach notification laws
Benefits
- 3 weeks' vacation (increases with tenure) and 5 personal days
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision plan offerings
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan and 401k matching program
- Health and Wellness programs with remote flexibility
- Bonus Program
About the Company
Harris provides mission-critical software solutions for the Public Sector, Healthcare, Utilities, and Private Sector verticals throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. It is part of the Harris Operating Group of Constellation Software, Inc., which is publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Harris is owned by the largest software company in Canada (CSI).
