Corporate Counsel

Athenahealth
Boston, MA
Category Legal
Remote
Job Description
Role Overview

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all. This is an opportunity for a 3–5 year attorney who wants to build deep expertise in digital health law while advising on novel questions involving health data, consumer privacy, patient access, new product development, AI-enabled services, de-identification, data sharing, and evolving regulatory requirements.

What You Will Do

Support legal review of new and evolving digital health products, services, partnerships, and data-use initiatives, including emerging services questionnaires, alpha/beta pilots, service descriptions, and general availability readiness. Provide first-pass legal analysis and practical guidance on privacy, health data laws, FDA laws/guidance, and privacy operations.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in ambiguity, translating complex legal concepts into practical business guidance, partnering with product and commercial stakeholders, and escalating judgment-heavy issues appropriately to senior legal leaders.

Requirements

  • J.D. from a well-recognized law school
  • Admitted to the Massachusetts state bar or another U.S. state bar
  • 2-5 years business contract and regulatory experience
  • Prior in-house or large law firm experience a plus
  • Regulatory, especially health industry or FDA, experience a plus
  • Superior verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Ability to think creatively and strategically
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

Benefits

  • health and financial benefits
  • commuter support
  • employee assistance programs
  • tuition assistance
  • employee resource groups
  • collaborative workspaces
  • flexibility
  • paid holidays
  • annual discretionary bonus plan
  • variable compensation plan
  • equity plans
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