Assistant General Counsel - Procurement & Technology Transactions

The successful candidate in this mid-level attorney position will provide legal counsel and transactional support for procurement, healthcare operations, technology transactions, and strategic business initiatives across GuideWell and its affiliated companies. With 5-10 years of relevant legal experience, this role requires experience in commercial contracting and complex vendor, healthcare, and technology transactions. The incumbent will support health insurance, provider, and health solutions businesses and work closely with procurement, business, technology, privacy, compliance, information security, and operational stakeholders. This position provides legal advice and counsel on complex commercial matters with limited supervision and requires sound business judgment and independent decision-making. Key Responsibilities: • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including master services agreements, statements of work, software licenses, SaaS and cloud agreements, professional and consulting services agreements, data use agreements, business associate agreements, and strategic arrangements. • Provide legal support for procurement activities and supplier relationships across payer, provider, and health solutions business operations. • Advise business clients regarding contractual, healthcare regulatory, operational, and legal risks associated with healthcare services, technology solutions, and third-party engagements. • Support transactions involving software, artificial intelligence, analytics, interoperability, data licensing, cybersecurity, and other technology-enabled healthcare solutions. • Advise on intellectual property matters related to commercial transactions, including ownership of deliverables, licensing rights, confidentiality, trademarks, copyrights, and use of third-party materials. • Collaborate with procurement, privacy, compliance, information security, technology, and business teams to identify and mitigate legal and business risks. • Conduct legal research and analysis and prepare memoranda, presentations, contract analyses, and other legal documentation. • May assume additional legal responsibilities and special projects as needed to support organizational objectives and the broader legal department. Key Requirements: • Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school with a strong academic record and 5-10 years of professional legal experience. • Admission to at least one state bar. If bar admission is in a state other than Florida, then the ability to be certified in Florida as Authorized House Counsel. • Experience supporting healthcare, managed care, provider, health solutions, healthcare technology, or related healthcare businesses. • Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements. • Experience supporting procurement, vendor contracting, healthcare transactions, technology transactions, or other sophisticated business operations. • Strong knowledge of contract law, commercial transactions, and risk allocation principles. • Working knowledge of intellectual property concepts and technology transaction documents, including software licensing and ownership of deliverables. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex legal and regulatory concepts to non-attorney audiences. • Strong organizational, negotiation, and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. • Sound professional judgment and demonstrated ability to provide practical, business-focused legal advice. • Demonstrated initiative, self-motivation, and ability to work independently with limited supervision. Preferred: • Experience supporting both payer and provider-side business operations. • Experience negotiating software, SaaS, cloud, data licensing, artificial intelligence, digital health, or other technology transactions. • Prior experience with a nationally recognized law firm. • Prior in-house counsel experience. • Familiarity with healthcare privacy, data governance, information security, and regulatory compliance requirements. • At least one professional certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), such as Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP), Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), or Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT).

General Physical Demands Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

What We Offer: As a Florida Blue employee, you will be at the heart of GuideWell’s vision – to lead the nation in transforming health through compassionate, connected, and technology-enabled care that delivers personalized value and empowered living.

To support your wellbeing, comprehensive benefits are offered. As an employee, you will have access to:

Medical, dental, vision, life and global travel health insurance; Income protection benefits: life insurance, short- and long-term disability programs; Leave programs to support personal circumstances; Retirement Savings Plan including employer match; Paid time off, volunteer time off, 10 holidays and 2 well-being days; Additional voluntary benefits available; and A comprehensive wellness program

Employee benefits are designed to align with federal and state employment laws. Benefits may vary based on the state in which work is performed. Benefits for intern, part-time and seasonal employees may differ.

To support your financial wellbeing, we offer competitive pay as well as opportunities for incentive or commission compensation. We also conduct regular annual reviews with pay for performance considerations for base pay increases.

Annualized Salary Range:

$136,000 - $221,000

Typical Annualized Hiring Range:

$136,000 - $170,000

Final pay will be determined with consideration of market competitiveness, internal equity, and the job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience you bring.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to cultivating a work experience where everyone feels like they belong and can perform at their best in pursuit of our mission. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.