Senior Procurement Attorney

Full-time | Remote

The successful candidate is a practicing lawyer who will serve as senior legal counsel to the procurement and strategic sourcing organization of a Fortune 250 healthcare company, providing legal advice on complex commercial transactions and negotiating vendor agreements.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as lead legal counsel to procurement, strategic sourcing, and business leadership, providing legal advice and risk assessment throughout the sourcing and contracting lifecycle.
• Lead the legal negotiation of complex commercial agreements, master services agreements, statements of work, licensing, SaaS, and vendor contracts across indirect and non-merchandise spend categories.
• Draft, review, and redline agreements, balancing legal risk, regulatory exposure, and commercial objectives.
• Set legal positions and fallback authority for key risk provisions, including limitation of liability, indemnification, warranties, IP, data privacy, information security, confidentiality, audit, and termination.
• Develop and maintain legal playbooks, clause libraries, templates, contracting policies, and escalation protocols for assigned procurement categories.
• Provide legal review and guidance on RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, and related sourcing documentation.
• Advise on legal and regulatory developments affecting procurement and supplier arrangements, and update contract standards and templates accordingly.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Information Security, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Tax, Finance, and Vendor Management on cross-functional legal issues.
• Support supplier governance, contract remediation, and dispute escalation, advising on contractual rights, remedies, and performance obligations.

Required Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school is required. This role can only be filled by a licensed attorney.
• Active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
• 15+ years of practice as a lawyer drafting, redlining, and negotiating complex commercial and procurement agreements, in a law firm, in-house legal department, or alternative provider.
• Demonstrated experience providing legal support to large-scale procurement and sourcing initiatives.
• Strong command of commercial contracting law, legal risk assessment, and negotiation strategy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain legal risk to non-lawyer stakeholders and influence at all organizational levels.
• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading highly visible, enterprise-wide legal or contracting initiatives.
• Experience negotiating indirect procurement and non-merchandise goods and services agreements.
• In-house or outside counsel experience supporting regulated industries, including healthcare, retail, financial services, insurance, or technology.
• Experience with Ariba Contract Management or comparable CLM platforms.

Technology Experience

Preferred experience with:

• Ariba Contract Management
• Ariba eSourcing
• Procure-to-Pay (P2P) systems
• Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platforms
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Microsoft Teams and other collaboration technologies

Benefits

• Remote role
• Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement
• 401(k) with company match
• PTO and paid federal holidays
• Optional medical coverage; HSA Account; Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (as applicable)