Contracts Counsel

Medical Access & Service Advantage•Fort Lauderdale, FL

About The Position

MASA is seeking a hands-on contracts attorney for a full-time U.S. remote or hybrid position based in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area. Reporting to the General Counsel as Counsel, Contracts & Legal Operations, this role manages the company’s day-to-day contracting and uses AI-enabled legal tools in contract work while helping shape the Legal Department’s responsible adoption of AI. The Counsel will own the full agreement lifecycle for a range of agreements, from intake and drafting through negotiation, signature, repository management, and renewal. The role applies AI tools to analyze agreements, compare drafts, identify issues, summarize obligations, and triage risk, while independently validating outputs. It also advises on healthcare and insurance matters, including HIPAA, Business Associate Agreements, privacy, and data security, and translates contract provisions into business exposure and risk analyses for appropriate reviewers and signers. The position will build and improve contracting operations through AI, workflow technology, intake processes, triage, templates, playbooks, dashboards, and self-service tools. It will train stakeholders, provide monthly KPI reporting to the General Counsel, collaborate with business and control functions, support intellectual property and marketing reviews, and manage outside counsel when needed.

Requirements

J.D. from an accredited law school.
Active bar membership in good standing.
At least 3 years of progressively responsible legal experience, including substantial in-house responsibility for commercial contracts.
Healthcare and/or insurance experience, including negotiating Business Associate Agreements and advising on HIPAA, privacy, and security requirements.
Demonstrated ability to independently draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements and explain risk to senior stakeholders.
Hands-on experience using AI-enabled contract or legal tools for issue spotting, comparison, summarization, obligation extraction, or risk analysis.
Disciplined validation of AI outputs and strong confidentiality controls.
Experience improving a contract-review or contract-lifecycle process through AI, templates, playbooks, or workflow technology.
Ability to work independently in a lean legal department supporting multiple business units.

Nice To Haves

Experience with CLM systems.
Experience with DocuSign workflows.
Experience with intellectual property portfolio work.
Experience with marketing or insurance review.

Responsibilities

Own the agreement lifecycle for vendor, technology/SaaS, data-processing, licensing, provider/network, consulting, and marketing agreements, from intake through drafting, negotiation, signature, repository management, and renewal.
Use AI-enabled legal tools to analyze contract terms, compare drafts, identify issues, summarize obligations, and triage risk, validating all outputs using independent legal judgment.
Help establish practical governance and guardrails for AI use in legal work to protect privilege, confidentiality, personal data, and protected health information.
Advise on HIPAA, Business Associate Agreements, privacy, and data-security requirements.
Translate contract terms into clear business exposure and risk analyses, including Executive Summaries for appropriate reviewers and signers.
Build and continuously improve contracting operations using AI and workflow technology, including intake, triage, templates, playbooks, dashboards, and self-service tools.
Lead stakeholder training on the Contract Review Management SOP.
Deliver monthly KPI reporting to the General Counsel.
Partner with Finance, Procurement, Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, and HR.
Support intellectual property and marketing reviews.
Manage outside counsel when needed.

Benefits

Competitive base salary and bonuses.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance with highly rated carriers.
401(k) program with company match.
Paid time off.
Company-paid short-term disability insurance.
Company-paid long-term disability insurance.
Company-paid basic life insurance.
Free MASA membership.
Professional and friendly company culture.
Opportunity to use AI-enabled legal tools in daily practice and help shape their responsible adoption.