Corporate and Compliance Counsel

Cleerly

8h•$225,000 - $265,000•Remote

About The Position

Cleerly is recruiting a Corporate and Commercial Compliance Counsel to support its expanding commercial operations and healthcare compliance framework. The role is a key legal partner to commercial sales, marketing, regulatory, market access, scientific affairs, and executive leadership. It is responsible for structuring commercial relationships, managing healthcare regulatory risk, and building scalable legal processes. The work combines hands-on contracting with healthcare compliance counseling, including commercial contracting, healthcare regulatory compliance, privacy and data protection, and strategic healthcare partnerships. The position is fully remote with occasional travel required. The ideal candidate has at least eight years of relevant legal and compliance experience in a major law firm or in-house within healthcare, life sciences, or the medical device industry, and can translate complex requirements into clear, practical advice that supports responsible growth.

Requirements

JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school and active state bar admission.
At least 8 years of relevant legal and compliance experience at a law firm or in-house.
Healthcare industry experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, or life sciences.
Combination of major law firm and in-house experience, including substantial healthcare regulatory counseling and commercial contracting.
Strong knowledge of healthcare compliance, including healthcare fraud and abuse laws, FDA promotional requirements, AdvaMed principles, HCP/HCO interactions, HIPAA, transparency, and privacy requirements.
Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently within a lean legal team.
Strong legal analysis, business judgment, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
Proven ability to translate complex legal requirements into clear, practical recommendations and build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Strong organizational skills to prioritize and maintain flexibility in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to identify issues and develop proactive, professional solutions.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Proven ability to liaise effectively with outside counsel, opposing counsel, and regulatory authorities.

Nice To Haves

In-house experience at a healthcare technology, medical device, diagnostic, digital health, or other regulated healthcare company.
Experience developing compliance processes and scalable contracting tools in a growth-stage business.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate agreements with health systems, physician practices, imaging providers, payors, channel partners, and vendors, including master service agreements, business associate agreements, data-use agreements, and strategic partnerships.
Draft, review, and negotiate research agreements with external sponsors, including clinical trial agreements, research grant agreements, investigator-initiated agreements, core lab services, and data licensing agreements.
Advise commercial, scientific affairs, regulatory, and other relevant functions on compliance with healthcare laws, guidance documents, opinions, and industry codes, including the FDCA, fraud and abuse laws, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, Sunshine Act, HIPAA, FDA guidance documents, and OIG advisory opinions.
Assess commercial arrangements involving healthcare professionals, including consulting, advisory, educational, and research relationships.
Counsel internal clients on privacy matters, permissible data uses for strategic initiatives, and application of privacy laws to business processes, product development, research collaborations, and commercial relationships.
Develop and oversee implementation of policies for healthcare and privacy law compliance, privacy management, and data governance.
Collaborate with information security on data security initiatives, risk management, third-party audits and certifications, and vendor assessments.
Prepare the Company for potential cybersecurity or privacy incidents.
Provide ad hoc legal support on other projects within the legal department, such as employment law and litigation.