Legal Contract Manager

TeleSpecialists LLC•Fort Myers, FL

28d•Onsite

About The Position

The Legal Contract Manager is responsible for the end-to-end management of all contracts supporting the company’s clinical, physician, hospital, and telemedicine operations. This role plays a critical function in ensuring that physician agreements, hospital service contracts, payer-related documents, and vendor agreements are accurately tracked, compliant with healthcare regulations, and executed on time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required, Legal Studies, Healthcare Administration, Business, or a related field preferred.
Five or more years of experience in healthcare contract management, legal operations, or physician contracting.
Advanced experience with Salesforce (required) and/or healthcare-focused contract management systems.
Demonstrated experience managing legal calendars and coordinating with healthcare-focused internal and external counsel.
High attention to detail with the ability to manage sensitive and highly regulated documentation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Paralegal certification or equivalent legal training.
Experience in telemedicine, physician staffing, MSO, or hospital-based services.
Familiarity with multi-state physician contracting and licensure considerations.
Experience with CLM tools such as Ironclad, Conga, DocuSign, ContractWorks, or similar platforms.
Experience supporting private equity–backed or rapidly scaling healthcare organizations.

Responsibilities

Manage the full lifecycle of healthcare-related contracts, including physician employment and independent contractor agreements, hospital and health system service agreements, telemedicine services agreements, medical director agreements, and call/on-call coverage agreements.
Track and maintain key contract terms including compensation structures, coverage obligations, termination provisions, notice requirements, and renewal dates.
Maintain accurate records related to licensure, credentialing dependencies, and contract-linked compliance requirements.
Support contract compliance related to healthcare regulations, including Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA, data privacy obligations, and state-specific physician practice and telemedicine requirements.
Coordinate contract documentation to support audits, payor reviews, hospital credentialing, and regulatory inquiries.
Ensure telemedicine agreements align with clinical service models and operational workflows.
Own and maintain the legal and contract calendar, including contract expirations, auto-renewals, termination deadlines, physician coverage dates, and regulatory milestones.
Proactively notify the Managing Partner and leadership team of upcoming deadlines, risks, and required actions.
Serve as the primary owner of Salesforce contract functionality or other contract lifecycle management platforms, including workflow configuration, approvals, and execution processes.
Ensure contract metadata is accurate, complete, and auditable, including provider names, facilities, service lines, states, and effective dates.
Generate reports related to physician contracts, hospital agreements, and renewal pipelines.
Act as the central point of contact for internal and external healthcare counsel, coordinating drafting, redlining, execution, amendments, and deliverables.
Track legal matters, contract revisions, and outside counsel documentation, including billing coordination.
Collaborate closely with medical leadership, physician recruiting, credentialing, licensing, revenue cycle, compliance, operations, and clinical program leadership.
Standardize contract templates in coordination with counsel and improve workflows to reduce cycle time and mitigate compliance risk.
Prepare executive summaries for the Managing Partner highlighting contract status, risks, and upcoming renewals.
Support due diligence activities related to acquisitions, new service lines, and payer relationships.