Paralegal
Stellar Health
•$100,000 - $120,000
About The Position
Stellar Health is seeking a Paralegal to join their growing legal department. This role will be the second member of the legal team, working directly with the lead attorney to support a value-based care technology platform and its risk-bearing entities. The paralegal will handle first-pass drafting on a variety of commercial contracts, including those with health plans, ACOs, physician practices, and SaaS vendors. The position is highly cross-functional, requiring collaboration with internal teams (growth, compliance) and external parties (health plans, provider networks, vendors, external counsel). The ideal candidate will be proactive in identifying and implementing process efficiencies.
Requirements
- 5+ years of paralegal experience with substantial commercial contract drafting
- Healthcare industry experience, ideally including payor contracts, provider agreements, or value-based care
- Thorough understanding of HIPAA
- Working familiarity with AKS, Stark Law, and healthcare data privacy requirements
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Paralegal certificate or equivalent training
Nice To Haves
- Experience with SpotDraft CLM
- Legal operations experience: You've built or significantly improved contract management systems, intake processes, or legal workflows
- A track record of making things more efficient, not just maintaining them
- Prior experience in a small in-house legal team (fewer than 5 attorneys)
- Familiarity with ACO structures, MSSP, or similar CMS programs
- Health plan contracting experience (commercial, Medicare Advantage, or Medicaid managed care)
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and prepare first-pass redlines for commercial contracts, including health plan service agreements, provider network and participation agreements, vendor contracts, and data use and business associate agreements
- Identify and flag key issues, unusual terms, and risk areas for attorney review
- Support negotiations by preparing comparison charts, tracking open issues, and maintaining version control across deal threads
- Serve as a responsive point of contact for the sales team on routine contract questions and status updates
- Manage and maintain the contract lifecycle in SpotDraft: intake workflows, template libraries, clause banks, approval routing, renewal tracking, and reporting
- Maintain and refine the contract obligations inventory, including key dates, notice requirements, and renewal terms
- Support and execute the legal intake process through Jira
- Build playbooks, FAQs, and self-service resources that reduce repetitive questions and let the business move faster
- Spot inefficiencies and fix them; we're always looking for ways to do things better
- Maintain corporate records, entity documents, resolutions, and governance materials for the parent company and subsidiaries
- Handle corporate housekeeping: annual filings, registered agent coordination, minute book maintenance
- Support subsidiary management and entity compliance as needed
- Partner with business teams to gather deal terms and ensure contracts reflect commercial intent
- Coordinate with compliance on regulatory research, policy updates, and documentation
- Create and maintain training materials that help business teams participate in the contracting process
- Monitor regulatory developments relevant to Stellar's contracts and flag what matters
- Manage document flow, scheduling, and information exchange for outside counsel engagements
- Track outside counsel spend and flag budget variances
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
- Flexible PTO
- Universal Paid Family and Caregiver Leave
- Wellhub+ Gym Memberships
- Pre-tax commuter benefits, HA, FSA plans
- Company sponsored One Medical memberships and Citibike memberships
- Medical Travel Benefits
- JOON, a flexible lifestyle spending account that gives our team a monthly stipend to spend on what matters most to them
- Stock Options & a 401k matching program
- A broad calendar of company sponsored social events that for our in-office and remote employees
- Company sponsored lunch for all NY HQ employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
