Senior Corporate Counsel - Commercial & Privacy

Relias•Morrisville, NC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Relias, a company dedicated to improving clinical and financial outcomes for healthcare organizations through its comprehensive platform. Relias assists over 11,000 organizations in enhancing compliance, staff development, and consistent quality of care. The platform utilizes assessments to identify skill gaps and offers personalized learning through over 7,000 online courses that meet various accreditation and regulatory requirements. Relias is seeking a high-energy, strategic, and fast-paced Senior Corporate Counsel - Commercial & Privacy to support the company across a wide range of legal matters, with a primary focus on commercial transactions and business support. This role involves representing the company in negotiations and providing practical legal guidance, including advice on privacy, data protection, and data governance, though it is not a dedicated privacy counsel position. The Senior Corporate Counsel will contribute to contractual, operational, and strategic legal issues affecting the business.

Requirements

8+ years of contract or transactional law experience in a corporate environment
Bachelor’s Degree
Juris Doctor and active North Carolina bar license
Experience with software and SaaS commercial transactions
Experience with government contracting and public-sector procurement processes
Managing commercial deals and cross-functional projects
Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with minimal supervision
Must live in the state of North Carolina, within a commutable distance to our office (~1-hour commute).

Nice To Haves

Experience advising on data privacy, data protection, or data governance issues as part of a broader commercial or corporate legal practice (strongly preferred, but not a dedicated privacy role)

Responsibilities

Oversee and manage the full lifecycle of contract negotiations, including SaaS agreements, MSAs, vendor contracts, SLAs, NDAs, software licenses, DPAs, SOWs, ordering documents, and government contracts.
Ensure agreements align with company policies, legal standards, and regulatory requirements while mitigating legal and business risks, including reviewing and negotiating privacy, data protection, and information security terms and advising on related data risk allocation.
Draft and negotiate high-quality documents, interpret contract requirements, and finalize documentation for contract closure, including obtaining necessary stakeholder approvals.
Provide legal support on privacy, data protection, and data governance matters in connection with commercial transactions, product development, and business operations, while continuing to support the Legal team on a broad range of other corporate, commercial, and operational legal matters.
Develop, implement, and revise legal strategies, standardized legal processes and contract templates to drive efficiencies while supporting the company’s goals and objectives.
Provide legal advice and counsel to internal stakeholders on a wide range of corporate, commercial, and operational matters.
Develop a strong understanding of the company’s business, products, and objectives in order to deliver pragmatic, risk-based legal guidance and recommend appropriate courses of action aligned with business priorities.
Advise on privacy and data governance matters as part of a broader generalist legal practice, including advising on intellectual property, employment, compliance, and other corporate and commercial legal matters.
Conduct legal research and analysis to deliver accurate and timely advice on a wide range of legal issues, including but not limited to privacy matters, consistent with the responsibilities of a senior generalist corporate counsel role.
Work closely with Sales, IT, Finance, HR, and Product teams on matters including compliance, privacy, data protection, data governance, product development, and employment matters.
Provide training and legal awareness for internal stakeholders as directed.
Manage outside counsel as directed and represent the company in resolving disputes in a cost-effective and in a timely manner.
Draft correspondence to legal counsel, customers, and vendors, as needed.
Provide extended hours support in rotation with other legal personnel to close time-sensitive sales deals.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Fantastic health and wellness benefits package
Outstanding 401k match
Flexible PTO program
Generous and inclusive parental leave policy
Relias pays for the employee portion of the monthly healthcare premium
Flexible work environment with onsite and work from home options
Active Employee Resource Groups open to all employees
Comprehensive onboarding program
Growth and career advancement opportunities
Promotes internal mobility and career growth aligned with evolving business needs
Multiple development program options – leadership development, professional development curriculums, and Nanodegree options in both technology and data science
Professional development gained from conference attendance and participation in organizations like NC Tech
Onsite 321 Coffee Shop providing free coffee and pastries to employees