Senior Counsel, Commercial

Maven is the world's largest virtual clinic for women and families on a mission to make healthcare work for all of us. Maven's award-winning digital programs provide clinical, emotional, and financial support all in one platform, spanning fertility & family building, maternity & newborn care, parenting & pediatrics, and menopause & midlife. More than 2,000 employers and health plans trust Maven's end-to-end platform to improve clinical outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and provide equity in benefits programs. Recognized for innovation and industry leadership, Maven has been named to the Time 100 Most Influential Companies, CNBC Disruptor 50, Fast Company Most Innovative Companies, and FORTUNE Best Places to Work. Founded in 2014 by CEO Kate Ryder, Maven has raised more than $425 million in funding from top healthcare and technology investors including General Catalyst, Sequoia, Dragoneer Investment Group, Oak HC/FT, StepStone Group, Icon Ventures, and Lux Capital. To learn more about Maven, visit us at mavenclinic.com. 

An award-winning culture working towards an important mission –  Maven Clinic is a recipient of over 30 workplace and innovation awards, including: 

• Fortune Change the World (2024)
• CNBC Disruptor 50 List (2022, 2023, 2024) 
• Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials (2024)
• Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care (2024)
• TIME 100 Most Influential Companies (2023)
• Fast Company Most Innovative Companies (2020, 2023)
• Built In Best Places to Work (2023)
• Fortune Best Workplaces NY (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Great Place to Work certified (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators (2022)
• Built In LGBTQIA+ Advocacy Award (2022)

We’re looking for a Senior Counsel - Commercial to support our growth teams as they continue to expand our business and work with new employers in the US and abroad. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, this position is critical to our ability to meet Maven’s ambitious growth goals. We need an agile, efficient, and pragmatic business partner who can work cooperatively with our growth team to negotiate client contracts. We need someone who is operations-minded to help us identify opportunities to contract more efficiently, whether through changes to our templates, new processes, or using innovative new technology. We are a lean team, and so we also need someone who can roll their sleeves up and assist with a wide range of work, including vendor agreements, helping the growth team answer questions about our product offerings, and working with other legal team members to update our terms as our products evolve.

To make our mission a reality, your skills will be accountable for: 

• Act as a strategic business partner to review, draft, and negotiate on a range of commercial agreements, particularly focusing on our agreements with customers and vendors
• Serving as the primary legal contact to our growth teams
• Create and manage templates, playbooks, and one-pagers relevant to our offerings
• Work with Legal Ops to manage our intake process and our contract management system

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Experience supporting a sales team, and negotiating high volumes of complex commercial contracts
• A J.D. and admission to at least one state bar 
• 7+ years of legal experience 
• Excellent communication skills and collaborative mindset
• Efficiency-minded and process oriented, with an interest in building and improving scalable processes that ensure you are spending your time on the right matters
• Engaged and excited to help accelerate the growth of a dynamic, fast-paced company revolutionizing the healthcare landscape
• Strong analytical and problem-resolution skills with the ability to balance business needs with legal risks
• Independent and self-reliant, and able to effectively triage and prioritize high-value work while communicating to set appropriate expectations with business partners
• Not afraid of adhering to metrics, process improvement, and workflow management

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience working with high growth companies and start-ups
• Digital health or telehealth experience
• Experience with data privacy (particularly negotiating Data Processing Agreements and Business Associate Agreements)
• Law firm and in-house experience
• Google Docs, Ironclad, Asana, and slack familiarity 
• Sense of humor 

For candidates in NYC, CO, or CA, the base salary range for this role is $210,000 - $245,000 per year. You will also be entitled to receive stock options and benefits. Individual pay decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, and skillset.

At Maven we believe that a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences enrich our teams and allow us to achieve above and beyond our goals. If you do not have experience in all of the areas detailed above, we hope that you will share your unique background with us in your application and how it can be additive to our teams.  

Benefits & Perks: 

We are reimagining what a supportive workplace looks like, from the inside out. On top of standards such as employer-covered health, dental, and insurance plan options, and generous PTO, we offer an all-of-you, inclusive approach to benefits: 

• Maven for Mavens: access to the full platform and specialists, including care for everything from mental health, reproductive health, family planning, pediatrics.
• Whole-self care through wellness partnerships
• Weekly breakfast, lunch, and get-togethers 
• 16 weeks 100% paid parental leave, flexible time upon return, and $1.5K/mo for 2 months, new parent stipend (for Mavens who've been with us at least six months)
• Annual professional development stipend and access to a personal career coach through Maven 
• 401K matching for US-based employees (immediately vesting)

These benefits are applicable to Maven Clinic Co., US-based, full-time employees only. 1099/Contract Providers are ineligible for these benefits. 

Maven is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Maven is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Maven Clinic interview requests and job offers only originate from an @mavenclinic.com email address (e.g jsmith@mavenclinic.com). Maven Clinic will never ask for sensitive information to be delivered over email or phone. If you receive a scam issue or a security issue involving Maven Clinic please notify us at: security@mavenclinic.com. For general and additional inquiries, please contact us at careers@mavenclinic.com.