Legal Contract Manager

This is an IN-OFFICE position in our FORT MYERS, FL Office

About Us:

Tele Specialists is transforming healthcare delivery as the nation's largest and fastest-growing digital healthcare leader. By providing expert neurological and psychiatric care directly to over 400 hospitals and health systems across the country, we don't just provide care; we pioneer solutions that make quality healthcare easily accessible.

Join a team where your passion meets our purpose. If you're inspired by innovation, thrive in a collaborative and entrepreneurial environment, and want to be a part of a team that's reshaping the future of patient care, we want you on our team. At Tele Specialists, you'll discover more than just a job. You will be able to experience meaningful work, accelerated career growth, and the opportunity to redefine healthcare for the future.

Tele Specialists Offers:

• A great culture with a team environment
• A fun, diverse work environment
• A rapidly growing company with career advancement opportunities
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401k match
• Paid Vacation
• Leadership Training Classes
• Mentorship Program

About the Role:

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.

Essential Duties and 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.

Qualifications:

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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, Docu Sign, Contract Works, or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting…