Legal Counsel, Carelon Contracting

Legal Counsel, Carelon Contracting

Location:

Massachusetts. The role requires associates to be in-office 1–2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity while enabling remote work outside those days. Candidates must be within a reasonable commuting distance of the office unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Legal Counsel is responsible for providing legal advice and recommendations for initiatives and projects that align with clients’ objectives and needs. Focus is on large‑scale and/or high‑financial‑level projects with broad departmental or organizational impact and moderate risk. The Counsel works as a strategic partner and decision maker with senior leaders and manages work independently.

• Negotiate and manage client contracts with health plan clients, state agencies, employer groups, and other Carelon Services businesses, including behavioral health, medical benefits utilization management, specialty care solutions, and care delivery companies.
• Collaborate with multiple business partners, shared services partners, and legal colleagues to harmonize, centralize, and improve existing contract management workflows and policies across the Carelon Services businesses.
• Become the resident expert on contract management practices and software. Partner with the businesses to implement technology tools and software to improve contract lifecycle management and contracting operations. Train the businesses and other legal team members on best practices and policies.
• Ensure that all client contracts clearly and accurately document key deal terms, comply with applicable laws and regulations, and appropriately allocate risk among the parties. Solicit feedback from multiple internal stakeholders on key contractual terms. Provide effective legal guidance and risk assessments to the business with respect to client contracting and deal terms, including financial, legal, regulatory, and compliance risk.
• May support the sales and growth function for assigned business units, including support for public and private procurements and RFP processes.
• Assist business with pre‑litigation contractual dispute management.
• Prepare settlement agreements, letters of intent, confidentiality agreements and other legal documents as needed.
• Provide legal guidance on a range of health law, regulatory, contractual and operational matters impacting the Carelon Services businesses. Routinely work on complex problems in which analysis of situations and/or facts requires an in‑depth evaluation of various factors.
• Work autonomously and manage work independently. Escalate significant issues and risks, as well as proposed mitigation options, to business and legal leadership.
• May support the development of paralegals and legal specialists on the legal team. Oversee work of paralegals and legal specialists supporting client contracting.
• Light travel may be required.

Requires a JD, current license to practice law and a minimum of 3 years of specific industry and/or technical legal experience post‑licensure; or any combination of education and experience that provides an equivalent background.

• Prior experience negotiating complex, high‑value health plan contracts and services arrangements.
• Experience with legal operations at a large organization.
• Experience implementing and overseeing the use of contract management software.

Salary range: $ to $.

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, equity stock purchase plan, and more.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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