Senior Legal Counsel

Job description

WE'RE BUILDING A NEW HEALTHCARE CLEARINGHOUSE Stedi is building the first new healthcare clearinghouse in decades. In the healthcare sector, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires that all insurance payers exchange transactions such as claims, eligibility checks, prior authorizations, and remittances using a standardized EDI format called X12 HIPAA. Clearinghouses process the majority of these transactions, offering consolidated connectivity to carriers and providers. Until Stedi, the space was occupied entirely by a small group of legacy players, built on outdated, often pre-internet technology. Stedi is the world's only programmable healthcare clearinghouse. By offering modern API interfaces alongside traditional real-time and batch EDI processes, we enable both healthcare technology businesses and established players to exchange mission-critical transactions. Our clearinghouse product and customer-first approach have set us apart. Stedi was ranked by Ramp https://ramp.com/velocity/top-saas-vendors-on-ramp-march-2026 as one of the fastest-growing SaaS vendors. We have lightning in a bottle: engineers and designers shipping products week in and week out; a lean business team supporting the company’s infrastructure; passion for automation and eliminating toil; $142 million in funding from top investors like Stripe, Addition, USV, Bloomberg Beta, First Round Capital, and more. To learn more about how we work, watch our founder Zack’s interview with First Round Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO6sR-i5rSs. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR We are hiring a Senior Counsel with high potential who is excited to grow with the business – healthcare experience is strongly preferred. You will immediately own a large share of our strategic customer contracting work, trading partner agreements with payers, and key vendor contracts. You will work closely with the Head of Legal and regularly partner with company leadership and teams across the business. You will also scale and improve the processes and tools that let a lean team move quickly while operating comfortably within our risk profile. If you bring excellent judgment and work ethic, strong writing, and the ability to translate legal expertise into business strategy, we want to talk – especially if you are eager to use AI and other technology to raise the quality and speed of the work. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own customer contracting from first redline through signature, working closely with the Head of Legal on complex edge cases and process improvements. - Drive payer trading partner agreements and key vendor agreements to close quickly and within our risk profile while maintaining our rigorous compliance standards. - Be a strategic partner across Stedi, using your legal expertise to further our business interests. - Negotiate BAAs as part of customer, payer, and vendor deals, and get most of them to signature without escalation. - Improve, expand, and automate playbooks and workflows. - Take on new areas based on interest and business need; as the second legal hire for a rapidly growing business with complex and interesting legal needs, you will have a tremendous opportunity to shape the trajectory of your career. WHO YOU ARE - You are bar-admitted and ready to take on a role with broad ownership. - You have healthcare experience, whether through BigLaw or in-house. - You write clearly and can explain complex issues in plain language for different stakeholders. - You are comfortable with high-volume work and shifting priorities, and you maintain high quality through effective systems and habits. - You thrive in ambiguity, create structure from chaos, and can independently design scalable processes from scratch. - You have the business acumen to blend legal rigor with strategic persuasion – knowing when to apply pressure, and when to collaborate. - You are relentless and resourceful. You follow up, escalate, and push until the job is done – and you do it with professionalism and integrity. - You can communicate clearly and confidently with executives, lawyers, regulators, procurement staff, engineers, and everyone in between. - You move fast and operate with precision. You thrive in an environment where clarity, accountability, and urgency matter. We’ve been made aware of individuals impersonating the Stedi recruiting team. Please note: - All official communication about roles at Stedi will only come from an @stedi.com http://stedi.com email address, or from our official identification verification partner, Persona, @frompersona.com http://frompersona.com. - If you’re unsure whether a message is legitimate or have any concerns, feel free to contact us directly at careers@stedi.com. We appreciate your attention to this and your interest in joining Stedi. At Stedi, we're looking for people who are deeply curious and aligned to our ways of working. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly match the job description.