"University Counsel / Senior University Counsel – Healthcare Transactions"

The Office of the General Counsel is seeking an experienced, motivated and mission-driven senior attorney with transactional experience to provide support to the health care legal team at Stanford University. Reporting to the Vice President and General Counsel, this position will support Stanford Health Care, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley, and the hospitals' medical foundations in transactional matters, including real estate, supply chain, vendor contracting, and other business transactions. The role demands a high degree of adaptability, flexibility, and excellent client service. The ideal candidate will excel in managing competing interests and executing projects within a high-paced, demanding and cutting-edge environment.

Core Responsibilities:

Lead on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements and other documents, including agreements between and among Stanford entities, while ensuring alignment with Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, HIPAA/HITECH, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement requirements, and California corporate practice of medicine rules. With particular focus on the following two areas:

• Real estate transactions
  • Oversee and manage hospitals’ real estate and facilities transactions, including leases, subleases, lease amendments, assignments, purchase and sale agreements, ground leases, and development/build-to-suit agreements for clinical and administrative sites.
  • Oversee and/or manage real estate due diligence, including title and survey review, zoning and land use issues, and environmental assessments.
  • Ensure compliance with health care regulations impacting real estate (including Stark/AKS, as necessary).
  • Oversee and manage outside counsel and use of outside counsel resources by hospitals.
• Supply chain and procurement transactions
  • Provide legal oversight of transactions negotiated by hospitals’ Contracts Administration office and supply chain organizations for equipment, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and disposables, including purchase agreements, distribution agreements, and maintenance/service agreements.
  • Support participation agreements and contracting with group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and advise on legal issues pertaining to related agreements and arrangements.
  • Collaborate with supply chain leadership on vendor risk assessments.
  • Partner with Contracts Administration to review and negotiate business associate agreements (BAAs), data use/sharing agreements.
  • Support telehealth vendor agreements, clinical affiliation agreements, professional services agreements, management services agreements, and payer/managed care contracting as needed.
• Assist with corporate governance documents, policies, and templates to standardize terms and improve contracting efficiency.
• Monitor regulatory developments and translate changes into practical contracting guidance and template updates.
• Develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and internal policies to drive consistency and speed.
• Provide training and guidance to business stakeholders on contracting processes and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Minimum of six (6) years (for University Counsel) and ten (10) years (for Senior University Counsel) of relevant experience in health law or broad transactional practice.
• Experience with working on matters related to federal and state laws and regulations governing hospitals, health systems, and clinical service providers, including laws related to Stark and Anti-Kickback Statute compliance.
• Experience in advising on real estate transactions for health care entities.
• Experience with drafting and negotiating agreements (health care related agreements experience is preferred, including familiarity with health care supply chain, GPO, and pharmacy agreements).
• In-house experience at a hospital, health system, payer, life sciences company, or large supplier to the health care industry preferred.
• Membership in the California Bar preferred. Willing to consider membership in another state’s Bar, with the ability to qualify as registered in-house counsel in California upon starting.
• Strong client service skills with a capacity to manage competing priorities and projects effectively.
• Discretion, flexibility, excellent judgment and the ability to collaborate and manage a broad range of client needs in a dynamic academic environment.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with outside counsel and staff attorneys.
• The position requires residency in the Bay Area and in-office attendance at least three days per week.

The expected salary range is $200,000 to $248,000 per annum (for the University Counsel position) and $250,000 to $320,000 per annum (for the Senior University Counsel position).

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.