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About Lyra Health

Lyra Health is the leading provider of mental health solutions for employers supporting more than 20 million people globally. The company has delivered 13 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 20 peer-reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness and cost efficiency. Extensive peer-reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs. Lyra is transforming access to life-changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI-powered platform combining the highest-quality care and technology solutions.

About the Role:

You will be a critical member of Lyra's legal team helping to drive vendor contracting and support internal stakeholders to fulfill Lyra’s mission to bring mental and emotional health solutions to large employers across the country. As a vital member of our commercial contracts team, you will review and negotiate contracts with vendors as the main focus, as well as work with internal stakeholders to resolve questions, and contribute to team projects as needed to support Lyra’s growth. 

The ideal candidate will be an experienced contracts negotiator who enjoys being a part of a tight-knit collegial team with an enthusiasm for building better internal processes through technology and process improvements. The legal team plays an essential role at the company, responding and managing all legal questions, and candidates with all-around experience are welcome to help support the various needs of the company.

This role can be carried out from our Burlingame, CA headquarters, hybrid, or fully remote/virtually. Remote candidates must be physically located within the United States.

• Negotiate, draft, and redline vendor agreements, customer agreements, license agreements, partnership agreements, confidentiality agreements, statements of work, data security agreements, and other documents; when appropriate, collaborate with leadership and internal stakeholders to define/drive discussions with clients and prospects
• Independently support critical commercial matters for the company, including complex and strategic transactions (partnerships, technology integrations, among others)
• Collaborate with internal and external experts to ensure that commercial agreements comply with policies, laws, rules, and regulations.
• Provide practical and creative legal advice and support on business matters in a fast-paced environment 
• Work cross-functionally and provide legal guidance to various internal functions in the business including new opportunities and product lines. 
• Collaborate with internal and external experts to ensure that commercial agreements appropriately manage risk and comply with policies, laws, rules, and regulations.

• Law degree from an accredited law school and membership in a state bar with good standing.
• 5+ years legal experience, in-house, at a law firm, or a combination of both.
• Experience negotiating, drafting, and reviewing a wide range of complex commercial agreements, including technology transactions, health care agreements, data sharing agreements, and sales contracts.
• Strong understanding of how to balance legal risks and business needs, to both protect the company and drive growth, with an enthusiasm for plain english and business-friendly contract drafting. 
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills.  Eager and willing to take on new areas of law and function independently in a demanding fast-paced environment.
• Enjoy building relationships with fun & friendly coworkers!

• Experience working in-house with a technology company and/or healthcare organization strongly preferred.
• Additional contracting experience with the following a plus:
• Health care privacy laws, CCPA, GDPR, etc.
• State and/or Federal health care programs/regulations
• ERISA
• Provider contracts and partnerships
• Technology transactions

"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge that your personal information will be processed as per the Lyra Health Workforce Privacy Notice. Through this application, to the extent permitted by law, we will collect personal information from you including, but not limited to, your name, email address, gender identity, employment information, and phone number for the purposes of recruiting and assessing suitability, aptitude, skills, qualifications, and interests for employment with Lyra.  We may also collect information about your race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, which is considered sensitive personal information under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and special category data under the UK and EU GDPR.  Providing this information is optional and completely voluntary, and if you provide it you consent to Lyra processing it for the purposes as described at the point of collection, for example for diversity and inclusion initiatives.  If you are a California resident and would like to limit how we use this information, please use the Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information form.  This information will only be retained for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as described above. Please note that Lyra does not “sell” or “share” personal information as defined by the CPRA. Outside of the United States, for example in the EU, Switzerland and the UK, you may have the right to request access to, or a copy of, your personal information, including in a portable format; request that we delete your information from our systems; object to or restrict processing of your information; or correct inaccurate or outdated personal information in our systems. These rights may be subject to legal limitations. To exercise your data privacy rights outside of the United States, please contact [email protected]. For more information about how we use and retain your information, please see our Workforce Privacy Notice."