Paralegal

Company Overview:

Cohere Health is illuminating healthcare for patients, their doctors, and all those who are important in a patient’s healthcare experience, both in and out of the doctors office.  Founded in August, 2019, we are obsessed with eliminating wasteful friction patients and doctors experience in areas that have nothing to do with health and treatment, particularly for diagnoses that require expensive procedures or medications.  To that end, we build software that is expressly designed to ensure the appropriate plan of care is understood and expeditiously approved, so that patients and doctors can focus on health, rather than payment or administrative hassles.

Opportunity Overview:

We are looking for an experienced paralegal to join our growing legal team. The paralegal will assist with drafting contracts such as nondisclosure agreements, maintaining corporate records and files, managing contracts (templates, customization of agreements, signatures, amendments, filing), implementation and oversight of the company’s document management system and managing legal projects. This person will be an integral member of the Legal function and of a cross-functional and collaborative team in a dynamic growth environment. This position reports to the General Counsel.

Last but not least: People who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody our core values and principles. We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive, growth-oriented environment that works for everyone.

What you will do:

• Legal Projects: Organize and manage legal projects. Perform legal and general research.

• Contract Review and Contract Management: Draft, revise, and manage nondisclosure agreements (NDA) and other standard company agreements.  Oversee implementation document management system to locate and file company contracts.  Create and maintain a repository of form (template) agreements. Assist attorneys with development of training on the use of template agreements.

• Legal Department Invoices: Create and maintain internal tracking for all outside counsel spend. 

• Administrative Support: Assist General Counsel with scheduling of meetings. Build collaborative and productive relationships across the organization and at all levels. 

Your background & requirements:

• Bachelors and/or Associates degree with a minimum of two (2) to five (5) years of legal assistant or paralegal experience.
• Proven experience in contract administration and knowledge of legal requirements involved with contracts.
• Strong time management and organizational skills, with a proven ability to work independently, prioritize own work and multi-task to meet changing or competing priorities.
• Ability to demonstrate discretion in handling confidential information and to communicate  with high-level executives, external parties and board of directors.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility to accommodate different situations and requirements.

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Great attention to detail and excellent follow through. 

• Experience with or an interest in learning project and file management technology, including document management systems, databases, and collaboration portals

• Strong computer skills with knowledge of and familiarity with Google suite (particularly Calendar, Docs, and Drive), Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Adobe, and Apple (Mac) usage, and must be comfortable learning new software and technology.  

We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!

Equal Opportunity Statement: 

Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all.  To us, it’s personal.

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