Corporate Counsel - Commercial

Corporate Counsel - Commercial ABOUT ABRIDGE Abridge was founded in 2018 with the mission of powering deeper understanding in healthcare. Our AI-powered platform was purpose-built for medical conversations, improving clinical documentation efficiencies while enabling clinicians to focus on what matters most—their patients. Our enterprise-grade technology transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time, with deep EMR integrations. Powered by Linked Evidence and our purpose-built, auditable AI, we are the only company that maps AI-generated summaries to ground truth, helping providers quickly trust and verify the output. As pioneers in generative AI for healthcare, we are setting the industry standards for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems. We are a growing team of practicing MDs, AI scientists, PhDs, creatives, technologists, and engineers working together to empower people and make care make more sense. We have offices located in the Mission District in San Francisco, the SoHo neighborhood of New York, and East Liberty in Pittsburgh. THE ROLE As Corporate Counsel, you will be at the front lines of making Abridge a success, working alongside our Sales and Partner Success teams to negotiate and close deals with customers big and small. This role will spend approximately 75% of the time supporting sell-side activities and 25% of the time supporting procurement and buy-side activities. In both roles, you will deliver practical, business-oriented guidance that supports innovation while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. This is an opportunity to be at the forefront of AI in health tech. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Serve as the lead attorney negotiating commercial transactions with a wide range of customers and vendors - Work with our commercial legal team and sales team in iterating on and improving our core commercial documents and terms, and developing playbooks and processes for improving accuracy and efficiency - Facilitate automation and efficiencies in collaboration with our Legal Ops team WHAT YOU’LL BRING - Passion for Abridge’s mission and the energy and drive to support a fast-moving commercial team - A customer-service mindset; we approach our deals as collaborative projects and treat negotiations as a tool to establish strong partnerships with our customers - 4+ years experience independently leading negotiation of commercial contracts in the healthcare or SaaS space - Comfort with juggling a high volume of contracts, tight timelines, and competing priorities - Demonstrated ability to work independently; interest in joining a small team that prioritizes autonomy and trust - Proven ability to work cross-functionally, particularly with technical teams, designers, and sales teams, building relationships and earning their confidence - Creativity in solving and navigating novel contractual matters; experience in crafting new approaches and language to meet the needs of a rapidly-moving enterprise in a novel industry BONUS POINTS IF… - Some familiarity and understanding of recent trends in artificial intelligence, with a specific focus on language models - Experience in a startup or high growth organization, or otherwise in rapidly scaling processes - Experience in an additional area: SaaS, IP, privacy, etc. WHY WORK AT ABRIDGE? At Abridge, we’re transforming healthcare delivery experiences with generative AI, enabling clinicians and patients to connect in deeper, more meaningful ways. Our mission is clear: to power deeper understanding in healthcare. We’re driving real, lasting change, with millions of medical conversations processed each month. Joining Abridge means stepping into a fast-paced, high-growth startup where your contributions truly make a difference. Our culture requires extreme ownership—every employee has the ability to (and is expected to) make an impact on our customers and our business. Beyond individual impact, you wi ... (truncated, view full listing at source)