Senior Counsel - Vendor Contracting

CVS Health • Woonsocket, RI • 3h ago

We're building a world of health around every individual - shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger - helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

The Senior Counsel - Vendor Contracting position serves a critical role in providing all aspects of legal support and guidance on an independent basis to internal business partners, including senior/executive management, with respect to sourcing, establishing and managing key and complex commercial relationships and vendor engagements across CVS Health. The position serves as the lead attorney in managing, reviewing, evaluating, drafting and negotiating a wide range of vendor contracts, such as master service agreements, amendments, statements of work, terminations and similar documents, to drive strategic business initiatives. In doing so, the role must handle and manage a high volume of matters and transactions in an efficient and effective manner while helping to identify, assess and mitigate risk to the enterprise. The role also serves as a subject matter expert by providing strategic advice and counsel across a variety of sophisticated legal and business issues as well as interpretation of new legal requirements, and works closely with senior/executive management to advance business objectives and achieve successful results.

Major Responsibilities:

Lead and provide end-to-end contractual legal services in connection with vendor sourcing and engagement, on an independent basis, including the review, drafting and negotiation of vendor contracts, ensuring adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies and alignment with business objectives.

Independently provide internal business partners and other key stakeholders, including senior/executive management, with strategic counsel, guidance and advice regarding a wide range of complex and sophisticated legal and business issues to help advance key business objectives.

Lead and manage efforts to develop and implement department initiatives, including templates, guidelines, policies, procedures, and trainings.

Required Qualifications

8+ years of sophisticated corporate/commercial legal work in a law firm or in-house position.

8+ years drafting and negotiating complex contractual terms and conditions. Mastery in reviewing and analyzing complex commercial contracts.

Experience with technology transactions and contracts, including drafting and negotiating complex technology agreements and expertise in the areas of XaaS, cloud services, AI, software licensing, data security, data privacy, and related matters.

Excellent drafting, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to manage multiple high priority contracts/projects on a regular basis without oversight, adjusting priorities as needed and meeting deadlines.

Must be results oriented; possess ability to set the right expectations based upon the timelines and workloads of cross functional stakeholders; drive the project and keep others on task to meet goals.

Demonstrated team player, able to develop cross functional relationships and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including senior/executive management.

Education

Doctorate (Juris Doctorate) from an accredited law school

Licensed to practice law in at least one state and/or register as RI in house counsel

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$175,100.00 - $334,750.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits - investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan .

No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 04/20/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

CVS Health is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, including Disability/Protected Veteran - committed to diversity in the workplace.

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