Empower Pharmacy

Position Summary

The Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate & Commercial, at Empower Pharmacy plays a vital role in advancing Empower’s mission to expand access to safe, high-quality, and affordable medication while protecting the company’s interests through effective contract management. As the nation’s largest 503A compounding pharmacy and an FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility producing more than 300 million doses annually, Empower is experiencing rapid growth and is on track toward its billion-dollar milestone. This position is central to scaling that growth responsibly by ensuring contractual relationships align with legal and regulatory standards while enabling strategic opportunities. Reporting to the Associate General Counsel of Corporate & Legal Operations, the Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate & Commercial, partners with business leaders across the organization to draft, review, and negotiate contracts that mitigate risk, foster trusted relationships, and create scalable frameworks that support Empower’s transformational growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates complex agreements, including vendor contracts, customer agreements, licensing arrangements, confidentiality agreements, real estate and facilities agreements, corporate governance documents, and strategic partnerships that enable Empower’s rapid growth.
• Serves as subject matter expert for merger and acquisition transactions, corporate governance matters, and capital projects.
• Ensures all contracts comply with federal, state, and industry regulations while aligning with Empower’s policies, operational requirements, and long-term growth objectives.
• Collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders across sales, procurement, operations, compliance, marketing, and HR to deliver proactive, solutions-oriented legal support that balances opportunity with risk mitigation.
• Develops, maintains, and scales standardized contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and workflow processes that drive efficiency, consistency, and readiness for organizational expansion.
• Leverages AI-enabled contract management and legal technology tools to streamline drafting, automate review, identify risks, and enhance lifecycle management across Empower’s expanding portfolio.
• Implements and manages customer-facing contract solutions and contract automation tools to enhance business alignment and efficiency.
• Provides clear, practical, and business-focused legal advice to leaders and teams on contract rights, obligations, and risks, ensuring decisions align with Empower’s billion-dollar growth trajectory.
• Supports corporate transactions, audits, due diligence, and regulatory inquiries by ensuring contract documentation is accurate, current, and readily accessible.
• Advances the continuous improvement of Empower’s legal function by adopting innovative practices, scalable processes, and technology solutions that strengthen business alignment and operational excellence.
• Leads and supervises Contract Counsel on the contracts team, providing mentorship, guidance, and oversight.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong knowledge of contract law and applicable regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and real estate and facilities agreements.
• Supervisory experience managing and mentoring junior Contract Counsel.
• Demonstrated success negotiating complex agreements with vendors, customers, and strategic partners.
• Hands-on experience leading contract lifecycle management processes and driving process improvements.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled contract tools, contract automation platforms, and modern customer-facing contract solutions.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across business units, balancing legal risks with operational and strategic priorities.

Key Competencies

• Customer Focus: Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer centric solutions.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources effectively and efficiently.
• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments and objectives.
• Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match shifting demands of different situations.
• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Values

• People: Our people define who we are as a company, and we believe that understanding and addressing the needs of our team, clients, and community is fundamental to fostering a culture of support and growth.
• Quality: Quality stands at the core of our mission, reflecting our commitment to excellence in every medication we produce.
• Service: We are here to serve others. Every interaction with our patients, providers, employees and other stakeholders comes from a place of service.
• Innovation: By continuously exploring new methodologies and embracing technology, we ensure that every solution we offer is at the forefront of pharmaceutical care.

Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience practicing law, with a focus on contract drafting, negotiation, and management, ideally within the pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences industries. 4 to 6 years of experience at a law firm with a focus on corporate transactions, contracts, or commercial matters.
• Requires Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school; active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Certifications pertinent to mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance are preferred.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/ - Link Opens in New Tab