Senior Commercial Counsel - Government Contracting at Abridge in SF Office

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About Abridge Founded in 2018, Abridge is the first AI-native clinician intelligence platform organized around the patient, built for clinicians, and designed to help health systems coordinate the clinical, financial, and evidence-based decisions for every moment of care. Powered by purpose-built AI for healthcare, Abridge connects patients, providers, payers, and life sciences companies. This year, the platform will support more than 100 million patient-clinician conversations across more than 300 of the largest and most complex health systems in the U.S. With deep workflow integration, the Abridge clinician intelligence platform has been validated to support encounters in 28+ languages across specialties and care settings. Abridge is setting the industry standard for the responsible deployment of Al across health systems with continual and transparent Al evaluation. Clinical decision support references and cites gold-standard sources of evidence, and features like Linked Evidence map AI-generated documentation to source data, helping clinicians quickly trust and verify the output. Abridge was awarded Best in KLAS for Ambient AI in 2025 and 2026, in addition to other accolades, including TIME Best Inventions of 2024 and 2025, CNBC Disruptor 2025, and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies 2025. We are a growing team of practicing clinicians, AI scientists, PhDs, creatives, technologists, and engineers working together to transform healthcare. We have offices located in San Francisco, New York, and Pittsburgh. The Role Abridge’s government business is growing in both volume and complexity, and this role will own the contract product, and compliance work that powers it. We are looking for a seasoned attorney with experience building relationships with and contracting with government agencies. As a Senior Corporate Counsel - Government Contracting, you will be at the front lines of making Abridge a success, working with internal stakeholders across the sales, partner success, security and product teams to support contracting, product development, and compliance with some of our most complex customers. What You'll Do Drive customer growth by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex government contracts, ensuring compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and agency specific requirements Provide guidance throughout the entire lifecycle of product build and government contracting, from government sales strategy and solicitation review through bid submission, negotiation, to implementation and ongoing regulatory and government contract compliance Work with our commercial legal team in iterating on and improving our templates, and developing playbooks and processes for improving accuracy and efficiency Facilitate automation and efficiencies in collaboration with our Legal Ops team Stay abreast of regulatory and policy developments that may impact decision making Work with and manage outside counsel to navigate complex and novel questions Please note, while we anticipate the majority of time will be spent supporting government contracting, the exact percentage may vary week-to-week, and this role will be expected to support other aspects of the commercial legal function when core work is slower What You'll Bring 7+ years of experience in a legal function with at least 3 years of advising on working with government contracting and related compliance. Established ability to advise on government contract implementation and ongoing compliance, including translating contract obligations into internal processes and assessing adherence to those obligations. Comfort with juggling tight timelines, competing priorities, and a high volume of contracts 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 Demonstrated ability to wo