Paralegal

About TruHearing

TruHearing is a rewarding, fun and friendly, mission-based organization that makes a real difference towards improving people’s lives. It’s not just HR saying this: employees have spoken and have voted TruHearing as one of Utah’s Top Workplaces 8 years in a row! Our employees enjoy a positive working environment in a company that has experienced rapid growth. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, educational assistance, and opportunities for advancement.

TruHearing is the market leader and a force for positive change in the hearing healthcare industry. We reconnect people to the richness of life through industry-leading hearing healthcare solutions. We work with insurance companies, hearing aid manufacturers, and healthcare providers to reduce prices and expand access to better hearing care and whole-body health.

TruHearing is part of the WS Audiology Group (WSA), a global leader in the hearing aid industry. Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world. The WSA portfolio of technologies spans the full spectrum of hearing care, from distinct hearing brands and digital platforms to managed care, hearing centers and diagnostics locations.

About The Opportunity

This role exists to support TruHearing’s legal team by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating routine contracts and amendments; managing contracts; performing legal research; and handling other administrative tasks.

What will you be doing?

• Contract Drafting and Review:
• Under the direction of company attorneys, draft, review, negotiate, and revise various routine contracts and contract amendments (e.g., nondisclosure agreements, periodic updates to existing contracts), ensuring compliance with company requirements and standards.
• Maintain effective communication with internal stakeholders (e.g., company attorneys and business development team) and external parties to facilitate contract negotiations.
• Contract Management:
• Assist with contract management projects, including updating contract templates and drafting and distributing internal contract summaries, and assume primary responsibility for company’s online contract management system.
• Legal Research and Analysis:
• Under the direction of company attorneys, conduct online legal research to support the company’s contracting and operational initiatives.
• Research, analyze and apply applicable laws and regulations.
• Manage company licensing renewals and reports across all jurisdictions.
• Manage routine legal department administrative tasks (e.g., respond to requests regarding company’s contractual obligations, request certificates of insurance, outside counsel legal bills, etc.)
• Assist with review of marketing materials to ensure compliance with legal requirements and company standards.
  

What skills do you need to bring?

Skills

In addition to exhibiting the TruHearing Values of Delight, Alight, Enjoy, Improve and Be Tru, this role requires the following skills and competencies:

• Analytical Thinking – Analyzes information, recognizes patterns, and summarizes insights.
• Accountability – Operates autonomously in most situations, communicates limits and needs.
• Quality – Consistently meets quality standards of the organization with limited assistance.
• Productivity – Consistently meets productivity standards of the organization with limited assistance.
• Problem Solving – Solves known problems with proven solutions, escalates unusual or novel problems.
• Negotiation – Uses negotiation in common situations that present limited difficulties, works with a moderate level of guidance.
• Decision Making – Makes decisions that may involve interpreting guidelines and policies, escalates decisions that may have severe consequences.
• Subject Matter Expertise – Applies expertise in common situations that present limited difficulties, working with a moderate level of guidance.
• Using Technology – Uses standard IT applications in common situations with limited supervision.
  
  

What education or experience is required?

Required

• At least 3 years of experience as a paralegal with contract management and drafting responsibilities.
• A combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a formal education.
  
  

Preferred

• Experience working with contracts in the Health Care Industry.
• At least 5 years of experience as a paralegal with contract management and drafting responsibilities
  
  

What benefits are offered?

TruHearing offers a generous compensation and benefits package including health coverage, a fully vested 401k match, education assistance, fully paid long and short-term disability, paid time off and paid holidays. We are conveniently located across the street from the Draper FrontRunner station and subsidize the cost of a UTA pass with access to FrontRunner, TRAX and regular bus service – employee cost is less than $2 per day. You’ll work in an exciting and fun environment and have the opportunity to grow with us.

Equal Opportunity

TruHearing is an Equal Opportunity Employer who encourages diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.