Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide. As the nation’s most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility, we’re redefining what’s possible in personalized medicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing. We’re proud to be recognized as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc. 5000 List for 2025.

Our strength is built on four core values: People, Quality, Service, and Innovation. Guided by these principles, we’ve created a uniquely integrated healthcare platform powered by advanced technology, operational excellence, and a relentless commitment to patient care. From manufacturing and quality control to distribution and customer experience, our teams work together to raise industry standards, expand access to critical medications, and improve outcomes for patients and providers across the country.

At Empower, joining our team means more than starting a new role. It means becoming part of a mission-driven organization that’s transforming healthcare at scale. We invest deeply in our people, encourage bold thinking, and create opportunities for growth, leadership, and innovation at every level. Your ideas matter here, your development is supported, and the work you do has a direct impact on the lives of millions.

If you thrive in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment where innovation, collaboration, and ambition come together, Empower Pharmacy is the place for you. Let’s transform healthcare together.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate & Commercial serves as a strategic legal advisor responsible for building scalable commercial and corporate legal infrastructure supporting Empower’s hyper-growth 503A and 503B environment. This role owns complex commercial agreements, corporate governance activities, strategic transactions, and enterprise legal operations while protecting contractual economics, mitigating risk, and enabling disciplined organizational growth. Leveraging AI as a force multiplier, the position improves contract execution speed, legal analysis quality, operational efficiency, and decision-making through automation, structured workflows, and advanced contract intelligence tools. The role partners closely with Executive Leadership, Finance, Operations, Procurement, and Compliance to strengthen enterprise governance, accelerate business execution, and support scalable growth without compromising regulatory obligations or enterprise value. Success requires P80–P90 talent demonstrating strategic thinking, execution rigor, learning agility, enterprise ownership, and sound legal judgment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Enterprise Commercial Infrastructure

Commercial Structuring: Lead the structuring, drafting, review, and negotiation of complex vendor, customer, licensing, real estate, and strategic partnership agreements supporting enterprise growth objectives and operational scalability. Develop business-aligned legal solutions balancing commercial opportunity, contractual protections, operational realities, and regulatory obligations while leveraging AI-enabled contract intelligence tools to improve negotiation efficiency, execution speed, and enterprise risk visibility across highly complex commercial relationships.
Contract Governance: Develop scalable contract templates, clause libraries, governance standards, and approval workflows that improve legal consistency, reduce deviation rates, and accelerate contract cycle times across enterprise operations. Implement AI-supported review processes, automated validation workflows, and standardized negotiation frameworks that strengthen operational discipline, improve legal execution quality, and support efficient management of high-volume commercial contracting activities.
Risk Evaluation: Evaluate contractual financial exposure, operational risks, indemnification structures, and liability allocation while providing clear, business-aligned legal guidance supporting executive decision-making and enterprise growth objectives. Partner closely with Finance, Procurement, Operations, and Executive Leadership to negotiate practical legal solutions that strengthen commercial relationships, protect organizational interests, and maintain scalable legal governance within a highly regulated environment.