Head of Legal

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with various teams throughout the organization on a diverse array of legal inquiries, facilitating swift and thoughtful business operations.

• Manage commercial legal tasks, which include agreements with customers, vendors, and partners.

• Develop scalable legal and compliance procedures that foster growth while minimizing unnecessary obstacles.

• Take ownership of critical healthcare regulatory and compliance domains.

• Assist in crafting the legal and compliance framework for our insurance billing activities.

• Provide support for privacy and information security initiatives related to customer requirements, due diligence processes, and upcoming financing.

• Aid in equity and debt financing efforts and assist in managing broader corporate issues.

• Supervise ongoing activities in employment, intellectual property, governance, tax, and other essential legal duties.

• Help shape the vision of an exceptional in-house legal function at Counsel Health.

⛳️ Requirements

• Early career experience at a prestigious law firm, preferably within a corporate practice.

• Extensive background in healthcare, whether as counsel for healthtech companies or in-house at a healthcare or healthtech organization.

• A pragmatic, business-oriented approach to legal responsibilities.

• Strong decision-making abilities and the capability to balance risk, speed, and organizational priorities.

• Comfort in working autonomously and managing intricate legal matters from inception to completion.

• Experience in overseeing outside counsel and advancing significant workstreams with minimal oversight.

• Enthusiasm for developing systems, processes, and a legal function from scratch.

• Bonus qualifications include: Experience as an early legal hire at a startup or a scaling company, familiarity with insurance billing, healthcare regulatory frameworks, and approval processes, and experience assisting a company in expanding into new markets, products, or operational complexities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage.

• Vision and dental insurance.

• 401K retirement plan.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• Parental leave policy.