Senior Legal Counsel

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Lead the drafting, negotiation, and management of complex contracts, including provider, payer, vendor, and partnership agreements.

• Responsibilities include corporate legal matters, including governance, SEC/public company requirements, and board activities.

• Provide strategic guidance on healthcare and insurance regulatory issues, including compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.

• Manage relationships with external counsel 

• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Compliance, People, and Operations to mitigate legal risk and support company objectives.

• Develop and implement scalable legal processes, policies, and templates to support operational efficiency.

• Advise on corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments.

• Serve as a trusted business partner in executive decision-making, balancing risk management with business innovation.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with a U.S. state bar.

• Minimum of 7+ years in the practice of law, of a combination of  full-service law firm and advancing in-house experience

•  Minimum of 5 years experience in healthcare law and/or health insurance

• Deep experience in corporate law, healthcare contracting, and regulatory matters.

• Prior experience in a public company or with public company governance strongly preferred.

• Ability to lead and build high-performing legal teams.

• Exceptional judgment, integrity, and business acumen, with the ability to operate strategically and tactically.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.

• Background in health insurance, managed care, or healthcare delivery, large group employer medical and provider contracting.

• Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks governing the health insurance industry, including HIPAA, ACA, ERISA, and state insurance laws

• Experience managing regulator inquiries in the healthcare and/or health insurance space

• Experience supporting a high-growth or innovative organization navigating regulatory complexity.

• Pharmacy, PBM, provider-side and healthcare privacy experience a plus

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS 

• JD and active State Bar membership

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; talk; and hear. 

• The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. 

• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• The employee may regularly be required to lift and/or move up to: 20 LBS

• The noise level in the work environment is usually:  x moderate

• For this position the percentage of expected Travel is: 25% of the time