Description:
The Opportunity:Join us in revolutionizing healthcare for rural America! We're seeking an experienced and mission-driven General Counsel to lead our legal strategy and operations as we scale value-based care across the country.
As General Counsel, you'll be the strategic legal advisor to our executive team and board, ensuring An Austin-Based Startup Company operates with integrity, compliance, and legal foresight. You'll oversee all legal matters, from healthcare compliance and contracting to risk mitigation and corporate governance, helping us navigate the regulatory complexity of delivering equitable, sustainable care. This is a critical executive leadership role for a healthcare legal expert who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
What You'll Do:
- Develop and lead An Austin-Based Startup Company's legal strategy, aligning with business goals and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations at federal and state levels
- Serve as a trusted legal advisor to the executive team and board of directors on a broad range of issues, including corporate governance, strategic partnerships,regulatory and employment risks
- Oversee and optimize contract negotiation and management across all business units - providers, payers, vendors, and partners
- Anticipate and proactively manage legal risk, including identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks related to value-based care models
- Lead the resolution of legal disputes and manage any litigation matters
- Partner cross-functionally to support legal needs across operations, compliance, finance, and product
- Maintain corporate records and ensure adherence to best practices in governance and company policy
- Build and lead a high-performing legal team, promoting operational excellence and business enablement
- Stay abreast of legal and regulatory developments, particularly in value-based healthcare, fraud and abuse requirements, telehealth laws, AKS, HIPAA, and state data privacy laws
- JD from an accredited law school and active license to practice law
- 15+ years of legal experience, including 5+ years in a senior legal role in healthcare, in house experience required
- Proven expertise in healthcare law and regulations, with a deep understanding of value-based care models
- Experience advising high-growth companies and scaling legal infrastructure in dynamic, fast-paced environments
- Exceptional judgment, strategic thinking, and ability to convey complex legal issues in clear, practical terms
- Skilled in contract negotiation, risk mitigation, and litigation management
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing legal teams and fostering collaboration across departments
- Comfortable operating autonomously while also working cross-functionally with a business-oriented mindset
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience with mergers and acquisitions in healthcare
- Familiarity with intellectual property law, especially in healthtech and innovation
- Expertise in data privacy and security regulations, including HIPAA and related frameworks
- Curiosity and Commitment: We are driven by a deep curiosity and commitment to truth, honesty, and knowledge, listening and reflecting with humility, empathy, and compassion to deliver care that enables everyone to achieve their best health.
- Inclusivity and Respect: We cherish diversity in people and perspectives, fostering an inclusive environment built on mutual respect where everyone can thrive.
- Intention and Impact: We are deeply committed to the people and communities we serve, acting intentionally and mindfully, recognizing that our decisions have a significant impact and implications.
- Undaunted Innovation: We are undaunted by the magnitude of our mission, embracing the challenge to innovate, invent, and invest in delivering health and care to communities everywhere.
