Asst General Counsel II

Overview

This role provides legal strategy and guidance for the organization’s value-based business unit, including Interwell Health, with a focus on healthcare and telehealth regulations, provider relationships, and compliance with fraud and abuse laws. You will oversee multiple areas of legal risk, draft and negotiate agreements, and provide strategic legal counsel to support business growth and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior legal advisor across functions, with a focus on strategic provider and payer initiatives, enterprise-wide compliance matters, and regulatory developments.
• Partner with operations and network development teams to assess risk proactively and design compliant business models that support growth and innovation.
• Independently draft, review, and negotiate complex and routine contracts, including provider service agreements, practice resource agreements, and consulting agreements.
• Monitor national, state, and local regulatory issues relevant to Interwell, and develop and implement strategies, controls, policies, and processes to ensure legal compliance.
• Conduct legal research and interpret laws, rules, and regulations across a broad range of healthcare topics, including HIPAA, telehealth, and professional licensure/oversight; provide practical guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Act as the main legal advisor to the Marketing team, reviewing and approving marketing campaigns, patient education materials, press releases, and digital content for compliance with healthcare advertising regulations and company policies.
• Develop and maintain internal policies and training for marketing compliance, including processes for pre-launch legal review.
• Manage outside counsel on regulatory inquiries.

Requirements

• Exceptional communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to lead independently, manage multiple projects, and meet tight deadlines with minimal oversight.
• Strong business acumen and technical legal knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex disputes and build consensus in challenging situations.
• Effective decision-making skills, including the ability to assess, calibrate, and clearly communicate legal risks to senior leadership.
• High level of legal innovation and cross-functional collaboration; ability to adapt to shifting market demands and strategic priorities.
• Ability to identify legal risks and provide practical, business-oriented guidance.
• Experience leading educational sessions for legal teams and broader organizational audiences.
• Ability to manage outside counsel effectively and efficiently.
• Strong negotiation, time management, and administrative skills.
• Capability to evaluate legal exposure and develop creative, client-focused solutions aligned with business goals.
• Self-starter mindset with willingness to learn independently.
• Collaborative team player comfortable working in a remote-first environment.
• Excellent business judgment and strategic thinking with actionable advice.
• Strong financial acumen and polished written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Education and Experience

• JD degree from an accredited law school.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working at a value-based health care company on a wide variety of matters including, but not limited to, provider relationships, regulatory affairs, marketing, managed care, and provider operations.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing and advising on healthcare marketing and advertising compliance.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complicated commercial contracts and working with rules and regulations applicable to health care companies, including, but not limited to, HIPAA, data security matters, telemedicine, corporate practice of medicine, and fraud and abuse.
• Proven leadership of attorneys and legal staff in a fast-paced, high-growth healthcare or telehealth company.

Certifications and Licensure Requirements

• Active membership in good standing in at least one state bar.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay/benefit information transparency may be available for locations that allow it.

Location

• Remote: Work from home within the United States.
• Travel: 0–10% travel; limited travel expected to a small number of offsites in the US per year.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently remains stationary up to 90% of the time and sitting up to 8 hours in a day.
• Infrequently bend, stand, stoop and/or walk.
• Infrequently carry weight and/or lift objects (light to heavy) weighing up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently communicates with the ability to hear and talk on a regular basis with employees, coworkers, and all personnel matters; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Frequent use of sight to detect images on computer, office documents, and office objects near and far.

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, national origin, age, disability, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.