Overview
This role involves serving as Corporate Counsel within the Legal Department, providing expert legal guidance on healthcare-related mergers, acquisitions, strategic transactions, and integration activities. The position requires partnering closely with cross-functional teams to support timely, risk-based business decisions and advance organizational goals.
Responsibilities
- Provide proactive legal counsel and partnership to practice group leaders and enterprise leaders on healthcare-related strategic transactions including M&A, divestitures, joint ventures, and minority investments from structuring through closing and post-close integration.
- Apply deep knowledge of legal domains, industry practices, and regulatory requirements to anticipate trends, identify risks, and enable practical business decisions; escalate significant risks to legal leadership.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Compliance, Operations, IT/Security, HR, and others to define objectives, identify legal risks, and develop mitigation and execution plans.
- Lead or support legal due diligence efforts, including issue identification, risk triage, and coordination of subject-matter expert reviews; translate findings into clear recommendations.
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex, non-standard agreements such as commercial contracts, LOIs, NDAs, purchase agreements, ancillary agreements, and transition services arrangements.
- Represent the Legal Department in internal and external meetings; prepare and deliver summaries and presentations for executive leadership and stakeholders to support transaction governance and approvals.
- Manage and coordinate outside counsel and advisors on transaction and complex contracting matters to ensure quality, efficiency, and alignment with objectives.
- Identify strategic legal needs and lead or contribute to initiatives that improve templates, playbooks, and processes for consistent and efficient execution.
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate degree with at least 10 years of experience in law firm, in-house legal roles, academic positions, or leadership in professional associations.
- Extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions and related strategic transactions.
- Preferred experience supporting healthcare-related M&A and complex strategic transactions, including due diligence, negotiation, and cross-functional coordination through closing and integration.
- Preferred familiarity with healthcare regulatory and compliance issues relevant to transactions, such as contracting, privacy/data, licensing/credentialing, and reimbursement.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clarify complex legal matters for clients.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with in-house counsel, staff, management, outside counsel, and executive leaders.
- Ability to organize, prioritize, and take ownership of work with minimal supervision.
- Adaptability and flexibility in thinking and work style.
- Strong strategic, analytical, advocacy, negotiation, listening, and observational skills.
- Demonstrated leadership within legal teams and with functional leaders.
- Bar admission required upon hire.
Compensation & Benefits
- Pay Grade 25: $142,107 - $308,050 base salary range (actual pay may vary based on qualifications, experience, and location).
- Competitive base and incentive pay.
- 401(k) plan with robust matching and non-matching contributions.
- Comprehensive medical and pharmacy benefits.
- 100% employer-paid dental and vision coverage.
- Holistic wellbeing program with financial incentives.
- Generous paid time off, including 12 paid holidays and birthday off.
- Career development opportunities, tuition reimbursement, and recognition programs.
- Family support benefits including adoption assistance, fertility treatment, and child, elder, and pet care assistance.
- Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities.
- Employee discount program.
Location
- This position is not open to candidates residing in Alaska, North Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Vermont, Maine, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, or other U.S. territories.
Additional Information
- Employment is subject to background check in compliance with applicable fair chance laws.
- Work authorization in the United States is required; visa sponsorship is not provided for this position.
- The employer is an equal opportunity organization committed to a discrimination-free workplace.
- Proof of eligibility to work in the U.S. must be provided if selected for hire.