General Counsel

Overview

This role is for a Vice President, General Counsel responsible for leading global legal, compliance, regulatory, and security oversight functions within a health solutions division. Reporting to the President, the position serves as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, ensuring governance, risk management, and protection of data, systems, products, and reputation.

The role includes ultimate accountability for cybersecurity governance, risk posture, and alignment with business strategy, with the Chief Information Security Officer and security function reporting into Legal.

Responsibilities

Legal, Compliance & Governance

• Serve as chief legal advisor on all legal, regulatory, and governance matters.
• Lead global legal strategy across commercial, product, regulatory, employment, litigation, intellectual property, privacy, and data protection.
• Oversee corporate governance, executive and board support, and enterprise policy frameworks.
• Ensure compliance programs across regulated environments including healthcare, quality systems, trade compliance, and global regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Product, and Commercial leaders on employee relations, investigations, transactions, and risk matters.

Security & Cybersecurity Oversight

• Provide executive oversight and governance for information security and cybersecurity programs.
• Lead and support the Chief Information Security Officer, ensuring clear priorities and alignment to business risk.
• Own cybersecurity governance, policies, standards, and escalation frameworks.
• Ensure cyber risk management, incident response readiness, and regulatory compliance.
• Act as executive sponsor for security considerations related to major technology initiatives such as ERP, cloud, AI, and digital platforms.
• Serve as senior legal and governance interface for cybersecurity matters with auditors, regulators, customers, and partners.

Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness

• Build, lead, and develop high-performing Legal, Compliance, and Security teams with clear accountability and succession planning.
• Set expectations, drive performance, and ensure consistent application of standards.
• Establish operating rhythms, metrics, and prioritization focused on critical risks and opportunities.
• Demonstrate courageous leadership by raising issues early, challenging constructively, and holding teams accountable.

Business Partnership & Strategy

• Provide pragmatic, timely, and commercially sound legal guidance to enable business growth.
• Balance risk mitigation with speed and innovation, positioning Legal and Security as enablers.
• Anticipate emerging legal, regulatory, and cyber risks and proactively prepare the organization.
• Represent the division as a credible and confident executive leader internally and externally.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree with active bar membership.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive leadership experience in legal, compliance, and risk-intensive environments.
• Experience overseeing or closely partnering with enterprise cybersecurity or information security leaders.
• Strong business acumen with experience advising senior executives.
• Proven ability to lead through complexity, ambiguity, and change.
• Experience in regulated, global, or matrixed organizations preferred.

Preferred Leadership Attributes

• Business-first mindset with strong judgment and integrity.
• Courageous, direct, and committed to raising standards.
• Calm and decisive under pressure.
• Structured and disciplined operator bringing rigor and clarity.
• Trusted advisor with executive presence and credibility.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $211,200 to $392,800 (local currency).

Location

• Remote (United States)

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an equal opportunity organization that values diversity and encourages applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodations are provided for applicants with disabilities during the application process.