Senior Corporate Counsel

Overview

A rapidly growing healthcare technology startup is seeking a corporate lawyer to support its scaling operations. The organization focuses on simplifying healthcare navigation for patients by pairing them with expert advocates and providing tools for better decision-making and outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional teams and contribute to the company’s readiness for public markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead financing and strategic transactions, including equity and debt raises, credit facilities, and capital markets activities from structuring through closing.
• Provide counsel on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and strategic transactions, including due diligence, execution, integration, and drafting/negotiating letters of intent, NDAs, purchase agreements, and closing documents.
• Develop governance and compliance infrastructure to support public company readiness.
• Manage corporate governance processes such as preparing board and committee materials, notices, agendas, minutes, resolutions, and consents, and improve these processes as the company scales.
• Oversee entity management across the corporate structure, including formation, qualification, compliance, and dissolution.
• Create and maintain policies and procedures to ensure compliance with securities regulations applicable to public companies.
• Collaborate closely with Corporate Development, Finance, and Compliance teams on transaction strategy, risk management, audits, equity plans, and internal controls.
• Develop templates, playbooks, and internal processes to enable a small legal team to efficiently support a fast-scaling business.
• Manage relationships with outside counsel and advisors on corporate, securities, and transactional matters.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.
• 3 to 9+ years of experience in corporate, transactional, and securities law; demonstrated practical experience is prioritized over years alone.
• Experience with financing transactions, M&A, and corporate governance; in-house legal experience is strongly preferred.
• Background in IPO readiness is a plus; experience with public company and SEC reporting is beneficial but not required.
• Experience in healthcare, marketplace, or other regulated industries is helpful but not mandatory.
• Strong judgment balancing risk and speed, with the ability to escalate issues appropriately.
• Excellent negotiation, drafting, and project management skills, capable of managing complex, cross-functional transactions under tight deadlines.

Applicants must be based in the United States.

Compensation & Benefits

Details regarding compensation and benefits were not provided.

Location

This position requires the candidate to be based in the United States.