Senior Counsel - Employment, Litigation, and Investigations

Overview

This role serves as trusted legal counsel to Human Resources, business leaders, and executive leadership on employment, litigation, and investigations. The position provides practical, risk-based guidance covering employee relations, internal and high-stakes investigations, leave and accommodation issues, workforce restructurings, policy development, and employment-related compliance. It also manages employment disputes, oversees outside counsel, supports government and regulatory inquiries, and leads privileged investigations. In addition, the Senior Counsel develops scalable legal resources and partners across the organization to identify and mitigate legal risk while supporting operational and strategic business objectives.

Responsibilities

Employment Law & Workforce Advisory

• Serve as the primary legal advisor to Human Resources and business leaders on employee relations, including performance management, disciplinary actions, terminations, leave and accommodations, policy development, and workforce restructuring.
• Provide practical, risk-based guidance on employment matters involving protected characteristics, retaliation concerns, reductions in force, severance agreements, and compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Advise on clinician-specific employment issues, including licensure matters, worker classification, and compensation considerations.

Litigation, Regulatory & Risk Management

• Manage employment, commercial, and managed care litigation, agency charges, attorney demands, subpoenas, records requests, and other disputes from pre-litigation through resolution.
• Direct outside counsel, oversee legal strategy and budgets, prepare position statements, support mediations, and advise leaders on legal exposure and risk mitigation.
• Ensure compliance with privacy, confidentiality, and regulatory requirements, including healthcare-specific disclosure obligations.

Investigations & Compliance

• Lead and oversee workplace, compliance, misconduct, managed care, and other sensitive investigations, ensuring matters are handled promptly, fairly, and consistently.
• Conduct privileged investigations, assess legal and regulatory risks, coordinate cross-functional reviews, and support responses to government inquiries and investigations.
• Recommend and monitor corrective actions, remediation efforts, and reporting obligations when appropriate.

Legal Operations, Training & Process Improvement

• Develop and maintain legal playbooks, templates, policies, guidance materials, and training programs to support scalable legal and Human Resources practices.
• Educate managers, Human Resources, and business leaders on employment law developments, investigations, documentation standards, and risk-management best practices.
• Identify trends across disputes and investigations and recommend operational, policy, and training improvements to reduce organizational risk.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
• Active bar admission in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction, with eligibility for in-house registration where required.
• At least 6 years of employment-law and/or litigation experience gained at a law firm, in-house legal department, government, or a combination thereof.
• Demonstrated experience advising Human Resources on terminations, discipline, leave, and accommodation matters, including the ADA, FMLA, and PWFA.
• Experience managing litigation, pre-litigation disputes, and agency charges, including directing outside counsel and managing legal budgets.
• Experience conducting or overseeing workplace or compliance investigations under privilege.
• Sound independent judgment, including the ability to make risk assessments, deliver clear recommendations, and escalate matters appropriately.
• Excellent legal research, writing, advocacy, project-management, and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex legal risk plainly to non-lawyers at all organizational levels.
• Ability to pass background check upon hire and throughout employment, including criminal felony & misdemeanor search, SSN validation/trace search (LEIE), education report (highest degree obtained), civil upper and lower search, 7-year employment report, federal criminal search, statewide criminal search, widescreen plus national criminal search, health care sanctions-state med (SAM), national sex offender registry, prohibited parties (OFAC) (terrorist watchlist), and a 10-Panel Drug Screen.

Values and Competencies

• Compassion and empathy in serving others.
• Ownership and initiative, stepping up and acting when opportunities arise.
• Agility and responsiveness in a changing world.
• Growth and belonging, respecting and celebrating everyone for who they are.
• Business partnership: enables defensible decisions and engages early.
• Ownership and initiative: manages matters end to end and resolves blockers promptly.
• Scalability: creates durable systems and guidance that reduce recurring legal work.
• Judgment and discretion: handles sensitive personnel, patient, privileged, and investigative information appropriately.
• Collaboration across Human Resources, Compliance, Clinical, Legal Operations, Information Technology, Finance, and business teams.
• Organization and execution: manages multiple matters and deadlines while maintaining accurate status, budgets, and documentation.
• Clear communication: writes and speaks with precision, empathy, and practical focus.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual compensation between $140,000 - $180,000, PLUS an annual performance-based, discretionary incentive.
• Compensation is dependent on non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to an applicant's skills, education/degrees, certifications, prior experience, market data, and other relevant factors.

Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with competitive employer match
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Paid parental leave and wellbeing incentives
• Generous paid time off, including volunteer time
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Professional development opportunities and tuition reimbursement
• Remote work flexibility (role-dependent)

Working Conditions

• Work performed from home with company-provided equipment.
• High-speed internet service (cable or fiber optic) with minimum download speed of 20 Mbps, upload speed of 5 Mbps, and maximum latency of 100 milliseconds (must be installed before starting) required.
• Frequent use of computer and phone systems.
• Ability to remain in a stationary, sitting position for long periods; communicate and exchange information with others; inspect information; perform repetitive motions with arms and fingers; interpret data; problem solve; make decisions; organize and plan; and maintain a positive and professional attitude.
• Quiet workspace with minimal background noise for calls.
• For roles requiring travel: must be able to travel by air to various locations and stay overnight in hotels as needed for business purposes, including the ability to manage travel logistics, adapt to varying time zones and environments, and adapt to varying worksite conditions.

Application Timing

New applications and resumes will be accepted and reviewed no less than 5 business days after the original posting date and may remain open an extended period of time with no set end date based on the level of interest.