Director, Legal

Accountabilities

• • Build the legal function: Establish and lead the in-house legal function, developing scalable processes, workflows, templates, and practices that support a growing technology organization.
  • Commercial contracting: Own commercial agreements end to end across new business, renewals, expansions, partner and agency relationships, and technology and data partnerships.
  • Contracting infrastructure: Develop practical contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and workflows that enable business teams to move efficiently while reducing unnecessary legal friction.
  • Privacy-by-design: Partner closely with Product and Engineering from the earliest stages of development to embed privacy considerations into product and technology decisions rather than treating them as late-stage reviews.
  • Privacy and compliance: Advise leadership and cross-functional teams on data privacy, data protection, security, healthcare-related regulations, and other compliance requirements relevant to products and operations.
  • Strategic risk management: Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and senior leaders, translating legal risks into practical options that allow the business to pursue opportunities safely and effectively.
  • Corporate legal matters: Support corporate governance, financing, equity, employment, intellectual property, and other legal matters as the organization evolves.
  • Outside counsel: Manage external legal advisors and legal spend strategically, ensuring outside resources are used effectively.
  • Cross-functional partnership: Collaborate closely with executive leadership and teams across Product, Engineering, Sales, and other functions to provide timely, commercially minded legal guidance.
  • Organizational scalability: Develop a proactive, business-first approach to legal operations and risk management that can scale alongside the company's growth.

  Requirements

  • Legal credentials: Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
  • In-house experience: Demonstrated in-house legal experience within a technology or SaaS company, ideally in an earlier-stage, high-growth startup environment.
  • Commercial expertise: Strong experience negotiating, structuring, and managing commercial agreements throughout the customer and vendor lifecycle.
  • Privacy and technology law: Deep familiarity with privacy, data protection, technology transactions, and related regulatory considerations; healthcare regulatory experience is strongly preferred.
  • Business judgment: Ability to balance appropriate legal and regulatory risk management with commercial priorities, customer needs, speed, and business objectives.
  • Strategic partnership: Comfortable advising CEOs and senior executives and influencing decisions through clear, practical, and solutions-oriented legal guidance.
  • Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Autonomy: Demonstrated ability to work independently, prioritize competing demands, and make sound decisions in an ambiguous and rapidly evolving environment.
  • Leadership style: Pragmatic, highly accountable, direct, respectful, and focused on delivering meaningful business impact quickly.

  Benefits

  • Base salary: Estimated base salary of $260,000–$300,000.
  • Equity: Generous equity package with a 10-year exercise window.
  • Paid Fridays: Half-day Fridays every week.
  • Parental leave:16 weeks of fully paid parental leave, available after 6 months of employment.
  • Flexible PTO: Flexible paid time off with a required minimum of two weeks.
  • Healthcare: Top-tier medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums covered.
  • Company offsites: Intentional, engaging team offsites, with previous destinations including Arizona, Jackson Hole, Nashville, and New Orleans.
  • Growth environment: Opportunity to have significant ownership and influence while helping shape the legal infrastructure of a rapidly scaling healthcare technology business.