General Counsel Health Law

Froedtert•Menomonee Falls, WI

17d•Hybrid

About The Position

Froedtert ThedaCare Health is seeking an accomplished legal executive to lead its Health Law function within the Office of General Counsel (OGC). Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, the Associate Vice President, Health Law serves on the OGC leadership team and provides strategic, practical legal counsel on healthcare regulatory, clinical, operational, compliance, physician, and business matters. The role partners with executives, boards, committees, physicians, operational teams, and other stakeholders to advance organizational priorities across a complex, multi-entity nonprofit integrated health system. The AVP supports strategic affiliations, acquisitions, partnerships, care delivery innovation, compliance initiatives, governance matters, and business transformation. The role oversees privileged investigations, legal analyses, internal reviews, responses to legal matters, and outside counsel engaged for specialized work. It also provides executive leadership for system-wide policy management, including governance, administration, metrics, controls, and continuous improvement. The AVP leads and develops attorneys and other legal professionals, improves OGC processes and service delivery, and builds partnerships across the organization. Candidates must have a JD, be licensed in Wisconsin or eligible for admission upon hire, and reside and work within Froedtert ThedaCare Health’s Wisconsin service area. The position is based in Menomonee Falls or Neenah, Wisconsin, with a hybrid work arrangement.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
Licensed to practice law and in good standing in Wisconsin, or eligible for admission upon hire.
At least 8–10 years of progressively responsible experience in health law, healthcare regulatory law, healthcare operations, or related healthcare legal practice areas.
At least 5 years of leadership experience managing attorneys, legal professionals, and/or teams.
Significant experience advising healthcare organizations on regulatory, operational, clinical, compliance, and transactional legal matters.
Demonstrated experience leading attorneys and legal professionals within a complex healthcare organization.
Demonstrated success mentoring legal professionals, advising senior executives, physician leaders, and boards, and leading complex organizational initiatives.
Strong business acumen and ability to balance legal risk, regulatory obligations, operational priorities, and organizational goals.
Excellent communication, negotiation, relationship-building, and executive leadership skills.
Must reside and work within Froedtert ThedaCare Health’s Wisconsin expansive service area.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting integrated health systems, healthcare organizations, academic medical centers, physician enterprises, or similarly complex healthcare organizations.
Extensive knowledge of healthcare regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, reimbursement considerations, provider arrangements, and clinical operations.
Experience supporting strategic healthcare transactions, affiliations, acquisitions, partnerships, and clinical integration initiatives.
Experience leading policy governance and integrations, compliance-related initiatives, and enterprise-wide operational improvement efforts.
Proven ability to lead change, improve organizational performance, and develop high-performing teams.
Demonstrated success implementing legal operations, process improvement, technology, governance, and service delivery innovations.

Responsibilities

Lead the Health Law function across the health system and provide practical, business-focused legal guidance on regulatory, clinical, operational, compliance, and strategic initiatives.
Advise executive, physician, operational, and clinical leaders on healthcare laws, regulations, accreditation standards, reimbursement matters, compliance obligations, and emerging legal risks.
Advise on physician and provider arrangements, clinical affiliations, care delivery models, professional services agreements, operational initiatives, and healthcare regulatory requirements.
Support strategic affiliations, acquisitions, partnerships, clinical integration, and organizational growth by identifying legal risks and developing practical solutions.
Oversee attorney-client privileged investigations, legal analyses, internal reviews, and responses involving healthcare operational, clinical, compliance, and regulatory matters.
Direct and manage outside counsel engaged for specialized healthcare regulatory, transactional, litigation, compliance, and other legal matters.
Provide executive leadership for the organization’s policy management program, including policy governance, administration, integration, and continuous improvement.
Oversee system-wide policy processes to ensure policies are developed, reviewed, approved, maintained, communicated, and administered in accordance with organizational standards and regulatory requirements.
Establish and monitor policy management metrics, reporting, controls, and governance structures that promote accountability, transparency, consistency, and compliance.
Improve efficiency, scalability, transparency, and effectiveness within the OGC through process improvement, operational innovation, and service delivery excellence.
Lead and develop attorneys, paralegals, contract professionals, operations leaders, and legal support staff.
Build partnerships with executive leadership and compliance, finance, human resources, information technology, physician leadership, and operational stakeholders.
Foster a collaborative, service-oriented culture focused on excellence, accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and client service.