Vice President, Associate General Counsel
About The Position
HealthVerity’s Vice President, Associate General Counsel will partner with the EVP & General Counsel to evolve the legal, compliance, and contracting functions across the recently combined HealthVerity and Symphony Health businesses. As the second in-house lawyer, this role will regularly engage with teams across the organization and the executive leadership team, helping integrate the businesses and shape the legal function’s culture, processes, and structure. The role supports sales, partnerships, real-world data, people, contracts, privacy, and compliance teams with practical legal expertise and judgment. The position covers healthcare data and software licensing, commercial contracting, privacy advice, compliance program development, contracting workflow improvements, and commercial partnerships. It also includes mentoring team members as the legal, compliance, and contracting functions work together. The role is based in a hybrid model for local Philadelphia employees, who are required to work in the office three days a week. Remote work is supported from specified hubs and approved states, subject to location requirements.
Requirements
- J.D. and active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- At least 7 years of combined law firm and in-house experience.
- Familiarity with how life sciences and healthcare organizations use de-identified data.
- Experience drafting and negotiating software and data licensing agreements.
- Comfort navigating privacy laws and de-identification standards.
- Familiarity with contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools used across legal, sales operations, and finance.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled legal tools and workflows.
- Ability to manage cross-functional demands in a fast-paced environment with collaboration and respect.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to make complex legal issues understandable to non-lawyers while balancing commercial objectives.
- Team-first attitude, humility, empathy, and humor.
Nice To Haves
- Healthcare information or technology background.
- Prior contract lifecycle management (CLM) implementation experience.
- Experience integrating acquired businesses.
Responsibilities
- Draft and negotiate inbound and outbound healthcare data and software licenses, master services agreements, and other commercial agreements.
- Advise on federal and state laws governing collection, de-identification, licensing, and use of U.S. healthcare and consumer data, and explain implications for products, services, and operations.
- Maintain and strengthen the compliance program, including policies, training, risk assessments, and audit responses.
- Support the contracts team in improving contracting processes, escalation paths, template governance, playbook strategy, and AI-enabled workflows.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to help commercial teams understand and value legal and compliance, achieve mutually beneficial outcomes, and build long-standing commercial relationships.
- Mentor and develop team members and help build a collaborative culture across legal, compliance, and contracting functions.
- Partner with the EVP & General Counsel and executive leadership in integrating the HealthVerity and Symphony Health businesses and evolving the legal function.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and annual bonus opportunity for non-commissioned roles.
- Health, dental, and vision coverage starting on day one.
- 401(k) plan.
- Equity program, with new-hire equity grants beginning at the Director level and above.
- Flexible location, including remote workdays and three days a week of in-office collaboration for Philadelphia-area team members.
- Paid time off targeted at four weeks per year, including vacation, personal, and sick time.
- Paid parental leave: 12 weeks for childbearing, surrogacy, and adoption, and 6 weeks for non-childbearing parents.
- Comprehensive and individualized onboarding, including a mentorship program, departmental talks, and a resource library.
- Professional development support, including biweekly one-on-ones, hands-on leadership, and an annual professional development budget.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
