Vice President of Legal, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer - San Francisco, CA (929-SLS)

Solutus Legal Search , LLC•San Francisco, CA

55d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our client, a publicly traded HealthTech company has exclusively retained Solutus Legal Search to assist the executives with their search for a General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer to lead its high-performing legal function. This legal executive will report directly to the Founder & CEO and will manage a team of 12 legal professionals. As the company's senior legal and compliance leader, and principal advisor to the executive team and board, you will lead with business acumen - safeguarding the company from risk while enabling innovation and growth. You will own public company legal and compliance operations including corporate securities/governance, IP protection, and employment law, product and commercial counseling, and regulatory and privacy programs for a tech-first digital health business. You'll mature legal operations, shepherd strategic M&A transactions, strengthen IP and data-rights position, and partner cross-functionally to enable developer velocity and scalable go-to-market execution.

Requirements

15+ years of experience spanning top-tier law firms and in-house roles across venture-backed startups/high-growth companies and public companies in technology (digital health strongly preferred).
Proven success scaling legal teams in tech companies: building org structures, processes, and legal operations to support rapid growth.
Lead teams of 10+ professionals across legal, compliance, privacy, and legal ops in remote/hybrid environments.
Healthcare, AI and privacy expertise with a strong understanding of the digital health regulatory landscape and emerging AI governance.
Strong corporate law experience including entity formation and governance, board/committee support, capitalization and equity programs, venture/private financings, corporate policies/secretarial practices; capital markets familiarity a plus.
Led or co-led M&A transactions and strategic investments, including diligence, negotiation and drafting (LOIs, merger/asset purchase agreements, disclosure schedules), regulatory approvals, closing mechanics, and post-close integration.
Designed and operated risk-based compliance programs; experience with monitoring/auditing, internal investigations, and regulator interactions (e.g., OCR, FTC, state AGs).
Experience partnering with founder-led organizations.
Strong interpersonal skills, responsiveness, working with a sense of urgency
Business partner who views value in facilitating the business.
JD with strong academic credentials and active bar membership in good standing.

Responsibilities

Serve as primary legal and healthcare compliance advisor to the senior leadership team and board; prepare and deliver board materials on legal, compliance, and risk matters.
Lead public company legal operations: manage SEC reporting, Section 16 filings, earnings disclosure and Reg FD compliance, insider trading policy and 10b5-1 plans, exchange listing standards, proxy statement and annual meeting processes; partner with Finance, IR, and Internal Audit on disclosure and controls.
Own privacy, AI, data protection, and healthcare regulatory strategy; oversee HIPAA compliance, and incident response readiness.
Lead commercial legal for enterprise sales and partnerships; maintain templates, playbooks, and negotiation strategy across payer, employer, partner, and provider agreements.
Oversee corporate matters, including governance, equity and financing support, M&A, and (as needed) and securities compliance.
Scale and manage healthcare compliance program operations: policies, training, monitoring/auditing, investigations, corrective action plans, and regulatory exam management.
Scale and direct legal operations: AI implementation, tooling roadmap, outside counsel strategy, and budgeting.
Manage litigation and disputes, subpoenas, and regulatory inquiries, coordinate with Security, Clinical, and Product teams on risk mitigation.
Recruit, develop, and retain a high-performing team.
Monitor emerging laws, regulations and industry trends (privacy, AI, healthcare, reimbursement) and translate into product, security, and go-to-market guidance