VP, Legal / General Counsel

Plenful

55d•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a rare opportunity to build a legal function from the ground up at a high-growth, category-defining company. As our first in-house legal hire, you’ll be a strategic partner to the executive team—shaping how we operate, grow, and protect the business. You’ll own everything from commercial contracts and healthcare compliance to corporate governance and employment matters, and you’ll help set the legal and ethical foundation for a company with real ambitions.

Requirements

8-12 years of legal experience, with a mix of top-tier law firm training and in-house experience at a high-growth technology company
Healthcare Compliance Experience (familiarity with HIPAA, privacy, and the broader regulatory environment that health systems operate within)
Proven track record negotiating complex enterprise contracts—MSAs, BAAs, DPAs, security addenda—with large, sophisticated counterparties
Experience supporting venture-backed companies through financing rounds, board governance, and corporate legal matters
Comfortable being the only lawyer in the room—a pragmatic problem-solver, not a bottleneck
Strong business judgment and the ability to give clear, actionable guidance under uncertainty
A collaborative, low-ego operating style that earns trust across teams

Nice To Haves

experience navigating institutional procurement processes at health systems or similarly complex organizations is a strong plus

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end negotiation of complex enterprise agreements—including MSAs, BAAs, DPAs, and security addenda—with large health systems and pharmacy organizations
Build scalable contract templates to enable a fast-moving GTM team
Navigate procurement processes at large institutions without sacrificing deal velocity
Advise on deal structure, risk allocation, and escalation paths
Serve as the company’s legal resource on HIPAA, BAAs, data privacy, and related healthcare regulations
Advise the company on how legal and regulatory requirements impact our platform, customer relationships, and contracting
Partner with Security, Compliance, Product, and Engineering to support adherence to applicable compliance standards
Monitor the evolving healthcare regulatory landscape and proactively identify legal and regulatory risks
Provide counsel on issues involving liability, breach response, reporting obligations, and regulatory inquiries
Manage ongoing corporate governance and board-related legal matters
Support future fundraising rounds including coordination with outside counsel on financing, cap table, and investor agreements
Manage entity-level legal hygiene and corporate records
Partner with People/HR on employment agreements, offer letters, equity, and policy matters
Advise on hiring, performance, and separation matters across a growing team
Help build a legally sound, people-first employee experience