Senior Corporate Counsel
Full TimeColumbus, OHAndHealth is on a mission to radically improve access and outcomes for the most challenging chronic health conditions with the goal of making world-class specialty care accessible and affordable to all. We partner with health systems, community health centers, plans, and employers to remove barriers to care to ensure all people have access to the care they deserve. We are looking for a Senior Corporate Counsel to lead our internal legal function and operate as the primary liaison to all external legal counsel.
Serving as a strategic advisor to the AndHealth leadership team, this position will report to the SVP, Finance & Controller. While this role will not initially have supervisory responsibilities, they will be expected to operate as a leader with a strong ability to influence internally and externally at all levels.
What you’ll do in the role:
- Serve as a key thought leader in managing the company’s risk posture related to its business model and partnership structures; ensuring alignment with organization goals.
- Support innovation and growth objectives to achieve our mission, while ensuring full compliance with law and navigating complex grey areas with exceptional judgment and unwavering ethics.
- Accelerate routine legal matters internally, such as vendor contracts, CHC partnerships, and other agreements, by developing and implementing templates and scalable processes that maintain high compliance and quality standards.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with external legal counsel. Ensure all legal matters are efficiently packaged, clearly communicated, and effectively coordinated to receive timely, thorough, and optimal guidance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address diverse legal needs, including new sales strategies and product launches, contract negotiations, strategic partnerships, regulatory compliance, and service agreements.
- Communicate complex legal concepts in a clear and accessible manner and provide practical, solutions-focused risk mitigation strategies to support business objectives.
- Act as a resource for non-legal staff by providing training and guidance to increase their awareness and understanding of legal risks. Foster a proactive and informed risk posture across the organization, enabling teams to make sound decisions within a compliant framework.
- Monitor changes and stay up to date on developments in healthcare laws, regulations, and guidelines to ensure the organization remains compliant and well-informed.
- Identify unmet needs and future legal challenges and proactively propose strategies that support positive outcomes for patients, partners, and the company while effectively managing risk.
Education & Licensure Requirements:
- Licensure/Certification: Active member in good standing with the Ohio State Bar Association.
- Education: Juris Doctor/Doctor of Law/Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) degree from an accredited law school required; Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Studies, Healthcare or related field preferred.
- Experience: 10+ years of relevant professional legal experience as an attorney, with a focus on Healthcare.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Strongly motivated by our mission and demonstrated ability to navigate new things.
- Brings a “do what it takes” mentality to succeed in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, including willingness to work outside of typical 9-5 hours, especially when faced with an urgent need, a partner request, or a deadline.
- Ability and confidence to be “first” and operate in uncharted areas, with exceptional judgment to distinguish significant risks from minor concerns.
- 100% commitment to ethics and legal compliance with a solutions-oriented mindset that balances compliance with innovative problem-solving, focusing on finding solutions rather than defaulting to "no."
- Willingness to personally handle routine tasks and legal matters rather than delegating them to external counsel.
- Strong interpersonal skills with a positive, collaborative, and respectful approach to teamwork. Help build our culture by demonstrating high integrity and character.
- Experience at a top law firm, or a combination of firm and in-house roles.
- Ability to be viewed as partner and collaborator to achieve “both sides won" in negotiations with external parties Willing to work full-time in our Columbus office.
- Significant experience with either Community Health Centers or Health Systems/hospitals.
Required Expertise:
- Strong understanding of most mainstream compliance issues
- Nuanced and sophisticated understanding of AKS/ Stark law
- Extensive experience in drafting and negotiating contracts, including PSA/provider contracting
Desired Expertise:
- Experience with Pharmacy law and Ohio Pharmacy Board.
- Familiarity with Federal Drug Discount programs.
- Experience with Employment law.
Here’s what we’d like to offer you:
- A collaborative, high-growth environment with a culture that takes on important things, takes risks, and learns quickly.
- The ability to demonstrate creativity, innovation, and conscientiousness, and find joy in working together.
- A team of highly skilled, incredibly kind, and welcoming employees, every one of whom has something unique to offer.
- We know that the overall success of our business is a collaborative effort, and we strive to provide ongoing opportunities for our employees to learn and grow, both personally and professionally.
- Full-time employees are eligible to participate in our benefits package which includes Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, Paid time off, Short- and Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match and more.
