[Remote] Deputy General Counsel, Healthcare

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Red Cell Partners is hiring a Deputy General Counsel to lead legal work across its healthcare portfolio. The role owns healthcare regulatory, privacy, commercial contracting, and corporate legal matters, advising teams from engineers to C-suite leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal work across our healthcare portfolio
• Leading the regulatory, privacy, and commercial legal work that lets our healthcare companies move fast without getting it wrong
• You’ll report directly to our General Counsel and lead the legal work for our healthcare companies, with ownership across almost everything we do
• You might work through the HIPAA and data-flow analysis for a new product one day, negotiate a BAA or a key commercial agreement for an incubated company the next, and pressure-test a referral or compensation arrangement against the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark the week after
• You’ll own the healthcare regulatory and privacy questions across the portfolio — HIPAA and state health privacy laws, BAAs and health data use, fraud and abuse (Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark, beneficiary inducement), telehealth and licensure — alongside the commercial contracting and corporate work that comes with building early-stage companies
• You’ll work at every level, from engineers to C-suite leaders, and own the legal outcomes for our mission-critical healthcare companies

Skills

• J.D
• Currently licensed to practice and in good standing in your U.S. jurisdiction
• 12+ years of healthcare legal experience, including substantial in-house time, with a demonstrated track record of running regulatory and commercial workstreams independently
• At least 5 years working with health tech or digital healthcare companies, with direct responsibility for regulatory and privacy compliance
• Experience managing and developing other lawyers, including setting priorities across a team and reviewing their work
• Deep, hands-on command of HIPAA and state health privacy laws, BAAs and health data use, and healthcare fraud and abuse rules (Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark, beneficiary inducement)
• Sound, independent judgment under pressure
• Team-oriented, high-energy, and proactive
• You are someone who gets things done and makes the work better for everyone around them
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a range of commercial contracts (e.g., vendor, SaaS, services)
• Familiarity with telehealth, clinical operations, reimbursement, or FDA-regulated products
• Experience with venture financings, equity incentive plans, and sell-side M&A
• Experience with venture studio or incubation models, or standing up a legal function at early-stage companies
• Experience supporting venture-backed or high-growth startups
• Experience using AI legal tech or other productivity tools

Benefits

• Career track opportunity with potential for rapid advancement with strong performance as the firm grows
• 100% employer paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees' normal pay.
• Unlimited PTO, with management approval.
• Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
• Optional 401K, FSA, and equity incentives available.
• Mental health benefits are available through Tara Mind.
• Cost effective GLP-1 solutions available through Crux.

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