Senior Counsel

The role

The Senior Counsel will own day-to-day employment law advice and build Vanna Health's first in-house legal function. The role also covers commercial contracts, corporate governance and managing outside counsel, and reports directly to the CEO.

What you will do

• Give day-to-day legal advice across the employment lifecycle with the VP of People.
• Oversee compliance with federal, state and local employment and wage-and-hour laws.
• Lead employment compliance for opening, staffing and winding down sites in multiple jurisdictions.
• Review handbooks, policies, offer letters, employment agreements and separation agreements.
• Lead or oversee sensitive workplace investigations.
• Review and negotiate vendor contracts, leases, NDAs and data use agreements.
• Track key terms of value-based provider and health plan contracts with the CFO and Business Development.
• Prepare board materials, corporate records and the cap table with the CFO.
• Coordinate equity-plan administration and 409A valuations.
• Manage outside counsel, agree on scope and budgets, and track fees.

Required qualifications

• Juris Doctor.
• Active bar admission and eligibility to practice in the role's work location, including any required in-house registration.
• Prior in-house legal experience.
• Substantive employment law experience.
• Good judgment and comfort with ambiguity.
• Ability to give clear, practical advice that business leaders can act on.

Nice to have

• Experience in healthcare, Medicaid or value-based care.
• Experience as a solo or first in-house lawyer, or building processes from scratch.
• Multi-state employment experience, especially in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Arizona, New York or Ohio.

Benefits

• Modern technology.
• Extensive development opportunities.
• Diverse career paths.
• A culture that values diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Before you apply

• Bar admission must cover the role's work location, including any required in-house registration.

About the company

Vanna Health was founded in 2021 and works to improve health and wellbeing for people with serious mental illness. It promotes collaboration across behavioral health, primary care, payers and community organizations.