Head of Legal

The role

The Head of Legal will build legal infrastructure and scale processes for a high-growth Series B company. This person will serve as a strategic resource for leadership and manage legal, compliance, and regulatory risk.

What you will do

• Build legal infrastructure that scales
• Evaluate, strengthen, and expand frameworks, templates, and processes
• Partner across the organization to help navigate key decisions
• Serve as a sounding board for the CFO and executive team on legal risk
• Ensure legal and compliance frameworks are in place for sensitive patient data
• Work with specialized outside counsel on HIPAA and data privacy matters
• Design legal workflows including intake, triage, turnaround expectations, and escalation paths

Required qualifications

• 8–12+ years of legal experience
• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Licensed to practice law in New York or another U.S. jurisdiction
• Deep experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts including SaaS SOWs, MSAs, BAAs, vendor agreements, and partnership structures
• Working knowledge of HIPAA and healthcare data privacy
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and making sound risk calls
• Ability to make complex legal concepts clear and actionable for non-legal stakeholders
• A builder's mentality
• Track record of being trusted by cross-functional partner
• Strong executive presence and comfort presenting to and advising senior leadership

Nice to have

• Experience in life sciences, pharmaceutical, or digital health environments
• Familiarity with state privacy law (CCPA, CPRA) and evolving AI/data governance frameworks
• Experience supporting fundraising rounds, equity management, or board governance
• Prior experience as a company's first or sole in-house counsel

Benefits

• 100% paid employee health benefit options (including medical, dental, and vision)
• 401(k) with employer funded match
• Unlimited Vacation
• Commuter Benefits
• Paid parental leave
• Catered lunch on Fridays
• Wellness stipend

About the company

Courier Health is a New York City-based technology company that develops patient experience solutions for the life sciences industry. The company is backed by investors including Oak HC/FT, Norwest and Work-Bench.