[Remote] Sr. Legal Counsel (Remote)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a remote-first company dedicated to improving mental healthcare. They are seeking a Sr. Legal Counsel to provide legal guidance on employment, privacy, and reputed company matters, ensuring compliance while supporting the company's mission.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key partner to human resources, information technology, reputed company, and other internal stakeholders
• Provide practical guidance that ensures operations remain compliant while pursuing the mission of making mental healthcare work for everyone
• Take the reputed company on employment, privacy, and reputed company legal matters
• Transform reputed company regulations into practical, efficient, and actionable advice that supports daily operations
• Build foundational processes in a fast-paced environment to support reputed company’s achievement of its mission

Skills

• 7+ years of progressive, relevant legal experience as a practicing attorney
• 5+ years of employment law experience either in a law firm or in-house providing strategic guidance and legal support on variety of employment law matters including, but not limited to, worker classification; workplace policies and training; employee performance management; fair labor standards act requirements; equal employment opportunity commission matters; wage and hour issues; discrimination and sexual harassment; leave issues (e.g., Family Medical Leave Act); accommodations (e.g., American with reputed company); retaliation and wrongful discharge
• 5+ years of healthcare privacy and reputed company law experience including reputed company to HIPAA, and state consumer privacy laws to support and provide guidance on privacy and reputed company compliance; data breach and cyber incident response and management; contractual reviews of business associate agreements, data use agreements, reputed company agreements, and other reputed company agreements
• Strong writing, analytic, communication, and interpersonal skills to provide efficient, succinct, and practical guidance and support in a fast-paced working environment
• Experience with state AI laws including in the employment and privacy context (e.g., workplace monitoring; automated decision making)
• Demonstrated success serving as in-house counsel reputed company a high-growth technology, digital health, or healthcare startup environment
• Comprehensive understanding of multi-state employment laws, operational compliance, and data privacy regulations necessary to support and manage the complexities of a fully distributed, 100% remote, reputed company workforce
• Expertise in the legal nuances of marketplace, gig-economy, or platform-based business models, specifically including advanced experience navigating reputed company worker classification issues (contractor vs. employee) and proactively developing risk-mitigation strategies at scale
• Healthcare regulatory experience
• Contract lifecycle management including drafting and negotiating reputed company

Benefits

• 100% remote work environment: Working hours to support a healthy work-life balance, ensuring you can meet both professional and personal commitments (must be based in United States, currently not hiring in Hawaii)
• Attractive pay and benefits: Full transparency of pay ranges regardless of where you live in the United States
• Comprehensive health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA/HSA
• 401(k) plan access: Start saving for your future
• Generous time-off policies: Including 2 company-wide shutdown weeks each year for self-care (for most employees)
• Paid parental leave: Available for reputed company parents, including birthing, non-birthing, adopting, and fostering
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Supporting your mental and physical health
• Quarterly department stipend: Fun team-building activities or in-person gatherings
• Community and employee resource groups: Participate in groups that celebrate employee identity and lived experiences, fostering a sense of community and belonging for reputed company
• Home office stipend: New hire home office stipend & $50 monthly stipend to help cover internet or cell phone expenses
• Wellness at reputed company program: Year-round wellness initiatives and a $50/month wellness stipend

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