Remote Associate General Counsel

Summary

Join our team as an Associate General Counsel to lead product and regulatory support at Cedar, a leading healthcare financial platform. As the lead product and regulatory attorney, you will develop legal strategies for compliance and risk management, advise on regulatory requirements, and manage external counsel. This role is well-suited for a proactive, hands-on, and experienced product and regulatory attorney who enjoys managing and building a team.

Requirements

• JD Degree from an accredited law school and license in good standing to practice law in at least one state bar
• 10+ years relevant legal experience at a top law firm, government and/or in-house (a combination is a plus), with experience managing other people
• Previous experience in tech/start-up/emerging growth companies preferred
• Experience in healthcare/healthtech and consumer products preferred
• Familiarity with federal and state that can apply to healthcare and payments businesses, such as anti-kickback laws, HIPAA, TCPA, CAN-SPAM, FDCPA, UDAAP, PCI DSS, CCPA, CPRA, GDPR, and GLBA, and where applicable related state law requirements
• Strong communication (oral and written) skills, with the ability to influence and persuade, effectively interfacing at all levels of an organization
• A caring and motivational manager, capable of attracting, developing and advancing great talent and leading a distributed team, drawing on strengths to achieve common goals
• Substantial experience working collaboratively and effectively with cross-functional teams
• Candidates must be located in the U.S

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate a vision and roadmap for legal product and regulatory support at Cedar
• Deeply embed with cross-functional teams, including product, implementations, engineering, compliance and marketing, to build and maintain compliant-by-design products and services by advising on regulatory requirements in a customer-oriented manner
• Anticipate regulatory obstacles and emerging issues throughout the product lifecycle and develop solutions with other members of the Legal & Compliance team and other business units
• Serve as a trusted advisor and partner to business teams, including advising and partnering on the end-to-end lifecycle of products and services
• Train teams on laws and regulations applicable to our business and best practices
• Partner with Compliance to ensure comprehensive risk support, including assisting in incident investigation and response, and the managing litigation, disputes and regulatory inquiries
• Engage and manage external counsel on a range of issues, pressure testing legal analyses and translating advice into clear and actionable guidance for our business teams
• Provide advice to the senior management on the risk and benefits of corporate and product strategies; and assist in briefing and communicating complex and sensitive regulatory matters to management and the Board
• Manage, guide, mentor, and develop a team of legal professionals
• Work collaboratively across teams, fostering a positive and inclusive environment

Benefits

• Salary Range*: $255,000 - $300,000
• This role is equity
• This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package
• A chance to improve the U.S. healthcare system at a high-growth company!
• Unless stated otherwise, most roles have flexibility to work from home or in the office, depending on what works best for you
• For exempt employees: Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of PTO per year to ensure dedicated time to spend with loved ones, explore, rest and recharge
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
• Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including the Cedarian Advisory Group (a cross-functional cohort focused on increasing internal inclusiveness at Cedar) and three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians)
• Competitive pay, equity (for qualifying roles) and health benefits that start on the first of the month following your start date (or on your start date if your start date coincides with the first of the month)
• Cedar matches 100% of your 401(k) contributions, up to 3% of your annual compensation
• Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a team discretionary budget for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally