General Counsel

Summary

Join Scan.com, a rapidly growing digital health scale-up, as their General Counsel. Reporting to the co-founders, you will lead the legal strategy, ensuring compliance and mitigating risk across all markets. This pivotal role involves advising executive leadership, developing legal policies, managing capital raises, overseeing litigation and contracts, and building an in-house legal team. You will also play a key role in M&A activities and present regularly to the Board of investors. The role offers significant growth potential within a dynamic and successful company.

Requirements

• Experience in healthcare law and/or digital health .and have likely been in a high-growth healthcare scale-up that has concurrently scaled across multiple states
• Proven track record in advising on corporate governance, risk management, M&A, and/or strategic partnerships
• Familiarity with data privacy laws, including HIPAA, GDPR, and other global data protection standards
• Ability to balance legal risk with business strategy and provide clear, practical legal guidance
• Experience building and leading a legal team, with a passion for supporting high-growth, innovative environments

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal advice to executive leadership, focusing on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and risk management
• Lead the development of legal policies and frameworks, ensuring compliance with international healthcare regulations and data privacy standards
• Drive the legal and administrative processes regarding equity and debt capital raises. Work closely with the CEO and CFO on capital raises, including attending investor meetings
• Manage relationships with external legal counsel and oversee complex litigation, contracts, and IP protections
• Assist in M&A activities, due diligence, and integration efforts to drive growth and expand our offerings
• Build and manage an in-house legal team to support our expanding business needs
• Establish a robust compliance framework across all operational jurisdictions, focusing on healthcare regulations and data privacy
• Develop and roll out scalable legal processes for contracting and partnerships, enhancing speed and efficiency in client, provider and vendor relationships
• Support a successful acquisition or strategic partnership, overseeing the legal due diligence (alongside being involved in commercial diligence) and integration
• Create a proactive risk management plan that aligns with our growth ambitions and enhances decision-making at the leadership level
• Establish strong relationships with our domain expert outside counsel and hold them accountable to key deliverables and costs. You’ll be responsible for the ‘legal’ P&L line item. Have designed a small, high-performing in-house legal team that aligns with Scan.com’s values and supports the company’s rapid growth trajectory

Benefits

• Salary range of $250k - $350k
• Equity contribution
• 401k
• Healthcare, Vision and Dental
• All the equipment needed for you to do your role effectively
• Flexible working
• Remote or hybrid working options
• Personal Development budgets
• 18 days PTO plus public holidays
• 10 paid sick days
• Inclusive policies designed by our team, for our team