Director, Legal Affairs

Join our global team dedicated to innovation and initiative, where physical walls and different time zones don’t limit, but encourage, collaboration. Where all contributions and new ideas are explored with an open mind and work is driven by our shared values: be courageous, be accountable, be honest, be inclusive and elevate others.

Job Description Summary

The Role

The Director, Legal Affairs leads Alira Health’s global legal team, focused on four key areas: Corporate Governance, Contracts, Risk Management & Compliance, and General Corporate Matters. The Director will be a business partner to the CXOs and business unit leaders, helping them solve business problems and create new opportunities while addressing issues of compliance and risk management. Reporting to the Co-CEO, this is a newly created role in our fast-growing healthcare technology and advisory company; we are looking for seasoned attorney with broad experience in general corporate matters and well-informed on data privacy and compliance.

Job Description

Corporate Governance

• Working closely with CXOs and outside legal counsel, manage corporate governance issues related to Alira Health’s numerous global entities
• Assist in formation or closing of domestic and international entities as the company expands and matures
• Determine appropriate structure for new entities
• Ensure compliance with governance regulations and requirements in all jurisdictions
• Work closely with outside corporate counsel on our operating agreement as change as needed

Contracts

• Acting as a business partner to our three business units, provide advice and contract work that capitalizes on opportunities while addressing risk
• Oversee and contribute to legal team’s work on contracts, including, but not limited to, NDA’s, MSA’s, SaaS Agreements, Service Level Agreements, Partner Agreements, Independent Contractor Agreements and Vendor Agreements
• Manage, draft, and negotiate more complex contracts
• Provide guidance on acceptable contract language; develop, maintain, revise, and implement standard templates, forms, and processes for improvement and scalability purposes
• Set policy and procedure on contract management

Risk Management & Compliance

• Lead the company’s global corporate compliance program, including compliance and ethics policies, trainings, workplace investigations, whistleblower hotline, third party risk management, and supplier compliance
• With support of third-party DPO, address compliance and regulatory matters. Supports and collaborates with other departments (Finance, QA, HR) to direct compliance issues for investigation, assessment, and resolution
• Advise business teams on applicable laws and regulations, including GDPR, HIPAA, and other major data privacy regulations
• Manage data privacy, security, and other service and product-related issues from a legal perspective
• Collaborate with QA team to ensure policy compliance with data privacy regulations in relevant jurisdictions, calling in outside counsel or assistance as required

General Corporate Matters

• Oversee global legal team of four people and manage departmental budget
• Advise executive management on legal implications of major decisions and transactions
• Provide counseling and advice on a wide range of corporate issues
• Manage relationships with outside counsel in various jurisdictions
• Support the company’s M&A strategy, requiring quick adaptation to an international, fast-changing environment
• Manage trademark and patent filings

Qualifications

• Spanish-qualified lawyer with ten years PQE preferred
• Experience managing a small team
• Experience within a dynamic, complex global business environment
• Broad knowledge of law (corporate law, commercial law, privacy law, labor law)
• Considerable experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating commercial agreements
• Experience in global compliance programs and projects
• Strong analytical ability together with reliably sound business judgment and a balanced approach to risk mitigation
• Superior written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to clearly and explain complex issues to a non-legal audience
• Ability to balance process and decision-making in a large organization with an entrepreneurial culture and lean operating environment
• Capable of articulating a vision or plan, gaining organizational commitment to action, and leading with indirect authority to achieve results
• Demonstrated successful history of driving compliance or legal projects to completion across a global enterprise
• Experience with companies operating in the healthcare and/or start-up industry
• Fluent in English. French would also be helpful but not required.
• Maintain a valid passport with flexibility for occasional travel

Languages

Education

Contract Type

Regular