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General Counsel
About this role
Virta Health seeks a General Counsel to lead the company’s legal function and support growth while managing risk in a high‑growth, venture‑backed technology/healthcare environment. The role involves overseeing all legal affairs, partnering with executive leadership and the Board, and preparing for future public company readiness. The candidate should have experience with IPO readiness and operating in fast-paced settings, and may utilise AI tools to improve legal operations, contracting, compliance, and risk management. The position reports to the CEO and collaborates with the executive team and Board. The company operates on a remote‑first basis with hubs in Denver and San Francisco, and offers a location‑based compensation range.
What you would do
- Lead and develop the company’s Legal team and establish priorities and rhythms to support growth and risk management.
- Advise the executive team and Board on legal, regulatory, governance, and business issues.
- Collaborate with Commercial, Product, Clinical, People, Finance and Operations teams to enable growth.
- Manage all corporate legal matters including governance, financing support, strategic transactions, litigation, employment, and enterprise risk.
- Oversee healthcare regulatory and compliance strategy amid a changing landscape.
- Prepare the organisation for future public company requirements including governance and disclosure practices.
- Support complex commercial contracting with enterprise customers, health plans, employers, and partners.
- Build scalable legal processes and infrastructure for a high-growth company.
- Modernise the legal function through AI-enabled tools and workflows.
- Manage outside counsel relationships and any in-house team expansion as needed.
What they are asking for
- Significant legal leadership experience in a high-growth, venture-backed technology or healthcare company.
- Experience as General Counsel or senior legal leader at a company with $200M+ revenue and operational complexity.
- Strong commercial orientation and ability to act as a business partner rather than a gatekeeper.
- Experience supporting IPO readiness or operating within a public company legal environment.
- Strong executive presence and ability to influence stakeholders and Boards.
- Ability to navigate fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- Proven track record of building durable AI systems to improve cross-functional processes and efficiency.
- Willingness to be hands-on when required; strategic and practical mindset.
- Experience building and leading high-performing Legal teams.
- JD required; strong academic credentials preferred.
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