Associate General Counsel

Courier Health as the first dedicated legal hire, reporting directly to the CFO. You will build the legal infrastructure for a high-growth Series B company, ensuring smooth operations and serving as a trusted strategic resource for leadership. Your responsibilities will include evaluating and strengthening legal frameworks, partnering cross-functionally, providing strategic risk judgment, overseeing compliance and regulatory risk, and designing legal processes that run at scale.

About Courier Health

USD 200,000 - 280,000

Responsibilities

• Construire l'infrastructure juridique qui permet à une entreprise en forte croissance de fonctionner sans heurts et de servir de ressource stratégique pour la direction.
• Évaluer, renforcer et élargir les cadres, les modèles et les processus qui permettent à l'entreprise de gérer ses affaires juridiques sans ralentir.
• Collaborer avec les différentes équipes de l'organisation pour aider à naviguer dans les décisions clés et servir de point de contact pour le CFO et l'équipe exécutive sur les risques juridiques.

Requirements

Track record of being trusted by cross-functional partner

• Ability to make complex legal concepts clear and actionable for non-legal stakeholders at every level of the organization
• J.D. from an accredited law school; licensed to practice law in New York or another U.S. jurisdiction
• Working knowledge of HIPAA and healthcare data privacy: fluent enough to spot issues, ask the right questions, and know when to bring in specialized outside counsel
• 8–12+ years of legal experience, ideally including meaningful time in-house at a technology or healthcare technology company
• Strong executive presence and comfort presenting to and advising senior leadership
• Deep experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts: SaaS SOWs, MSAs, BAAs, vendor agreements, and partnership structures
• Prior experience as a company's first or sole in-house counsel
• Experience supporting fundraising rounds, equity management, or board governance

Preferred

• Familiarity with state privacy law (CCPA, CPRA) and evolving AI/data governance frameworks
• Experience in life sciences, pharmaceutical, or digital health environments

Benefits

• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, unlimited PTO, 401(k) match, paid parental leave, and a healthy lifestyle stipend.

• Comfort operating in ambiguity and making sound risk calls without perfect information or a full playbook
• A builder's mentality: you like creating systems and processes, not just reviewing individual documents