This is a fully remote role within the United States.

Were eliminating the financial complexity of healthcare and we need a lawyer who also thinks like a business person. This is not a ticket-queue job. Its a seat at the table.

More specifically: were looking for a transactional attorney with a solid cross-functional foundation whos ready to be a builder. If youve spent time at a firm or a larger in-house team and found yourself wanting more context more ownership and a front-row seat to how the business actually works this is that role.

Youll be the second attorney in Turquoises history joining a GC who built the legal function from the ground up shortly after the companys founding. The infrastructure is in place and now we need someone to help scale it.

As Associate General Counsel youll be an embedded partner across the company Sales Customer Success Product Engineering Marketing People Operations and more helping us move fast close deals and figure out the right answer on hard questions. Youll also own the contracting function: drafting negotiating and building the infrastructure that lets Legal scale without becoming a bottleneck.

Youre the right fit if your instinct when a deal gets complicated is to find a path forward not list the reasons it might be risky. Youre genuinely curious about the healthcare and health tech space excited to go deep on a new regulatory question and adaptable enough to thrive in an environment where the problems keep evolving. You dont need a playbook for every situation youre ready to write one.

What youll be doing

• Be the first point of contact for legal questions across the company Sales Customer Success Product Engineering Marketing People Operations and more triaging and resolving what you can and collaborating with the GC on what needs to go further.

• Own the contracting function end to end drafting and negotiating the full range of agreements across customer vendor and operational matters including MSAs BAAs SOWs NDAs ICAs and Order Forms.

• Build and own the infrastructure that keeps Legal running the systems processes and programs that let the company move fast and stay compliant as it grows and continuously look for ways to make them smarter whether through AI tooling better platforms or cleaner workflows.

• Interface with outside counsel on specialized matters providing context managing workflow and implementing guidance back into the business.

• Stay on top of the legal and regulatory landscape that shapes our business healthcare data price transparency AI governance privacy and adjacent areas and translate whats changing into clear actionable guidance for the team including supporting government affairs and policy engagement as TQs visibility in the market grows.

• Help build Legals presence and credibility across the company through clear proactive communication internal guides and playbooks and the kind of education that helps teammates move faster and make better decisions.

• Support board governance and corporate policy work maintaining records preparing consents and minutes and assisting with board materials as the company scales.

What youll bring to the role

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one US state.

• 4-7 years of transactional legal experience with a meaningful focus on commercial contracts at a firm in-house or both.

• Strong working knowledge of SaaS and data licensing; experience negotiating with enterprise buyers is a plus.

• Comfort with healthcare-adjacent regulatory frameworks (HIPAA No Surprises Act CMS price transparency) or a genuine eagerness to learn them. We care more about how fast you pick things up than whether you already know every acronym.

• You give guidance that actually helps people make decisions not advice that hedges every direction and leaves the other person no better off than before they asked.

• Low ego and high ownership. Youre energized by work thats varied in both content and depth and you take pride in doing it well.

• Intellectually curious and adaptable you want to understand the business deeply not just the questions that come across your desk.

• Comfortable being the only lawyer in the room and confident enough to say I dont know yet but Ill find out without losing credibility.

• We use AI every day Claude ChatGPT and more and so will you. Beyond that youll own the legal side of AI at TQ: tool approvals use policies and navigating AI provisions in customer and vendor agreements.

Bonus points

• Hands-on experience with Ironclad or another CLM platform.

• Experience with managed care payer/provider/employer relations data commercialization or consumer payments.

• Exposure to IP basics trademark patent fundamentals or working with IP outside counsel.

Benefits:

• Competitive pay with equity options

• Stellar health care plan options (Medical Dental & Vision) with FSA DCFSA & HSA options

• Company-sponsored disability & life insurance

• Unlimited PTO

• 401(k) 4% Matching

• Fully remote work flexible working hours

• $750 work-from-home setup budget

• Paid biannual in-person company summits

• Quarterly $150 co-hanging stipend to meet up with coworkers

• Monthly $100 health and wellness benefit

• Generous paid family leave

• Annual $1200 learning & development stipend

About Turquoise Health

Turquoise Health is a Series C price transparency platform for finance leaders across healthcare. Backed by a16z Oak HC/FT Adams Street Yosemite Bessemer Venture Partners and others we power price transparency for 300 enterprise organizations and are building the infrastructure for a more open efficient healthcare marketplace. Were a remote-first US-based team that values transparency empathy inclusivity creativity and ownership.

We operate on US business hours and work with clients entirely based in the US. For this role we are seeking US-based candidates.

We strongly encourage BIPOC people with disabilities and LGBTQIA folks to apply for any open roles of interest. Healthcare affects all people differently but it significantly affects those in underserved communities. With a robust diverse team we are stronger and better equipped to change the future of healthcare for all.

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