AGC Product & Growth

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and innovative attorney with expertise and a strong track record of enabling product development and negotiating strategic commercial partnerships in the financial services and/or healthcare fields. The Associate General Counsel, Product and Growth is responsible for our legal strategy and enabling the company’s compliant execution of its product and growth strategies as we develop new products and services, key strategic commercial partnerships, and other areas of innovation and growth.

This role will provide strategic guidance to develop and bring to market new products and services ensuring regulatory compliance, IP protection, and risk mitigation. You will navigate multiple regulatory frameworks and apply them in new or novel settings, serving as a trusted advisor to enable the company to navigate innovative product and service offerings and partnerships.

As part of a collaborative team, you will deliver practical, business-oriented legal guidance to apply applicable laws, regulations, policies, and best practices to new products and services. You will partner with business leaders in technology, product, service delivery, and marketing teams to anticipate needs, craft agile governance frameworks, and align risk management with growth priorities. This role addresses unique legal issues at the intersection of employee benefits, healthcare, and financial services.

Responsibilities

• Advise on complex legal and regulatory issues relating to consumer-facing products and services.
• Review, draft, and negotiate agreements and provisions relating to strategic commercial partnerships and new products and services.
• Assess legal risk associated with new products and services, align with internal stakeholders quickly, recommend safeguards, and guide business teams toward compliance and practical solutions.
• Embed Legal team partnership through the new product development lifecycle.
• Partner and collaborate with other internal and external counsel and various teams to understand regulatory, product, engineering, design, and operational implications of new products and services.
• Mature and maintain an intellectual property management program and partner with the People and Product teams in developing innovative frameworks for IP development.
• Translate new and emerging laws into actionable, effective legal guidance.
• Identify and support process improvements to promote agility in legal and related business operations.
• Manage and carry out personnel actions for direct reports, including hiring, training, evaluating, coaching, and managing performance.

Requirements

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school with an active license to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 10+ years of experience advising on product development in regulated industries at a top law firm or with a combination of applicable in-house legal work.
• Experience advising all levels of management, including C-suite executives and board members, on new product development and strategic partnerships with clear presentation of risks, potential impacts, solutions, and risk management strategies.
• Experience advising on new products and services within the banking/finance and healthcare industries.
• Experience in regulated industries and data privacy regulatory compliance.
• Experience in marketplaces.

Skills

• Ability to synthesize complex legal issues, issue spot, engage appropriate subject matter expertise, and provide practical risk management advice.
• Ability to learn new regulatory regimes quickly and apply practical guidance for the team.
• Ideal candidate will have expertise in UDAP, financial regulations, ERISA welfare benefit plans, HSAs and other consumer-directed benefits, GLBA, and HIPAA.
• Familiarity with evolving federal and state regulations related to HSAs and consumer-directed benefits.
• Team attitude that no job is too big or too small; thrives in a “roll-up your sleeves and own the outcome” environment.
• Ability to strike a sensible and practical balance between legal risks and the need to do business.
• Adept at working in a fast-paced, high-activity environment with smart and creative people.
• Strong ability to influence, provide a point of view, and listen.
• Ability to deliver strategic insights to compliance teams and shape governance structures for new products.
• Capacity to quickly understand complex business models and technology trends, aligning legal requirements and anticipated regulations with business strategy to “future-proof” business operations.
• Growth mindset with an openness to new ideas, diverse perspectives, and unconventional solutions.
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills and ability to work effectively with various departments and levels within HealthEquity (including senior management).
• Excellent judgment, attention to detail, and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
• Ability to handle ambiguity, juggle many matters at once, and quickly shift from one situation or task to another.
• Solution-oriented and talent for thinking outside of the box in confronting new issues and pursuing novel approaches to old problems.

Physical/Mental Requirements

• Work requires normal range of hearing, vision, and verbal communication skills, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to use a telephone or headset equipment and operate a keyboard and other office equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to spend prolonged periods of each workday on camera in virtual meetings.
• The ability to perform work at a computer station for 6-8+ hours a day and function in an environment with competing priorities.
• Must be able to lift and move material weighing up to 20 lbs.
• May experience elevated levels of stress during periods of increased activity and with work entailing multiple deadlines.
• Must maintain a secure and stable work environment, safeguarding client information and ensuring cameras are on during work meetings.

Pay

Salary Range: $203,000.00 – $334,500.00 per year. This position will be eligible for performance-based incentives and restricted stock units as part of the total compensation package.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• HSA contribution and match.
• Dependent care FSA match.
• Uncapped paid time off.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401(k) match.
• Personal and healthcare financial literacy programs.
• Ongoing education & tuition assistance.
• Gym and fitness reimbursement.
• Wellness program incentives.

Onboarding & Travel

This is a remote role, with an in-person onboarding training component. New team members must participate in Trailhead, HealthEquity’s immersive onboarding experience. Trailhead is held onsite at our headquarters once per quarter, and HealthEquity covers all required travel and accommodations. This role may begin with a virtual, self-paced onboarding experience, followed by a mandatory onsite Trailhead session at a later date.