Assistant General Counsel
Meds.com · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area · 2 days ago
On-siteLegalFull-time
What You'll Do
- Legal Leadership & Governance: Provide high-level advice to executive leadership on complex, high-impact legal and regulatory matters
- Strategy & Risk: Establish and scale legal frameworks, policies, and controls aligned with company risk tolerance and growth objectives
- Department Management: Lead, mentor, and oversee the legal department, ensuring high-quality work product and professional development
- Litigation & Transactions: Oversee critical company transactions and manage litigation matters, including the oversight of outside counsel strategy and budgets
- Regulatory Advisory: Proactively advise leadership on evolving regulatory landscapes and associated business risks
- Compliance Frameworks: Maintain and scale corporate compliance programs to ensure adherence to federal and state healthcare laws
- Telehealth Standards: Monitor evolving state medical board regulations, corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrines, and remote prescribing laws to ensure compliance
- Regulatory Advisory: Proactively advise leadership on evolving regulatory landscapes and associated business risks
- Licensing and Accreditation Management: Help oversee and manage the portfolio of accreditations and pharmacy licenses across all operating jurisdictions and coordinate responses to inquiries, audits, and inspections
- FDA Alignment: Provide guidance on FDA regulations and concerning prescription medications, drug labeling, and advertising standards for consumer health platforms
- Privacy & Security: Manage adherence to privacy laws and data security standards governing patient health information
- General Counsel Support: Serve as a trusted partner to the General Counsel, helping prioritize and manage the legal department's workload, including in launching new products and in new territories
Qualifications
- Education & Experience: Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school with an active bar membership, 7+ years of legal regulatory or compliance experience, ideally in the telehealth / compounding pharmacy space, proven experience managing regulatory inquiries and compliance frameworks within a fast-paced, regulated environment, deep experience of healthcare regulatory laws and compliance, such as state and federal pharmacy laws, e-commerce regulations, telehealth, corporate practice of medicine, and privacy