Legal Counsel

About the role

Under the direction of assigned management, the Legal Counsel functions as a strong legal generalist on a collaborative, business aligned team. The Legal Counsel exercises sound judgment and excellent communication skills and balances risk while operating with a solutions-oriented approach. The focus of this role is to engage as a trusted business partner providing practical, timely, and context-driven legal advice to enable informed decision-making and advance enterprise objectives.

Responsibilities

• Builds strong, collaborative relationships with internal clients, legal department colleagues, and cross functional partners, grounded in trust, transparency, and shared accountability.
• Communicates legal advice clearly, concisely, and professionally, tailoring messages for non-legal audiences to support timely, informed decision making.
• Anticipates business and regulatory issues by understanding the operational environment, strategic priorities and engaging early to help shape outcomes.
• Engages in difficult or sensitive conversations directly, respectfully, and constructively, assuming positive intent and seeking to understand differing perspectives.
• Provides a full range of legal services for assigned practice areas and business partners, translating legal risk into clear, actionable guidance aligned to business objectives, timelines, and the Company’s risk tolerance.
• Conducts thorough legal analysis and factual investigation, exercising sound judgment and applying relevant laws, regulations, and precedents to real world business issues.
• Evaluates legal and regulatory risk in context and recommends options and mitigation strategies that support business objectives, enterprise strategies and timelines.
• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates a broad range of agreements and advises on related legal issues.
• Supports regulatory matters, audits, and interactions with state and federal agencies, as needed.
• Represents the company in negotiations, meetings, and proceedings within assigned areas of responsibility.
• Maintains current knowledge of applicable state and federal laws, regulations, and enforcement trends affecting health insurance operations and proactively advises on business impacts.
• Coordinates and manages outside counsel strategically, ensuring their use is appropriate, cost effective, and aligned with business needs and legal risk.
• Contributes to the development and evolution of policies, procedures, templates,