[Hiring] Vice President, Legal @Solutus Legal Search

Role Description

Our client, a rapidly growing, AI-enabled diagnostic imaging company, is seeking a Vice President, Legal to play a key leadership role within its legal function. This is a highly visible, hands-on position that will partner closely with senior leadership and teams throughout the organization. The Vice President, Legal will report to the CEO/Co-Founder and have broad responsibility across healthcare regulatory and commercial matters, while also serving as a generalist on a range of additional legal issues.

• Lead and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements with hospitals, health systems, physician groups, imaging centers, vendors, technology partners, and other strategic counterparties.
• Draft and negotiate agreements involving professional and diagnostic imaging services, technology and software, data use, business associate relationships, strategic partnerships, procurement, and other commercial matters.
• Advise the business on a broad range of healthcare regulatory matters, including Anti-Kickback, Stark Law, HIPAA, FDA-related issues, physician arrangements, and other state and federal requirements relevant to the company’s operations.
• Partner with clinical, product, technology, and business teams to assess regulatory issues associated with new services, products, partnerships, and the company’s use of artificial intelligence and other healthcare technology.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that helps the company achieve its objectives while appropriately managing regulatory, contractual, and operational risk.
• Serve as a broad legal resource to the organization on other matters as needed, including employment, corporate, governance, compliance, and general business issues.
• Develop scalable legal processes, templates, and playbooks and manage outside counsel strategically where specialized expertise is required.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• 12+ years of relevant legal experience, with meaningful experience in healthcare, digital health, medical technology, healthcare technology, or another highly regulated industry.
• Strong healthcare regulatory experience, including familiarity with Anti-Kickback, Stark Law, HIPAA, FDA-related issues, or other legal requirements applicable to healthcare providers and healthcare services.
• Significant commercial contracting experience and the ability to independently structure, draft, and negotiate sophisticated business agreements.
• Experience working with hospitals, health systems, physician organizations, healthcare providers, or healthcare technology companies is highly desirable.
• Experience advising on AI, medical technology, digital health, or other regulated technology is a plus, but not required.
• Broad legal judgment and comfort handling or overseeing a variety of general corporate, employment, compliance, and other business matters.
• Strong business acumen, excellent communication skills, and the ability to provide clear, practical advice in a fast-moving environment.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate is a sophisticated, business-minded healthcare lawyer who is equally comfortable navigating regulatory questions and helping the business get important commercial deals done.
• This person will be pragmatic, collaborative, intellectually curious, and comfortable operating as a broad-based legal advisor rather than a narrow subject-matter specialist.

Benefits

• Base salary range of around $340,000–$350,000 depending on experience.
• Eligible for an annual bonus and a meaningful stock grant as part of the overall compensation package.

Company Description

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a rapidly scaling healthcare technology company that is rethinking how diagnostic imaging is delivered. The Vice President, Legal will have the opportunity to work on a compelling mix of healthcare regulatory, commercial, technology, and general business matters while partnering closely with senior leadership and helping shape the company’s continued growth.