Counsel, Legislation and Government Relations
Clipboard Health
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $190,000 - $220,000 per year
About the role
- Identify specific legislative and regulatory goals in various states.
- Engage with state and federal lobbyists to draft proposed legislation and regulations.
- Create coalitions with other stakeholders who share our vision for legislative and regulatory change.
- Monitor relevant state and federal legislation and regulatory changes.
- Work with business teams, including the Product, Sales, and People Ops teams, to implement any required legislative and regulatory changes after conducting a risk analysis of compliance, including the dollars in risk for noncompliance.
- Provide legal advice to business teams across a range of issues and topics.
- Prepare responses to regulator inquiries.
- Manage contracts with outside counsel to ensure deliverables are on time, within budget, and responsive to the business’ needs.
- Lead external relations campaigns to engage stakeholders on advocacy issues that affect the business.
- Work cross-functionally to identify, investigate, and manage risks across the business.
- Analyze and provide guidance to the company on evolving rules, regulations, compliance requirements, and trends impacting the tech and healthcare industries.
- Manage a range of legal matters, including but not limited to human resources, independent contractor classification, and state registration requirement work streams.
Requirements
- JD, with admission to a state bar.
- At least 5 years of relevant legal experience and/or government relations experience (at a well-respected lobbying firm, law firm, as an in-house attorney, or in a high-level government role including legislative outreach).
- At least 2 years of experience working in state or federal government.
- Experience engaging legislators and government regulators.
- Bias toward action and solving (not just spotting) problems.
- Ability to take ownership of your work and manage projects independently.
- Excellent communication and writing abilities.
- Ability to work under pressure and autonomously and meet tight deadlines.
- Agility and flexibility to take on new tasks and responsibilities when necessary to support the business and legal team’s needs in a fast-moving, rapidly scaling, and dynamic tech company.
- Ability to engage with and interpret government data from databases and other sources.
- Experience working cross-culturally and with diverse, global teams.
- Ability to travel throughout the United States.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus (paid on a quarterly basis)
- Equity compensation
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
JDlegal experiencegovernment relationslegislative outreachrisk analysiscompliancecontract managementlegal adviceregulatory monitoringstakeholder engagement
Soft Skills
problem-solvingownershipproject managementcommunicationwritingworking under pressureagilityflexibilitycross-cultural collaborationindependence
Certifications
admission to a state bar