First In-House General Counsel, HealthTech Scaleup

Courier Health, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Unlimited Vacation

Commuter benefits

Parental leave

Catered lunch

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Courier Health, Inc. is seeking its first dedicated in-house counsel to report to the CFO in New York City.

You will build scalable legal infrastructure, streamline commercial contracts, data privacy, and regulatory processes to support a high-growth life sciences tech company. You will partner across finance, product, and operations, provide practical risk guidance, and manage external counsel on HIPAA and data privacy.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of legal experience, ideally including meaningful time in-house at a technology or healthcare technology company.
• J.D. from an accredited law school; licensed to practice law in New York or another U.S. jurisdiction.
• Deep experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts: SaaS SOWs, MSAs, BAAs, vendor agreements, and partnership structures.
• Working knowledge of HIPAA and healthcare data privacy.
• Ability to make complex legal concepts clear and actionable for non-legal stakeholders at every level of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Build legal infrastructure that scales: templates, processes, and governance across commercial and data privacy.
• Cross-functional partnership to enable business decisions without bottlenecks.
• Provide strategic risk judgment and advise CFO/executive team on legal risk.
• Oversee compliance and regulatory risk with external counsel on HIPAA and data privacy.
• Design scalable legal processes: intake, triage, turnaround expectations, escalation paths.

Skills

Legal experience

J.D.

In-house

SaaS contracts

HIPAA knowledge

Executive presence

Contract negotiation

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Bar admission NY or US jurisdiction

Job description

Courier Health, Inc. is seeking its first dedicated in-house counsel to report to the CFO in New York City.

You will build scalable legal infrastructure, streamline commercial contracts, data privacy, and regulatory processes to support a high-growth life sciences tech company. You will partner across finance, product, and operations, provide practical risk guidance, and manage external counsel on HIPAA and data privacy.