Healthcare Regulatory Counsel

GoodRx, Inc.; Santa Monica (CA); Remote; USD 158,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

ESPP

Unlimited vacation

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

GoodRx seeks a Healthcare Regulatory Counsel to independently handle complex legal matters spanning employee benefits contracts, healthcare regulatory product reviews, and AI initiatives. This senior role guides teams in risk assessment, creates scalable review processes, and partners with business leaders to resolve novel issues.

The role emphasizes independent judgment, timely escalation of high-impact matters, and cross-functional collaboration across Product, Privacy, Compliance, and Legal.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and bar admission in good standing.
• 8+ years of relevant healthcare regulatory counseling and commercial contract drafting/negotiation.
• Experience reviewing employee benefits vendors or service agreements and advising on privacy/security issues.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate employee benefits vendor/service agreements with stakeholders.
• Lead healthcare regulatory reviews of products, features, and partnerships from concept to launch.
• Assess federal/state healthcare requirements involving pharmacy, telehealth, licensure, corporate practice, fraud, and consumer health activities.
• Review AI tools and vendor agreements, evaluating regulatory implications and safeguards.

Skills

Regulatory counseling

Contract negotiation

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Education

Juris Doctor degree

Tools

Legal research tools

Job description

## Healthcare Regulatory CounselApply: Remote USA: Full time: Posted Yesterday: JR100672**GoodRx is the leading prescription savings platform in the U.S.**Trusted by more than 25 million consumers and 750,000 healthcare professionals annually, GoodRx provides access to savings and affordability options for generic and brand-name medications at more than 70,000 pharmacies nationwide, as well as comprehensive healthcare research and information. Since 2011, GoodRx has helped consumers save nearly $75 billion on the cost of their prescriptions.Our goal is to help Americans find convenient and affordable healthcare. We offer solutions for consumers, employers, health plans, and anyone else who shares our desire to provide affordable prescriptions to all Americans.**About the Role:**GoodRx is seeking a Healthcare Regulatory Counsel to independently handle complex legal matters spanning employee benefits contracts, healthcare regulatory product reviews, and artificial intelligence initiatives. This role provides practical legal guidance that helps teams evaluate risk, structure agreements, and bring products and programs to market responsibly. As a senior individual contributor, you will apply broad expertise across related legal disciplines, lead legal reviews from intake through resolution, and help prioritize competing projects. You will partner with business leaders and legal colleagues to resolve novel issues, develop scalable review processes, and escalate significant risks or matters requiring specialized expertise. This role has no direct reports. **Responsibilities**:* Independently draft, review, and negotiate employee benefits vendor and service agreements, amendments, and renewals in partnership with Total Rewards, Procurement, Finance, and other stakeholders. Address service commitments, fees, data use, confidentiality, liability, indemnification, termination, and applicable compliance obligations.* Identify benefits-related regulatory and contractual issues, coordinate with privacy and security partners, and engage specialized benefits counsel on complex plan, tax, or fiduciary matters as appropriate.* Lead healthcare regulatory legal reviews of new and existing products, features, programs, and partnerships from concept through launch. Translate complex requirements into clear recommendations, practical alternatives, and appropriate safeguards.* Assess applicable federal and state healthcare requirements involving pharmacy, telehealth, professional licensure, corporate practice of medicine, healthcare fraud and abuse, referral arrangements, and consumer-facing healthcare activities; coordinate with subject matter experts as needed.* Review proposed AI tools, vendors, features, and use cases in partnership with Product, Engineering, Privacy, Information Security, and Compliance. Evaluate healthcare regulatory implications, intended use, data handling, transparency, human oversight, and relevant contractual protections.* Help develop and apply AI review criteria and approval processes; document recommendations and escalate novel, high-impact, or unresolved risks to the appropriate legal leaders and business decision makers.* Triage incoming contracts and regulatory projects by clarifying scope, identifying risks and dependencies, recommending priorities, and coordinating ownership across legal and business teams. Manage assigned matters through completion and communicate status and timing.* Exercise independent judgment on significant and ambiguous issues, explain tradeoffs to diverse stakeholders, and recommend actionable paths that support business objectives and appropriate risk management.* Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments, assess their implications for GoodRx, and recommend updates to contracts, product requirements, internal guidance, and review practices.* Develop templates, contract playbooks, review checklists, and training that improve consistency and efficiency. Serve as a trusted subject matter resource and contribute to cross-functional initiatives and other legal matters as needed. **Required Qualifications:*** Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar, with eligibility to practice in the jurisdiction required for the role.* At least 8 years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination, including substantial healthcare regulatory counseling and commercial contract drafting and negotiation.* Experience reviewing employee benefits’ vendors or service agreements and identifying issues that require specialized benefits, privacy, or security expertise.* Experience advising healthcare, digital health, or technology businesses on product development, commercial arrangements, and applicable regulatory requirements.* Ability to independently manage complex, novel matters, evaluate incomplete information, and provide clear, practical recommendations with sound escalation judgment.* Strong negotiation, legal research, writing, and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and build effective relationships across functions.* Demonstrated ability to prioritize a varied workload, coordinate multiple reviewers, and improve legal processes in a fast-moving environment.**Preferred Qualifications:*** In-house experience at a healthcare technology, pharmacy, telehealth, or consumer healthcare company.* Experience evaluating AI-enabled products, enterprise AI tools, or AI vendor agreements and supporting AI governance processes.* Familiarity with employee benefits frameworks, including ERISA, and healthcare privacy requirements, including HIPAA, as relevant to contracts and product reviews and familiarity with third party benefits administration.All GoodRx employees are responsible for reviewing and complying with all Company safety and security policies and procedures, being vigilant and observant of potential security threats (including phishing attempts) and proactively communicating with the Security Team to raise any concerns.At GoodRx, pay ranges are determined based on work locations and may vary based on where the successful candidate is hired. The pay ranges below are shown as a guideline, and the successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, and other relevant business and organizational factors. These pay zones may be modified in the future. Please contact your recruiter for additional information.San Francisco and Seattle Offices:$190,000.00 - $305,000.00New York Office:$174,000.00 - $279,000.00Santa Monica Office:$158,000.00 - $254,000.00Other Office Locations:$142,000.00 - $229,000.00GoodRx also offers additional compensation programs such as annual cash bonuses or commission, and annual equity grants for most positions as well as generous benefits. Our great benefits offerings include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with a company match, an ESPP, unlimited vacation, 13 paid holidays, and 72 hours of sick leave. GoodRx also offers additional benefits like mental wellness and financial wellness programs, fertility benefits, generous parental leave, pet insurance, supplemental life insurance for you and your dependents, company-paid short-term and long-term disability, and more!We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company and industry. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has a seat at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel.With that said, research shows that women and other underrepresented groups apply only if they meet 100% of the criteria. GoodRx is committed to leveling the playing field, and we encourage women, people of color, those in the LGBTQ+ communities, individuals with disabilities, and Veterans to apply for positions even if they don’t necessarily check every box outlined in the job description. Please still get in touch - we’d love to connect and see if you could be good for the role!GoodRx is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities during our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please reach out to us at [e-mail] prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from **@****goodrx.com** or **[e-mail]**addresses.