Senior Corporate Counsel, Risk & AI HealthTech

Headway.co; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

HSA/FSA

401(k) with company match

Carrot Fertility reimbursement

Parental leave

Job summary

Headway is seeking a Counsel, Corporate & Risk to partner with Finance, Procurement, Customer Experience, and Communications during a pivotal growth phase. You will own third-party contracting, disputes, and corporate insurance matters, reporting to the Associate General Counsel.

This is a strategic, high-impact role in a healthcare tech company leveraging AI to advance operations. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of legal experience (2+ in-house), 경험 in a fast-paced startup, and JD with bar

Qualifications

• 5+ years of legal experience, including at least 2 years in-house.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth start-up environment (healthcare preferred).
• Hands-on ownership of complex processes like commercial contracting at scale, and the judgment to balance risk and trade-offs with the right mix of fidelity and velocity.
• Strong emotional intelligence - you will be the face of Legal to cross-functional partners on matters that may be escalated, time-sensitive, or both.
• Genuine interest in working with AI tooling, and in improving or reinventing the systems you work in (versus simply operating within them).
• Ability to translate complex topics into clear and actionable advice for non-legal stakeholders.
• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership (ability to register as NY in-house counsel required).

Responsibilities

• Third-party and vendor contracting - building out and leading our agentic first-pass contract review, while serving as DRI on escalations and exceptions that reflect our goals and priorities.
• A key subset of disputes and escalated requests - e.g., patient cost disputes, escalated provider matters, administrative/regulatory inquiries, and escalated document and records requests - partnering closely with Customer Experience and Communications to resolve effectively.
• Headway's annual corporate insurance cycle and ongoing insurance administration.
• Other corporate and risk matters that arise within a fast-growing start-up environment.

Skills

Legal experience

In-house

Contract management

Startup environment

Emotional intelligence

AI tooling interest

Stakeholder communication

Education

J.D.

Job description

Headway is seeking a Counsel, Corporate & Risk to partner with Finance, Procurement, Customer Experience, and Communications during a pivotal growth phase. You will own third-party contracting, disputes, and corporate insurance matters, reporting to the Associate General Counsel.

This is a strategic, high-impact role in a healthcare tech company leveraging AI to advance operations. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of legal experience (2+ in-house), 경험 in a fast-paced startup, and JD with bar