General Counsel
3 days ago
Scottsdale
Job Description:\n\n General Counsel Healthcare | Precision Medicine | Oncology | Telemedicine | Corporate Growth ENVITA | Full-Time | On-Site | Scottsdale, ArizonaJoin at a Defining Moment in Envita's Growth Story Timing matters. The right executive opportunities rarely come along at exactly the right time. This is one of them. Envita currently employs approximately 360 team members and is entering one of the most significant growth phases in its history. The organization has recently acquired a multi-million-dollar facility designed to significantly expand patient capacity and support future growth initiatives. At the same time, leadership is actively developing and launching new healthcare verticals, expanding telemedicine capabilities, exploring strategic partnerships, and investing in innovative healthcare delivery models that will shape the future direction of the organization. For the right General Counsel, this creates a rare opportunity to join at the onset of transformational growth rather than after the most important decisions have already been made. You will help build the legal, regulatory, governance, compliance, risk management, telemedicine, and corporate infrastructure supporting the next chapter of Envita's evolution. Few healthcare legal opportunities offer the ability to influence so many aspects of growth simultaneously.Why This Role Is Career Defining Most General Counsel opportunities involve stepping into an established legal function. This opportunity offers the chance to help architect the future of a rapidly growing healthcare organization at a pivotal moment in its evolution. Expansion of patient capacityDevelopment of new healthcare verticalsTelemedicine growth and multi-state expansionStrategic partnershipsPotential acquisitionsPrecision medicine initiativesOncology innovationDiagnostic and laboratory growthCorporate infrastructure scalingEnterprise risk management For an attorney who enjoys growth, complexity, innovation, and executive influence, opportunities of this scale and timing are exceptionally rare.Help Shape the Future of Healthcare Most General Counsel opportunities focus on protecting the status quo. This one is about helping build the future. Envita is one of the most innovative and rapidly evolving organizations in precision medicine, integrative oncology, chronic disease treatment, diagnostics, telemedicine, and healthcare innovation. Patients travel from across the United States and internationally seeking answers after exhausting conventional treatment options. They come to Envita searching for hope, innovation, and new possibilities. As General Counsel, you will serve as the organization's senior legal authority and a trusted advisor to ownership and executive leadership, helping shape the legal, regulatory, compliance, governance, and growth strategies that will support the next chapter of Envita's evolution. This is a rare opportunity for a healthcare attorney who wants to move beyond legal oversight and become a true executive partner to help drive innovation, expansion, patient impact, and organizational growth.Why Executive Leaders Choose Envita Help patients when traditional healthcare has run out of answers.Operate as a strategic executive partner to ownership and senior leadership.Help scale precision medicine, oncology, diagnostics, telemedicine, and future healthcare initiatives.Support expansion into new business verticals and emerging healthcare delivery models.Influence strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and organizational growth.Solve sophisticated legal, regulatory, operational, and business challenges.Help build an organization rather than simply maintain one.About Envita Envita is a mission-driven healthcare organization focused on complex patient populations, including cancer, Lyme disease, chronic illness, and patients seeking innovative treatment approaches after conventional options have often fallen short. The organization operates in a complex and highly regulated environment that includes physician services, precision medicine, diagnostics, laboratory-related considerations, telemedicine, patient care delivery, provider relationships, corporate growth, and emerging healthcare verticals. Envita's next stage of growth requires a General Counsel who can combine sophisticated healthcare legal expertise with executive-level judgment, business acumen, operational pragmatism, and a strong commitment to protecting the organization while enabling innovation.The Opportunity The General Counsel serves as the organization's senior legal authority and strategic legal advisor. This role is intentionally weighted approximately 60% healthcare regulatory, compliance, provider, and medical legal matters and 40% corporate, tax, governance, transactional, and commercial legal matters. The successful candidate will operate as both a healthcare regulatory expert and a strategic business advisor capable of balancing innovation, growth, compliance, and organizational objectives. Beyond managing legal risk, this leader will help enable organizational growth by supporting the legal infrastructure required for telemedicine expansion, new healthcare verticals, strategic partnerships, acquisitions, physician relationships, diagnostics, and precision medicine initiatives. This individual will work directly with executive leadership and serve as a trusted advisor on legal, regulatory, compliance, operational, and strategic matters affecting the organization.What Success Looks Like Timeframe Strategic Focus Success Measures First 6 Months Establish executive partnership and legal infrastructure. Build trusted relationships with executive leadership, physicians, and operational leaders. Conduct a comprehensive assessment of legal, regulatory, compliance, governance, telemedicine, and risk management exposure. Enterprise legal assessment completed. Executive legal roadmap delivered. Priority legal initiatives identified and launched. Trusted advisor relationships established. Within 12 Months Strengthen compliance and enable growth. Improve contract review, contract management, healthcare compliance infrastructure, provider agreement structures, governance, and risk management practices. Support telemedicine growth and strategic initiatives. Improved compliance readiness. Reduced legal exposure. Improved contract turnaround times. Successful support of key growth initiatives. Within 24 Months Become a strategic architect of organizational growth. Support acquisitions, strategic partnerships, telemedicine and multi-state expansion, new vertical launches, scalable legal infrastructure, and long-term sustainable growth. Successful support of transformational growth initiatives. Strong regulatory standing. Scalable legal infrastructure aligned with growth strategy. Recognized executive leadership partner.Key Performance Objectives Strengthen Enterprise Legal and Compliance InfrastructureProvide Executive Legal Leadership and Strategic CounselSupport Telemedicine Expansion and New Vertical GrowthStrengthen Provider, Physician, and Regulatory Compliance ProgramsEnable Strategic Partnerships, Acquisitions, and Corporate GrowthProtect the Organization Through Enterprise Risk ManagementKey ResponsibilitiesHealthcare Legal & Regulatory Leadership (60%)Healthcare Compliance & Regulatory Counsel Serve as the organization's primary legal advisor regarding healthcare regulatory compliance. Provide guidance on: HIPAA and HITECHStark LawFederal and State Anti-Kickback StatutesFalse Claims ActMedicare and Medicaid regulationsCorporate Practice of Medicine lawsTelemedicine regulationsMulti-state healthcare delivery regulationsLaboratory and diagnostic testing regulationsPrivacy and data security lawsState healthcare licensing requirementsFDA and FTC-related healthcare advertising considerationsMedical Board & Professional Licensing Matters Lead responses to: State Medical Board inquiriesProfessional licensing investigationsAdministrative actionsPhysician disciplinary mattersCredentialing and privileging disputes Advise physicians, providers, and executives regarding professional liability exposure and regulatory obligations.Patient Complaints & Risk Management Review and respond to significant patient complaints and legal escalations.Assess malpractice exposure and coordinate defense strategies with outside counsel when necessary.Advise leadership on patient safety, documentation, informed consent, and risk mitigation practices.Compliance Program Oversight Develop, strengthen, and maintain healthcare compliance programs.Conduct internal legal reviews and investigations.Provide training to physicians, executives, and staff regarding healthcare regulatory requirements.Monitor regulatory changes affecting healthcare operations.Healthcare Transactions & Provider Relationships Structure physician arrangements and compensation models.Review management agreements, employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, and referral relationships for regulatory compliance.Conduct healthcare-specific legal due diligence for acquisitions, partnerships, and strategic initiatives.Telemedicine & Digital Health Expansion Advise on telemedicine regulations, multi-state licensure considerations, virtual care delivery models, and related compliance obligations.Support legal infrastructure for telemedicine growth, remote patient engagement, privacy, data security, and healthcare delivery across jurisdictions.Help leadership evaluate regulatory risk and operational requirements associated with digital health and telemedicine expansion.Corporate, Tax & Commercial Legal Leadership (40%)Corporate Governance Advise executive leadership and ownership on legal risks and strategic decisions.Support board governance, corporate records, resolutions, and organizational structure.Manage legal aspects of corporate growth initiatives.Contract Negotiation & Commercial Transactions Draft, review, negotiate, and redline: Vendor agreementsService agreementsStrategic partnership agreementsLicensing agreementsEmployment agreementsReal estate and lease agreementsTechnology and software contractsBusiness development transactionsEnsure favorable contractual terms and risk allocation.Lead contract negotiations with external parties.Tax & Entity Structure Support Advise on legal aspects of corporate tax matters and organizational structuring. Collaborate with tax advisors, CPAs, and external counsel on: Tax-efficient business structuresCorporate reorganizationsMergers and acquisitionsAsset protection strategiesMulti-entity governance structures Identify legal risks associated with tax planning strategies.Litigation & Risk Management Manage outside counsel relationships.Oversee litigation strategy and dispute resolution.Evaluate legal risks across the organization and recommend proactive solutions.Ideal Candidate Profile The ideal candidate is a seasoned healthcare attorney who can confidently navigate complex healthcare regulations, defend and respond to medical board inquiries, oversee patient-related legal risk, support telemedicine expansion, advise on strategic growth initiatives, and simultaneously function as a trusted executive advisor capable of helping leadership make sound business decisions while maintaining regulatory excellence. This individual should be comfortable operating as the primary legal authority for a rapidly growing healthcare organization entering a transformational phase of growth and expansion.Target Candidate Backgrounds Strong consideration will be given to candidates with experience supporting: Oncology organizationsSpecialty healthcare organizationsPrecision medicine organizationsDiagnostic laboratoriesTelemedicine organizationsDigital health companiesMulti-state healthcare organizationsPhysician practice management organizationsIntegrative or functional medicine organizationsComplex healthcare enterprises with multiple legal, regulatory, and operational verticalsTarget Titles General CounselChief Legal OfficerDeputy General CounselAssociate General CounselSenior Healthcare CounselVice President, Legal AffairsHealthcare Regulatory CounselHealthcare Compliance Counsel with executive advisory experienceQualificationsRequired Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.Active membership in at least one U.S. State Bar in good standing.Minimum 7 years of healthcare law experience, with significant experience advising healthcare organizations, physician groups, hospitals, laboratories, specialty clinics, telemedicine organizations, or other healthcare entities.Demonstrated expertise in HIPAA/HITECH, Stark Law, Federal and State Anti-Kickback Statutes, healthcare compliance programs, Medical Board matters, professional licensing issues, healthcare investigations, and healthcare contracting.Experience responding to regulatory inquiries and government investigations.Strong contract drafting, negotiation, and redlining experience.Experience advising executive leadership teams.Preferred 10+ years of healthcare legal experience strongly preferred.15+ years of healthcare legal experience is highly desirable for candidates who have supported complex healthcare growth environments.Prior experience serving as General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, Associate General Counsel, or Senior Healthcare Counsel.Experience with precision medicine, oncology, laboratories, diagnostics, telemedicine, or integrative healthcare organizations.Knowledge of corporate tax structures and business transactions.Experience with mergers, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and complex corporate structures.Experience managing outside litigation counsel.Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) or similar credential is a plus.Key Competencies Exceptional legal judgmentStrategic business thinkingExecutive presenceStrong negotiation skillsRegulatory expertiseHealthcare compliance depthRisk assessment and mitigationAbility to operate independentlyExcellent written and verbal communicationAbility to balance legal compliance with business objectivesAbility to support innovation while protecting the organizationTrusted advisor mindsetIntellectual curiosity and comfort with complexityCompensation & Benefits Competitive executive-level base salaryPerformance bonus opportunityEquity participation consideration, if applicableComprehensive health benefitsPaid time offProfessional development and continuing legal education supportWhy This Role Is Different Most General Counsel opportunities focus on protecting established organizations. This opportunity offers the chance to help build one. You will join Envita at a defining moment in its evolution, helping support new verticals, telemedicine expansion, increased patient capacity, strategic growth initiatives, precision medicine, diagnostics, and healthcare innovation while serving as a trusted advisor to executive leadership. For the right attorney, this is more than a