Counsel, Legislation and Government Relations
Location
United States
Posted
13 days ago
Salary
$190K - $220K / year
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
This role involves supporting government relations and legal advising within a fast-paced startup environment.
- 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 required legislative and regulatory changes after conducting a risk analysis of compliance.
- 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 on evolving rules, regulations, compliance requirements, and trends impacting the tech and healthcare industries.
- Manage a range of legal matters, including human resources, independent contractor classification, and state registration requirement work streams.
Qualifications
- 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- Experience with labor and employment law that will assist you in serving as a regular advisor to the company’s Human Resources team.
- Track record of drafting legislation, regulations, and amendments that have been adopted into law.
Interview Process
- Resume Review
- Case Study
- Case Interview with a member of our Legal team
- Hiring Manager interview with our Head of Legal
- Executive Interview with our Co-CEO
Salary
The base salary range for this position is $190,000 - $220,000. This role will also be eligible for discretionary annual bonus (paid on a quarterly basis) and/or equity compensation. The range provided is Clipboard Health's reasonable estimate of the salary for this role. The actual amount may differ based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location.
Job 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.
- 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.
- Experience with labor and employment law that will assist you in serving as a regular advisor to the company’s Human Resources team.
- Track record of drafting legislation, regulations, and amendments that have been adopted into law.
- Interview Process
- Resume Review
- Case Study
- Case Interview with a member of our Legal team
- Hiring Manager interview with our Head of Legal
- Executive Interview with our Co-CEO
- Salary
- The base salary range for this position is $190,000 - $220,000. This role will also be eligible for discretionary annual bonus (paid on a quarterly basis) and/or equity compensation. The range provided is Clipboard Health's reasonable estimate of the salary for this role. The actual amount may differ based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location.
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