Associate General Counsel

Headway is building a new mental healthcare system that everyone can access. We make it easy for people to find quality in-network mental health care by removing historic barriers faced by mental health providers, payers, and patients.  1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but the vast majority do not get the care they need. The primary reason is cost: the majority of therapists do not accept insurance, meaning paying for therapy is prohibitively expensive for prospective patients. This is where we got our start – Headway has built the first software-enabled network of therapists who accept health insurance, making it easy for therapists to grow their practices, and possible for patients to find quality care they can afford.  We launched in April of 2019 and are now powering 300,000+ appointments per month. To scale our vision, we’ve raised over $100 million in funding from a16z, Thrive, Accel, and Google Ventures. Join us, and make an impact About The Role As Associate General Counsel, you will be integral in securing Headway’s growth with compliance and quality by providing timely, practical legal advice to Headway employees at all levels. To do this, you will advise the business on day-to-day healthcare regulatory and risk management questions, including but not limited to: health insurance billing and reimbursement, health information privacy, consumer data privacy, escalated patient or member complaints, and management services organization issues. You will also provide In-house general advising that includes first-line advising on all legal issues such as, but not limited to employment, marketing, consumer law, and corporate law. Finally, you will also provide counsel on agreements such as vendor agreements, NDAs, BAAs, user agreements, etc. This is an exciting opportunity, as you’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. You’ll be great for this role if: You possess a Juris Doctorate degree and a license to practice law in New York and/or the US jurisdiction in which you reside. You have 7+ years of professional legal experience either in a law firm or corporate environment, preferably advising healthcare management services organizations or similar entities You thrive on giving practical, timely advice to great people doing great work. You Will: Provide general legal business guidance and provide legal support to Headway’s business units Prepare and negotiate contracts, including NDAs, vendor agreements, provider agreements, payer agreements, user agreements, BAAs, and others Perform regulatory research and analysis on a variety of healthcare and related regulatory topics Support resolution of contract disputes and escalated complaints We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem - across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway employees work remotely across the US, with the option to work from our NYC HQ.  Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact talent@findheadway.com.