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Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel

Barcelona, Spain | Paris, France | Remote EU

THE ROLE

The SVP, Legal Affairs and General Counsel leads Alira Health’s global legal team, focused on four key areas: Corporate Governance, Contracts, Risk Management & Compliance, and General Corporate Matters. The SVP will be a business partner to the CXOs and practice area leaders, helping them solve business problems and create new opportunities while addressing issues of compliance and risk management. This is a newly created role in our fast-growing healthcare technology and advisory company; we are looking for a seasoned attorney with broad experience in general corporate matters and well-informed on data privacy and compliance.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Corporate Governance

  • Manage corporate governance issues related to Alira Health’s numerous global entities
  • Lead corporate governance initiatives, including close interactions with the Board of Directors, new director onboarding, director education, annual board self-evaluation, and committee charters
  • Assist in formation or closing of domestic and international entities as the company expands and matures
  • Assist in determining appropriate structure for new entities
  • Ensure compliance with governance regulations and requirements in all jurisdictions

Contracts

  • Oversee legal team’s work on contracts, including, but not limited to, NDA’s, MSA’s, SaaS Agreements, Service Level Agreements, Partner Agreements, Independent Contractor Agreements and Vendor Agreements
  • Manage, draft, and negotiate more complex contracts
  • Provide guidance on acceptable contract language; develop, maintain, revise and implement standard templates, forms, and processes for improvement and scalability purposes
  • Set policy and procedure on contract management

Risk Management & Compliance

  • Participate in the development and lead the company’s global corporate compliance program, including compliance and ethics policies, trainings, workplace investigations, whistleblower hotline, third party risk management, and supplier compliance
  • Address compliance and regulatory matters. Supports and collaborates with other departments (Finance, QA, HR) to direct compliance issues for investigation, assessment, and resolution
  • Oversee evaluation and purchase of insurance
  • Advise business teams on applicable laws and regulations, including GDPR and other major data privacy regulations
  • Manage data privacy, security, and other service and product-related issues from a legal perspective
  • Collaborate with QA team to ensure policy compliance with data privacy regulations in relevant jurisdictions, calling in outside counsel or assistance as required

General Corporate Matters

  • Oversee global legal team of four people and manage departmental budget
  • Advise executive management on legal implications of major decisions and transactions
  • Provide counseling and advice on a wide range of corporate issues
  • Manage relationships with outside counsel in various jurisdictions
  • Support the company’s M&A strategy, requiring quick adaptation to an international, fast-changing environment
  • Other responsibilities as required

PREPARATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES 

  • French qualified lawyer with 10 years PQE preferred, will consider lawyers qualified in the US or UK.
  • Experience within a dynamic, complex global business environment
  • Broad knowledge of law (corporate law, commercial law, privacy law, labor law)
  • Significant experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating commercial agreements
  • Experience in global compliance programs and projects
  • Strong analytical ability together with reliably sound business judgment and a balanced approach to risk mitigation
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to clearly and explain complex issues to a non-legal audience
  • Flexibility – able to balance process and decision-making in a large organization with an entrepreneurial culture and lean operating environment.
  • Capable of articulating a vision or plan, gaining organizational commitment to action, and leading with indirect authority to achieve results
  • Demonstrated successful history of driving compliance or legal projects to completion across a global enterprise
  • Experience with companies operating in the healthcare and/or start-up industry
  • Fluent in English and French
  • Maintain a valid passport with some flexibility for global travel.
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Why work at Alira Health?

With twelve offices around the world, Alira Health provides a vibrant and creative environment with benefits that include professional development, global travel, flexible work programs, and more.
We welcome your passion and drive, talent and entrepreneurial spirit, sense of service and teamwork.
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