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General Counsel

Virta Health· Finance & Legal
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Remote$267.6k - $292.6kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

General Counsel leading Virta Health’s legal function in a high-growth, venture-backed technology/healthcare environment, with IPO readiness and AI-enabled transformation responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop Virta’s Legal team, building a high-performing function with clear priorities, strong operating rhythms, and the capabilities needed to support company growth, enterprise risk management, and Virta’s next stage of scale
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to the executive team and Board on legal, regulatory, governance, and business matters
  • Partner closely with Commercial, Product, Clinical, People, Finance, and Operations teams to enable company growth
  • Lead all corporate legal matters, including governance, financing support, strategic transactions, litigation management, employment matters, and enterprise risk
  • Oversee healthcare regulatory and compliance strategy across a rapidly evolving landscape
  • Help prepare the organization for future public company requirements, including governance, disclosure practices, and operational rigor
  • Support complex commercial contracting with enterprise customers, health plans, employers, and strategic partners
  • Build scalable legal processes and infrastructure appropriate for a high-growth company
  • Modernize the legal function through the thoughtful adoption of AI-enabled tools and workflows
  • Manage and develop outside counsel relationships and any future in-house legal team expansion
  • Foster a practical, solutions-oriented legal culture that balances risk management with business velocity

Qualifications

  • Significant legal leadership experience within a high-growth, venture-backed technology or healthcare company
  • Experience serving as General Counsel or senior legal leader at a company with $200M+ in revenue and meaningful operational complexity
  • Strong commercial orientation and ability to be a business partner, not simply a gatekeeper
  • Experience supporting IPO readiness, serving as the #1 or #2 legal leader through an IPO process, and/or operating within a public company legal environment
  • Strong executive presence and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and Boards
  • Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
  • Proven track record of architecting durable AI systems that solve cross-functional challenges and deliver measurable improvements to business efficiency
  • Combination of strategic thinking and willingness to operate hands-on when needed
  • Experience building and leading high performing Legal teams
  • JD required; strong academic credentials preferred
  • Based in or willing to spend meaningful time in the SF Bay Area or Denver
  • Nice-to-have: meaningful healthcare industry experience, including familiarity with healthcare regulatory environments

Skills

Required:Legal leadershipIPO readiness
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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