Deputy General Counsel

Overview

Deputy General Counsel, Strategy and Business Services. Help shape the future of healthcare through strategic legal leadership.

We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic Deputy General Counsel, Strategy and Business Services to provide legal guidance and leadership across our health system. This position offers a unique opportunity to partner with executive leadership, influence organizational strategy, and support complex business initiatives that advance our mission and long-term success.

About the Opportunity

As Deputy General Counsel, you will report directly to the Chief Legal Officer and serve as a trusted legal advisor to senior executives, including the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. You will provide strategic legal counsel on matters impacting the organization as a whole, including corporate governance, business transactions, contracting, and strategic growth initiatives.

This highly visible role offers the opportunity to collaborate with Boards of Directors and executive leaders while helping navigate the evolving healthcare landscape.

Responsibilities

• Becomes well-acquainted with the business and operations served by the assigned Practice Group, including its leadership, decision-making structure, strategy, and business priorities.
• Provides and oversees legal services to the business served by the Practice Group, including identifying, assessing, and managing legal risks that could impact UPH, anticipating the effect on operations.
• Negotiation, drafting, and management of contracts and other legal documents, ensuring they protect the company's interests.
• Managing legal disputes.
• Identifies and mitigates the areas of highest legal risk impacting the assigned Practice Group.
• Acts as the strategic advisor to the business on a wide range of state and federal laws, regulations, and standards relevant to UnityPoint Health.
• Serves as the principal advisor and extension of the UnityPoint Health Chief Legal Officer, capable of handling nearly all responsibilities expected of the Chief Legal Officer, including representing the Chief Legal Officer when necessary.
• The Deputy General Counsel should be adept at presenting to Boards of Directors and senior leaders and possess extensive knowledge of healthcare law.
• Makes significant contributions to the Law Department's efforts to identify and consistently implement legal and regulatory standards, supporting the achievement of UnityPoint Health's mission and strategic plan.
• Thoroughly understands the overall System leadership and decision-making structure, strategy, business priorities, and operations to effectively coordinate with other Practice Groups and departments, and to redirect projects as appropriate to ensure appropriate resources are assigned.

Qualifications

PhD Juris Doctor degree from a fully accredited American Bar Association law school is required.

Minimum 10 years legal experience is required.

Minimum 7 years healthcare experience is preferred.