VP of Legal, General Counsel and Head of Compliance – San Francisco, CA (929-SLS)

Hybrid (In-office minimum 3 days per week : Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)

Our client, a publicly traded HealthTech company has exclusively retained Solutus Legal Search to assist the executives with their search for a General Counsel and Head of Compliance Officer to lead its high-performing legal function. This legal executive will report directly to the Founder & CEO and will manage a team of 12 legal professionals.

As the company’s senior legal and compliance leader, and principal advisor to the executive team and board, you will lead with business acumen – safeguarding the company from risk while enabling innovation and growth. You will own public company legal and compliance operations including corporate securities / governance, IP protection, and employment law, product and commercial counseling, and regulatory and privacy programs for a tech-first digital health business. You’ll mature legal operations, shepherd strategic M&A transactions, strengthen IP and data‑rights position, and partner cross‑functionally to enable developer velocity and scalable go‑to‑market execution.

The Ideal Candidate

• 15+ years of experience spanning top‑tier law firms and in‑house roles across venture‑backed startups / high‑growth companies and public companies in technology (digital health strongly preferred).
• Proven success scaling legal teams in tech companies : building org structures, processes, and legal operations to support rapid growth.
• Lead teams of 10+ professionals across legal, compliance, privacy, and legal ops in remote / hybrid environments.
• Healthcare, AI and privacy expertise with a strong understanding of the digital health regulatory landscape and emerging AI governance.
• Strong corporate law experience including entity formation and governance, board / committee support, capitalization and equity programs, venture / private financings, corporate policies / secretarial practices; capital markets familiarity a plus.
• Led or co‑led M&A transactions and strategic investments, including diligence, negotiation and drafting (LOIs, merger / asset purchase agreements, disclosure schedules), regulatory approvals, closing mechanics, and post‑close integration.
• Designed and operated risk‑based compliance programs; experience with monitoring / auditing, internal investigations, and regulator interactions (e.g., OCR, FTC, state AGs).
• Experience partnering with founder‑led organizations.
• Strong interpersonal skills, responsiveness, working with a sense of urgency.
• Business partner who views value in facilitating the business.
• JD with strong academic credentials and active bar membership in good standing.

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Core Responsibilities

What You’ll Accomplish

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