Turquoise Health
Associate General Counsel
2w ago
160000 –190000 USD / yearUSASeniorRemotecontract negotiationregulatory compliancecontract drafting
Transactional attorney role embedded across the company to scale legal infrastructure and support business functions remotely in the US.
Responsibilities
- JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one US state.
- 4-7 years of transactional legal experience, with a meaningful focus on commercial contracts – at a firm, in-house, or both.
- Strong working knowledge of SaaS and data licensing; experience negotiating with enterprise buyers is a plus.
- Comfort with healthcare-adjacent regulatory frameworks (HIPAA, No Surprises Act, CMS price transparency) – or a genuine eagerness to learn them. We care more about how fast you pick things up than whether you already know every acronym.
- You give guidance that actually helps people make decisions – not advice that hedges every direction and leaves the other person no better off than before they asked.
- Low ego and high ownership. You’re energized by work that’s varied in both content and depth, and you take pride in doing it well.
- Intellectually curious and adaptable – you want to understand the business deeply, not just the questions that come across your desk.
- Comfortable being the only lawyer in the room – and confident enough to say "I don't know yet, but I'll find out" without losing credibility.
- We use AI every day – Claude, ChatGPT, and more – and so will you. Beyond that, you’ll own the legal side of AI at TQ: tool approvals, use policies, and navigating AI provisions in customer and vendor agreements.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with Ironclad or another CLM platform.
- Experience with managed care, payer/provider/employer relations, data commercialization, or consumer payments.
- Exposure to IP basics – trademark, patent fundamentals, or working with IP outside counsel.
Conditions
- Competitive pay with equity options
- Stellar health care plan options (Medical, Dental & Vision), with FSA, DCFSA, & HSA options
- Company-sponsored disability & life insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- 401(k) + 4% Matching
- Fully remote work + flexible working hours
- $750 work-from-home setup budget
- Paid biannual in-person company summits
- Quarterly $150 co-hanging stipend to meet up with coworkers
- Monthly $100 health and wellness benefit
- Generous paid family leave
- Annual $1,200 learning & development stipend
Other
- This is a fully remote role within the United States.
- We’re eliminating the financial complexity of healthcare – and we need a lawyer who also thinks like a business person. This is not a ticket-queue job. It’s a seat at the table.
- More specifically: we’re looking for a transactional attorney with a solid cross-functional foundation who’s ready to be a builder. If you’ve spent time at a firm or a larger in-house team and found yourself wanting more context, more ownership, and a front-row seat to how the business actually works – this is that role.
- You’ll be the second attorney in Turquoise’s history, joining a GC who built the legal function from the ground up shortly after the company’s founding. The infrastructure is in place, and now we need someone to help scale it.
- As Associate General Counsel, you’ll be an embedded partner across the company – Sales, Customer Success, Product, Engineering, Marketing, People Operations, and more – helping us move fast, close deals, and figure out the right answer on hard questions. You’ll also own the contracting function: drafting, negotiating, and building the infrastructure that lets Legal scale without becoming a bottleneck.
- You’re the right fit if your instinct when a deal gets complicated is to find a path forward – not list the reasons it might be risky. You’re genuinely curious about the healthcare and health tech space, excited to go deep on a new regulatory question, and adaptable enough to thrive in an environment where the problems keep evolving. You don’t need a playbook for every situation – you’re ready to write one.
- Be the first point of contact for legal questions across the company – Sales, Customer Success, Product, Engineering, Marketing, People Operations, and more – triaging and resolving what you can, and collaborating with the GC on what needs to go further.
- Own the contracting function end to end – drafting and negotiating the full range of agreements across customer, vendor, and operational matters, including MSAs, BAAs, SOWs, NDAs, ICAs, and Order Forms.
- Build and own the infrastructure that keeps Legal running – the systems, processes, and programs that let the company move fast and stay compliant as it grows — and continuously look for ways to make them smarter, whether through AI tooling, better platforms, or cleaner workflows.
- Interface with outside counsel on specialized matters – providing context, managing workflow, and implementing guidance back into the business.
- Stay on top of the legal and regulatory landscape that shapes our business – healthcare data, price transparency, AI governance, privacy, and adjacent areas – and translate what’s changing into clear, actionable guidance for the team, including supporting government affairs and policy engagement as TQ’s visibility in the market grows.
- Help build Legal’s presence and credibility across the company – through clear, proactive communication, internal guides and playbooks, and the kind of education that helps teammates move faster and make better decisions.
- Support board governance and corporate policy work – maintaining records, preparing consents and minutes, and assisting with board materials as the company scales.
- Turquoise Health is a Series C price transparency platform for finance leaders across healthcare. Backed by a16z, Oak HC/FT, Adams Street, Yosemite, Bessemer Venture Partners, and others, we power price transparency for 300+ enterprise organizations and are building the infrastructure for a more open, efficient healthcare marketplace. We're a remote-first, US-based team that values transparency, empathy, inclusivity, creativity, and ownership.
- We operate on US business hours and work with clients entirely based in the US. For this role, we are seeking US-based candidates.
- We strongly encourage BIPOC, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ folks to apply for any open roles of interest. Healthcare affects all people differently, but it significantly affects those in underserved communities. With a robust, diverse team, we are stronger and better equipped to change the future of healthcare for all.
- Turquoise is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you require assistance or an accommodation with the hiring process, please contact