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Habitat Health is a rapidly growing healthtech company that empowers older adults through the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), providing comprehensive medical care alongside support for daily needs like meals, transportation, and in-home assistance. The company is backed by leading investors including New Enterprise Associates, Kaiser Permanente, and Town Hall Ventures.
The Associate General Counsel will join a lean legal team (General Counsel and Paralegal) to provide comprehensive legal support across the organization. This is a critical role in scaling the company's legal infrastructure to support rapid growth while managing regulatory complexity in the healthcare sector.
Key responsibilities include: providing comprehensive legal counsel to the People/HR team on hiring, onboarding, performance management, terminations, leaves of absence, employee relations, compensation, benefits, and workplace policies; supporting the Product team on AI and technology innovation in healthcare; advising on and ensuring compliance with privacy laws including HIPAA and CPRA; identifying and mitigating legal risks across operations, contracts, and strategic initiatives; ensuring regulatory compliance with healthcare-specific laws including value-based care arrangements, provider risk-sharing agreements, managed care regulations, licensing, credentialing, and PACE program requirements; drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts with clinicians, facilities, healthcare providers, and strategic partners; coordinating relationships with outside counsel; providing cross-functional legal advice to executives and business units; and supporting the General Counsel during absences or on escalated matters.
Required qualifications include a JD from an accredited law school with active bar membership (ideally California); meaningful legal leadership experience with increasing responsibility, ideally combining in-house and law firm experience; meaningful experience supporting HR, Product, and Privacy teams; and deep understanding of healthcare regulatory frameworks including California-specific laws and experience engaging with regulatory bodies such as CMS, DHCS, and OIG.
