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Lead Counsel, Employment, Benefits & Executive Compensation

USA, VA, Richmond💼 Full-time💰 $156,800–$156,800🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead legal counsel providing strategic advice on employment law, employee benefits, and executive compensation for a healthcare distribution company transitioning to a standalone public entity.

Role type

Senior in-house employment counsel (Lead Counsel)

Builds

Scalable legal, compliance, and governance frameworks for workforce and executive compensation

Domain

Healthcare distribution / US Labor & Employment Law

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

US employment law counseling, HR policy development, executive compensation legal counseling, benefits plan design legal counseling, complex legal matter leadership, cross-functional initiative leadership, 50 state labor law knowledge, legal drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, regulatory research

Preferred skills

Healthcare/life sciences industry experience, benefits and executive compensation law expertise

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Provide strategic counsel on complex workforce issues and organizational changes; lead enterprise-wide workforce and benefits initiatives; draft HR and employment agreements; manage outside counsel; anticipate regulatory developments and lead compliance initiatives

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with executive presence

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