Deputy General Counsel

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About Judi Health

Judi Health is a health technology company providing benefit administration solutions to employers, unions, health plans, and government entities. Judi Health replaces fragmented, outdated systems with the industry's first Unified Claims Processing™ architecture, seamlessly consolidating pharmacy and medical benefit administration on a single, secure platform. By delivering true price transparency, eliminating unnecessary middleman fees, and leveraging advanced AI-powered care delivery, Judi Health helps clients achieve unprecedented operational efficiency and service levels.

At Judi Health, we're deploying the infrastructure our country needs to deliver the healthcare we all deserve. We are the intelligence platform powering benefits plans for millions of Americans and proudly leading the next generation of care. To learn more, visit www.judi.health .

Location: 3-days Hybrid (Local to NYC, Denver, or Charlotte)

Position Description

The Deputy General Counsel is a senior legal leader and trusted partner to the General Counsel, responsible for helping lead the legal function and providing candid, practical, and strategic counsel on the company’s most consequential legal, regulatory, operational, and business matters. Working closely with the General Counsel and executive leadership, this individual will serve as a principal thought partner and delegate, lead legal team members, allocate resources, establish operating standards, and implement technology-enabled processes that enable the legal department to deliver timely, high-quality, commercially focused, and scalable legal services across a growing healthcare organization.

The successful candidate will combine sophisticated legal judgment and healthcare industry expertise with demonstrated capability in legal department management, team development, operational execution, and organizational leadership. This includes developing and executing legal department strategies, managing outside counsel and legal expenditures, implementing matter management and contract lifecycle processes, establishing performance metrics, and ensuring appropriate oversight of legal matters across multiple business functions.

The Deputy General Counsel will help to manage, and continue to build, a high-performing, scalable legal organization that anticipates business needs, manages risk proactively, develops talent, and operates as an integrated strategic partner to the business.

Position Responsibilities

Legal Department Operations and Administration

• Oversee the day-to-day operations and effectiveness of the legal function, ensuring appropriate coverage, resource allocation, matter prioritization, and delivery of legal services across the organization.
• Develop and implement legal department operating plans, workflows, service standards, escalation protocols, and decision-making frameworks aligned with corporate priorities.
• Establish consistent processes for legal intake, mat

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economics, staffing models, and resource optimization.

• Performance management: Ability to establish meaningful operational metrics, analyze performance trends, and translate results into measurable improvements.
• Legal technology and process improvement: Familiarity with matter management, contract lifecycle management, knowledge management, workflow automation, and emerging legal technology solutions.
• Risk and governance discipline: Ability to implement consistent risk assessment, escalation, documentation, and reporting practices.
• Executive communication: Ability to present complex legal, financial, operational, and regulatory issues clearly to senior leaders.
• Commercial judgment: Ability to deliver practical, timely legal guidance that advances business objectives while appropriately managing risk.
• Organizational leadership: Ability to build scalable legal capabilities, lead change, and improve collaboration across a growing enterprise.

New York, NY Salary Range
$266,400 — $333,000 USD

All employees are responsible for adherence to the Judi Health Code of Conduct including the reporting of non-compliance. This position description is designed to be flexible, allowing management the opportunity to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities as needed to best meet organizational goals.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

By submitting an application, you agree to the retention of your personal data for consideration for a future position at Judi Health. More details about Judi Health's privacy practices can be found at https://www.judi.health/legal/privacy-policy .