Chief Legal Officer​/General Counsel

Overview

Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel — Harbor Health | Austin, TX

Harbor Health is redefining healthcare delivery as a payvider — we’re both the insurance company and the care provider, which means we control the entire member experience and can actually fix what’s broken in American healthcare. We launched our insurance company in 2025 and now serve members across Texas markets including Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and El Paso. Funded by leading healthcare venture firms, we’re growing fast, recently expanding through strategic acquisition to nearly 600 employees across 40 locations.

This is not incremental innovation; this is a fundamental challenge to how healthcare works and it comes with unique legal and regulatory complexity that requires exceptional leadership.

This role provides an opportunity to navigate the dual regulatory worlds of insurance and healthcare delivery while helping Harbor Health move at startup speed. It requires someone who deeply understands insurance law but can balance its complexity with rapid, innovative progress. It’s about being the grown-up in the room—advising leadership on high-stakes decisions and building the legal infrastructure for a company challenging how an entire industry operates.

• Serve as strategic advisor to CEO and executive team on legal, regulatory, and compliance matters affecting our payvider business model
• Own the legal strategy and compliance for Harbor Health Insurance Company — managing state insurance department relationships, regulatory filings, rate reviews, and ongoing compliance
• Own the legal strategy and compliance for Harbor Health’s practice entities — managing regulatory filings, malpractice management, and ongoing compliance
• Responsible for accreditation, regulatory filings and exams
• Navigate the intersection of insurance law, healthcare regulations (HIPAA, Stark, Anti-Kickback, etc.), employment law, and corporate governance
• Lead and develop the legal, regulatory and compliance team (including a team of attorneys, paralegals, regulatory managers and a Compliance Department)
• Partner with clinical and operations leaders to structure provider arrangements, clinic operations, and care delivery models within regulatory guardrails
• Manage corporate legal matters including M&A activity, commercial contracts, vendor agreements, and partnership structuring
• Build risk management frameworks that allow us to move quickly while protecting the company
• Advise on employment matters and executive compensation structures in collaboration with People team
• Own board governance and investor relations from a legal perspective
• Establish scalable legal processes and infrastructure as we grow across Texas and potentially into new markets

Must-haves:

• Insurance law expertise — you’ve worked in-house or at a firm serving insurance companies and deeply understand state insurance regulation, rate filings, market conduct, and compliance requirements
• Healthcare legal experience — you know your way navigating healthcare regulations, provider arrangements, and the operational realities of delivering care
• In-house leadership — you’ve built or led a legal function, not just practiced law at a firm
• Business partnership mindset — you instinctively understand how to enable the business, not just identify risks; you know when to say "here's how we can do this" vs "we can't do this"
• Intellectual agility — you can quickly absorb a complex business model, see around corners, and provide practical guidance even in ambiguous situations
• Builder mentality — you’re energized by creating infrastructure and processes from early-stage, not managing established legal departments with big budgets
• Executive presence — you can hold your own in the room with operators, clinicians, finance leaders, and board members

Helpful but not required:

• Payvider or integrated delivery system experience
• Texas insurance market knowledge
• Experience with healthcare M&A or acquisitions
• Startup or high-growth company background
• Background in both transactional and regulatory work

You're pragmatic and solution-oriented. You don’t reflexively say “no” — you figure out…