Legal Counsel , Founda
+ Annual Incentive plan
1-2 days a week in office
eHealth solutions for healthcare providers
Be an early applicant
eHealth solutions for healthcare providers
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Annual Incentive plan
1-2 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build the global infrastructure that empowers innovators to shape tomorrow's healthcare system.
Role
Who you are
- Our ideal candidate is a pragmatic, commercial-minded lawyer who is passionate about building a legal function from the ground up. You bring:
- 3+ years of legal experience, ideally with in-house experience at a B2B SaaS or HealthTech company
- A full qualification as a lawyer in a relevant jurisdiction (e.g., Netherlands or other EU member state)
- Strong expertise in commercial contracting and complex B2B negotiations, with a proven ability to get deals done
- Deep knowledge of data privacy regulations, particularly GDPR and HIPAA
- A "builder" mindset: you have experience creating and implementing legal processes, templates, and SOPs from scratch
- A pragmatic, business-oriented approach, with the ability to clearly communicate complex legal risks and balance them with commercial objectives
- A commitment to acting as a trusted, collaborative partner to the leadership team, Commercial team, and all other departments
- You love to collaborate with your peers and you thrive in an international environment. Furthermore, you are willing to learn new things and you have a curious nature
- A genuine affinity for legal technology and a strong curiosity about how emerging tools, particularly AI, can transform legal operations to make them more efficient and effective
- Studies show that people often hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. At Founda Health, we know the perfect candidate doesn’t exist. If you see yourself in this role, even if you don’t check every single box, we’d still love to hear from you
What the job involves
- As our Legal Counsel at Founda, you'll be the foundational pillar of our in-house legal function. You will have the unique opportunity to build, own, and scale all legal operations in a high-growth HealthTech environment
- You will take full ownership of the entire contracting lifecycle, which includes drafting, reviewing, and leading negotiations for all commercial agreements (MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, partnerships, vendors), and developing and implementing scalable contracting SOPs and templates to empower and accelerate the Commercial team
- Furthermore, you will act as the primary legal advisor to our leadership team and all cross-functional teams, providing pragmatic, risk-balanced advice on legal and compliance matters
- A critical part of this role is acting as the legal owner of our data privacy and compliance program, partnering closely with our Information Security and Compliance Officer ensuring Founda’s operations and products adhere to GDPR, HIPAA, and other global regulations
- Finally, you will manage all corporate governance for Founda’s legal entities, oversee our intellectual property (IP) portfolio, proactively identify and mitigate legal risks across the company, and manage any disputes that arise
- We work in a dynamic and regulated international space. Our landscape includes:
- Frameworks & Regulations: GDPR, HIPAA, and other international data privacy laws
- Contracting Domains: B2B SaaS Agreements (MSAs, DPAs, BAAs, SLAs), OEM & Partnership Agreements, Vendor & Subcontractor Contracts
- Core Legal Areas: Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property, Risk Management, and Dispute Resolution
- Tools: We are building our legal operations stack, and you will be key in helping select and implement (AI) tools (e.g., Contract Lifecycle Management)
Our take
The healthcare industry has been slow to embrace digital transformation, but Founda is changing that narrative. Founda offers a platform that acts as a vital bridge, connecting healthcare providers, organisations, products, and systems.
The company's primary mission is to foster collaboration and innovation while easing the administrative burden on healthcare professionals, allowing them to focus on their crucial work. Founda's platform accomplishes this by integrating scalable infrastructure into healthcare IT systems, harmonising a diverse range of data standards through a unified API.
Founda collaborates with healthcare systems, applications, and organisations of all sizes, catering to startups as well as large hospitals. As it rapidly expands its global footprint, Founda is poised to become a prominent player in this transformative market, paving the way for a more efficient and interconnected healthcare ecosystem.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2021
$15m
SEED
Total funding: $15m
Company HQ
Grachtengordel-Zuid, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Jan Joost Kalff
(Founder)Previously Co-Founder and CCO of Dimebox, a payment solution company.
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