Director of Legal & Compliance, PocketHealth
+ Stock options
2-3 days a week in office (Downtown Toronto)
Electronic medical imaging & records platform
Open for applications
Electronic medical imaging & records platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock options
2-3 days a week in office (Downtown Toronto)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build a Patient-Centric, Accessible & Supportive Image Sharing Platform
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have a strong background in corporate and commercial law, compliance, and risk management, along with a willingness to roll up their sleeves and engage deeply with our dynamic operations
- Law degree from a recognized university
- Member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario
- 5+ years of experience in a law firm or an in-house legal department, with a focus on commercial and/or corporate law
- Nice-to-haves: Understanding of North American privacy laws, including PHIPA, PIPEDA, and HIPAA, as well as industry standards like SOC 2
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills
- A proactive, hands-on approach, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities
What the job involves
- We are seeking a strategic and experienced Director of Legal and Compliance to join our team
- Reporting directly to management, this role will be critical in shaping our legal strategy and ensuring continued compliance with applicable laws and regulations
- Legal support: Draft, review, and negotiate patient, provider and vendor-facing agreements and policies to ensure alignment with our business objectives and risk tolerance
- Compliance leadership: Develop and implement internal policies, procedures, and training to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and business objectives. Lead the development and implementation of our compliance and risk management agenda, including our annual SOC2 audit and HIPAA attestation processes
- External counsel coordination: Collaborate with and manage relationships with external legal counsel, including privacy, employment and other matters
- Regulatory monitoring: Stay updated on relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, advising the company on necessary actions to maintain compliance
- Risk management: Conduct regular risk assessments to identify potential legal and compliance issues, developing strategies to mitigate risks
- Board documentation: Prepare and oversee Board of Directors correspondence and documentation
- Hands-on engagement: Work closely with various teams to understand and support the dynamic operations and roadmap of our business, providing legal guidance that is practical and aligned with our goals
Our take
Proper use of medical images is a vital part of effective healthcare: visual assets are essential for understanding a treatment course or for soliciting second opinions. Despite this, a big logistical issue has been holding back their effective use. The problem centres around how medical images are shared, both practitioner-to-practitioner and practitioner-to-patient. Many healthcare providers are stuck in the past, relying on out-of-date tech like CD-ROMs. This is creating huge problems for efficiency and patient outcomes.
PocketHealth has set out to solve this. Its product is a medical image-sharing platform which allows imaging records to be shared instantly and securely. Since its founding in 2016, it has created a unified image management solution for its over 550 hospital and imaging clinic customers across North America. Though conceptually straightforward, its product has proven highly disruptive and has sent massive ripples through the medical spheres.
Now, following big funding in 2024, PocketHealth is accelerating investment in new product development, go-to-market expansion and employee hiring in order to empower more patients to take an active role in their care. With a strong market to build on in North America, a global potential market and 1.5 million patients now on its platform, the future looks bright for PocketHealth.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2024
$33m
SERIES B
Mar 2022
$16m
SERIES A
Total funding: $55.6m
Company benefits
- A mission-driven work environment
- Flexible work from home policies
- Competitive salary, benefits & stock options
- Free coffee, snacks, and team lunches
- Four weeks paid vacation (compulsory to take)
- Prioritization of your growth
Company values
- Patient-centricity - Put the patient at the center of the record transfer process, not outside it
- Accessibility - Build an experience that is simple, affordable, and can pull records from anywhere
- Support - Accompany records with meaningful education and guidance for patients
Company HQ
Downtown Yonge, Toronto, ON
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Leadership
Rishi Nayyar
(CEO)Previously worked in Corporate & Investment Banking at Citigroup.
Harsh Nayyar
(CTO)Previously a software engineer at Agawi and Google.
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