Senior Counsel at Thatch
About the role
Thatch is transforming how companies approach employee healthcare benefits. As Senior Counsel, you'll play a critical role in our legal team's growth, bringing deep expertise in employee benefits, health insurance, or financial services to support our commercial and regulatory initiatives. You'll work alongside our existing product counsel and legal leadership to drive strategic initiatives, manage complex commercial transactions, and ensure regulatory compliance across our business.
Your background might include experience at health insurers, benefits administrators, fintech companies, or law firms serving these industries. You'll lead commercial contracting efforts, provide regulatory guidance, and collaborate closely with our business teams to enable growth while managing risk. We're looking for someone with strong business judgment who can balance commercial and legal negotiation with practical solutions, thrives in a fast-paced startup environment, and can both advise on complex legal matters and execute on day-to-day commercial needs.
What you'll do
- Lead commercial contracting initiatives including customer agreements, vendor contracts, and partnership negotiations
- Provide regulatory guidance and compliance support related to health insurance, financial services, and tax
- Collaborate with business teams to structure deals and transactions that advance company objectives while managing legal risk
- Partner with product counsel to ensure cohesive legal strategy across product development and commercial operations
- Support corporate governance, employment law, and general commercial legal matters as needed
- Manage relationships with external counsel and specialized legal service providers
Background we're looking for
- JD from an accredited law school with 8+ years of legal practice, including significant commercial and regulatory experience
- Knowledge of health insurance, employee benefits, financial services, or related regulatory environments
- Experience contracting with insurance carriers and brokerages with demonstrated ability to close complex transactions
- Proven track record of providing practical legal guidance in fast-paced, high-growth environments with a ruthless sense of prioritization around what deal terms are important
- Excellent communication skills and collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams
- Licensed to practice law in relevant jurisdiction
Experience we’d be particularly excited about
- Working experience with ERISA benefits and HRAs in particular
- Experience working with go-to-market teams to deploy commercial workflows at scale
- Track record of building legal processes, frameworks, and operations in startup or high-growth environments
- Fearless approach for utilizing new technologies to do your work
- Experience with enterprise software agreements, data privacy, and technology transactions
- Strong business acumen with ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives
- Sense of humor (lawyer jokes are a good place to start)
What to expect
We interview rigorously based on integrity, talent, and drive; the trust we display in our teammates from day 1 is a reflection of the confidence we have in this process. We aim to evaluate the things you’ll be doing every day as best we can, and we move quickly. Here's what to expect:
- 15 minute phone screen to talk through your background and interest in Thatch
- 30 minute Zoom meeting with the hiring manager to dive deeper into your experience and the role
- 30 minute Zoom meeting to meet 3-4 members of the team
- 30 minute Zoom meeting with our founders to discuss your approach to culture and our operating principles