Deputy General Counsel, Employment Law

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Fuze Health

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1001 - 5000 employees

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

💊 Pharmaceuticals

SaaS • B2B • Pharmaceuticals

Fuze Health is a technology-led healthcare company that provides integrated pharmacy solutions, clinical services, and data-driven software to healthcare organizations, payers, employers, and life sciences partners. Through its FuzeRx digital pharmacy, Fuze Services clinical programs, and Fuze Technologies platform, it delivers API-powered prescription fulfillment, telehealth, diagnostics and genomics, patient engagement, and analytics to improve access, adherence, early identification of conditions, and outcomes at scale.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary legal leader and strategic advisor supporting Fuze Health’s workforce strategy, employment operations, and labor compliance functions • Act as a leader in developing and implementing enterprise employment strategies • Advise executive leadership on workforce architecture, organizational growth, and labor risk management • Provide strategic counsel on complex employment matters, workforce design, compensation and retention programs, regulatory compliance, and healthcare-specific employment issues • Oversee employment litigation, employee relations, and critical workforce-related vendor partnerships • Assist in the creation of Global employment practices and strategies • Architect and advise on complex workforce models combining corporate employees, W-2 staff (telehealth and on-site), independent contractors (1099), and multi-state staffing partnerships • Evaluate the employment and labor law implications of corporate expansions, mergers and acquisitions, and new state market entries • Ensure alignment between multi-state employment practices, clinical licensing boards, and healthcare-specific workplace regulations • Drive enterprise-wide strategy for executive compensation agreements, restrictive covenants (non-competes/solicitations), and specialized retention or separation programs • Function as the internal strategic gatekeeper, ensuring compliance and defensibility under state and federal frameworks • Oversee outside counsel in employment litigation, administrative charges (EEOC, DOL, state analogs), and arbitrations

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and an active license in good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction • 12–14 years of legal experience specializing in labor and employment law (a combination of top-tier law firm and in-house experience in a high-growth environment is highly preferred) • Deep subject matter expertise in managing employment matters within the healthcare, telehealth, or digital health ecosystem, including specific experience with clinical/physician workforce nuances • Demonstrated history of operating as a lead advisor to executive leadership and HR executives on high-stakes, enterprise-wide employment strategies and organizational restructurings • Comprehensive knowledge of federal and state employment laws (Title VII, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, ERISA) and healthcare-adjacent workplace risks (whistleblower laws, CPOM alignment, clinical credentialing overlap) • Proven management skills with experience leading internal attorneys, directing outside counsel budgets, and driving enterprise-level labor strategy across cross-functional executive teams. • Exceptional communication and judgment, with the ability to provide rapid-turn analysis on urgent employee relations matters and assess broader strategic, reputational, and cultural risk beyond black-letter labor statutes.

🏖️ Benefits

• dental, vision, and multiple group medical plans to choose from • a 401(k) retirement savings plan • group life insurance • accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance • flexible spending account (FSA) and health savings account (HSA) • commuter benefits • employer-paid short-term (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) insurance • additional supplemental insurance plans (spouse life insurance, legal insurance, an employee assistance program, home health testing kits, and a fertility medication discount program) • flexible vacation time • accrued paid sick time • 10 paid holidays • 2 floating holidays for full time non-exempt employees • eight weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees • additional paid weeks for the birthing parent • 4 weeks paid caregiver leave • Lifestyle Spending Account allowance each month