Associate General Counsel - A Place For Mom

A Place for Mom is the leading online resource connecting families searching for senior care with a team of expert advisors providing insight-driven, personalized solutions. As the nation’s largest senior care advisory service, A Place for Mom helps hundreds of thousands of families every year navigate the complexities of finding the right senior care solution for their loved ones across home care, independent living, memory care, assisted living, and more. Established in 2000 as a family business, A Place for Mom employees are deeply committed to the company mission to enable caregivers to make the best senior care decisions. A Place for Mom fosters, cultivates, and preserves a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

 Our employees live the company values every day:

• Mission Over Me: We find purpose in helping caregivers and their senior loved ones while approaching our work with empathy.
• Do Hard Things: We are energized by solving challenging problems and see it as an opportunity to grow.
• Drive Outcomes as a Team: We each own the outcome but can only achieve it as a team.
• Win The Right Way: We see organizational integrity as the foundation for how we operate.
• Embrace Change: We innovate and constantly evolve.

Overview

The Associate General Counsel, reporting to the General Counsel, will oversee the day-to-day management and administration of the Legal Department, including maintaining compliance with state and federal law, implementing and maintaining a privacy program, equity plan administration, negotiating vendor and other agreements, managing employment and other litigation, and managing the needs of a dynamic technology company. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide legal support and guidance to APFM across various business operations and functions to manage risk and ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations
• Lead engagement across internal business departments to identify and resolve legal issues, and support business verticals
• Manage corporate governance and administer equity plan
• Negotiate agreements and serve as escalation pathway as needed during contract disputes 
• Liaise with Human Resources for resources and claims
• Draft and update company policies and procedures
• Assist with M&A activities
• Partner with Head of Government affairs in proactive and reactive legislative activity
• Partner with finance and banking to maintain internal financial controls, and support annual audit activities
• Day-to-day management of intellectual property portfolio
• Serve as Secretary to 401(k) Committee
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Skills

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
• License to practice in any state.
• Minimum seven years’ experience, health care and in-house experience preferred.
• Excellent legal research, writing, and editing skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and superb organizational skills.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment.
• Meticulously track documentation and maintain extremely organized records.
• Ability to produce results with high efficiency and accuracy.
• Ability to write and edit simple, professional correspondence with a focus on a high degree of professionalism and customer service.
• Self-starter and independent working style.

Additional Information:

• The position is a salaried, exempt position.                                  
• Compensation
  • Base Salary: $220,000-$240,000
  • Management Bonus: 30% of annual earnings
• Benefits:
  • 401(k) plus match
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
• A Place for Mom uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.

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