Full-time General Counsel, Sun River Health

01Position Summary

• The Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel (CLO/GC) serves as Sun River Health’s
• senior legal executive and principal legal advisor to the Chief Executive
• Officer and Executive Leadership Team.
• As one of the largest community health center organizations in the country, Sun
• River Health operates approximately 50 sites, serves approximately 240,000

patients, and employs nearly 2,500 staff. The CLO/GC will provide practical,

strategic legal counsel across this complex healthcare enterprise, helping

leadership advance the organization’s mission, identify and manage risk, and

make sound strategic and operational decisions.

The CLO/GC will bring legal expertise directly into executive decision-making,

with an emphasis on early counsel, problem prevention, strategic thinking, and

practical solutions rather than simply responding to legal issues after they

arise.

02Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal legal advisor to the Chief Executive Officer and
• Executive Leadership Team and participate in major strategic and
• organizational decisions.
• Advise on healthcare law and regulation, corporate matters, contracts, real
• estate, employment matters, insurance and enterprise risk, privacy, and other
• significant legal issues.
• Provide legal leadership for strategic partnerships, affiliations,
• acquisitions, joint ventures, new business opportunities, and organizational
• development.
• Review, negotiate, and oversee significant contracts and develop efficient
• organization-wide contracting practices.
• Partner with Human Resources on significant employment and workforce matters.
• Advise leadership on significant real estate transactions, leases, and
• related matters.
• Identify emerging legal and regulatory risks and provide preventive counsel
• before issues develop into disputes or liabilities.
• Oversee litigation and significant legal matters and determine when
• specialized outside counsel is required.
• Manage outside counsel to ensure appropriate expertise, efficiency,
• coordination, and cost control.
• Support sound corporate governance and work collaboratively with counsel to
• the Board of Directors while preserving the Board’s access to independent
• legal advice.
• Work collaboratively with Compliance and the Chief of Advocacy and Government
• Relations while maintaining the distinct responsibilities of each function.

03Education and Experience

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree required.
• Admission to the New York State Bar in good standing required.
• Significant senior-level legal experience, preferably within healthcare or
• another highly regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare regulation and demonstrated experience across
• several areas, including corporate transactions, contracting, employment law,
• real estate, compliance, privacy, insurance and risk, and mergers and
• acquisitions.
• In-house healthcare legal experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience advising CEOs and senior executives and translating
• complex legal issues into clear, practical recommendations.
• Experience managing outside counsel and legal expenditures.
• Familiarity with federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), Medicaid,
• Medicare, managed care, value-based care, or nonprofit healthcare is highly
• desirable.

04Key Competencies

• Strategic and practical legal judgment
• Executive-level communication and counsel
• Preventive risk identification and mitigation
• Contract negotiation and management
• Corporate governance
• Healthcare regulatory knowledge
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Ability to translate complex legal matters into clear, actionable business
• guidance

05Job Type: Full-time

Salary Range: $250,000 - $300,000