The Corporate Legal Counsel at SugarFit is responsible for managing the entire legal spectrum of the company, focusing on business-centric legal solutions, regulatory compliance within the healthcare industry, and risk mitigation. This role involves a mix of proactive risk management and responsive legal action.
Key Responsibilities
- Contract Management: Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various legal documents, agreements, terms & conditions, and privacy policies to protect the company's interests.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring all operations comply with local, national, and international legislation, especially those pertaining to the healthcare industry, data protection, and the use of medical devices (like CGM sensors).
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Managing disputes, pre-litigation, and litigation matters (including arbitration), and developing effective strategies to resolve legal issues. This may involve coordinating with external lawyers or counsels.
- Legal Advice and Strategy: Providing expert, strategic legal guidance and advice to management and various departments on the legal implications of business decisions, transactions, and activities.
- Intellectual Property (IP) Management: Handling intellectual property matters, which likely includes trademark and patent registrations given SugarFit's use of proprietary technology and machine learning in its health platform.
- Corporate Governance: Ensuring the organization follows sound corporate governance practices.
- Policy Development: Reviewing and enhancing internal policies and procedures to align with legal and regulatory requirements on an ongoing basis.
- Risk Management: Identifying potential legal risks, assessing them, and implementing mitigation measures and procedures.
Required Skills and Experience
- Experience: A typical job posting seeks candidates with 4-7 years of relevant experience, ideally in a corporate legal environment or law firm, with a strong preference for experience in online consultation or the healthcare industry.
- Legal Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of corporate laws, contract law, data protection regulations, and other laws impacting the corporate and healthcare sectors.
- Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication, negotiation, critical thinking, and multitasking abilities.
- Integrity: The ability to work with integrity and responsibility when dealing with complex and sensitive matters.
SugarFit is a well-funded (backed by Cure.fit, among others) health tech startup based in Bengaluru, India, focused on providing technology-backed, personalized solutions for type 2 diabetes reversal and management. The legal counsel's role is crucial in navigating the specific regulatory landscape of combining medical science, technology, and health coaching services.
