Job Description

The General Counsel serves as the senior-most legal advisor to HealthX Partners Affiliated Group reporting directly to the CEO. The General Counsel & Corporate Secretary serves as the senior-most legal advisor to HealthX Partners Affiliated Group, reporting directly to the CEO. The role will oversee all legal functions and provide strategic legal counsel across the network of affiliated entities, branch offices, for profit and or nonprofit subsidiaries. The role ensures legal compliance, mitigates risks, and upholds ethical business practices, all while supporting and advancing the goals of the HealthX Partners Affiliated Group. This role acts as corporate secretary and supervises one legal support position.

• Provides strategic legal counsel to the HealthX Partners (HXP) executive team and board of directors on new and existing laws affecting business operations. Serves as Corporate Secretary for HXP and its controlled entities, ensuring compliance with corporate governance requirements, overseeing the preparation of board materials, and certifying official corporate actions when required.
• Manages legal representation for all HXP group matters, including developing legal strategies for claims, disputes, investigations, and regulatory actions. Oversee complex litigation, arbitration, and contractual disputes involving HXP or its entities. Manages outside counsel, including international, and arranges pro bono legal services.
• Oversees entity registrations, legal status, and statutory compliance across the HXP group. This includes leading legal aspects of potential mergers, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and other significant collaborations at both the group and entity levels, as needed.
• Provides legal support to the HealthX Partners group (PSI, EGPAF, Viya), including funding agreement negotiations, document review, global data privacy compliance, risk and ethics oversight, HR legal matters, audits, and intellectual property management. Supervises one legal support role assisting cross-functional needs.
• Embody a commitment leading change humanely, with a strong belief in customer centricity, and a growth mindset. Foster the culture and values of HXP and its subsidiaries.
• Less than 10% international travel

This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that an incumbent is expected to perform but is instead a summary of the primary responsibilities and requirements of the job. The incumbent may be asked to perform duties not included above. HealthX Partners Incorporated reserves the right to revise job profiles at any time based on changes to the required job responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Doctorate Degree (or international equivalent): Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in labor-employment laws, tax-exempt entities, litigation, mergers/ acquisitions/ spinoffs, corporate structuring, and corporate law.
• Must have a license to practice law in good standing from any state or territory within the US.
• In-depth knowledge of legal landscape and trends related to 501(c)(3) organizations working in International Development, bilateral and multi-lateral donors, international law and offices of Inspector General (USG or Other Donors).
• Proven experience providing legal counsel to a complex network of organizations and understanding of IRS regulations and requirements for supporting organizations preferred.
• Recognized thought leader with proven leadership skills to enhance and identify new directions for global programs, policies, services, and systems.
• Ability to diagnose complex problems, develop effective solutions, communicate compelling strategic courses of action, and build consensus internally and externally with high-level clients, partners, board members, and executive and senior leadership.
• Experience managing, including knowing when to coach, when to advise and when to provide specific direction related to multiple disciplines and functions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure all litigation information and instruction to staff are clear and effectively ensure the desired outcome.
• Excellent analytical, strategic and negotiation skills.
• Able to multi-task and meet deadlines in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.
• Fluency in English, French language skills preferred

We know that a long list of requirements may be discouraging, but don’t let imposter syndrome or the confidence gap get in the way of you applying — we’d love to hear from you.

Additional Information

Salary Range

HealthX Partners Incorporated is committed to pay equity and transparency. We ensure pay meets the market within each country. This approach minimizes our impact on local talent markets and allows PSI to attract and retain employees, while staying cost-competitive. Actual base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, external market analysis, and other business factors permitted by law. Hiring above the mid-point of the range below would not be typical in order to allow for potential future salary growth.

• HealthX Partners Incorporated is offering the following gross annual salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location: $191,000 (minimum) - $239,000 (midpoint) - $299,000 (maximum)

Note that as a new organization, HXP is using staff resources at its subsidiaries, Population Services International (PSI) and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), to support this recruitment. Applicants can expect to interact with PSI and/or EGPAF systems and staff.

EGPAF is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment, regardless of race, color, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability or genetic information (including family medical history or genetic tests or services), or any other basis protected by law. In addition to country law requirements, EGPAF complies with US laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the Foundation has facilities.