Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dutch Vet is transforming veterinary care by making expert treatment accessible anytime, anywhere. The VP, Legal will lead the legal function, navigating complex regulatory environments and advising the executive team on key business and compliance decisions.
Responsibilities
- Own and lead Dutch’s legal function across corporate, regulatory, commercial, product, privacy, employment, litigation, and compliance matters
- Serve as a strategic legal advisor to the CEO, executive team, and board on key business, regulatory, and risk decisions
- Partner closely with clinical, pharmacy, product, operations, marketing, finance, people, and growth teams to enable compliant and scalable execution
- Lead Dutch’s legal strategy around veterinary telemedicine, VCPR, pharmacy operations, prescribing, state-by-state regulatory requirements, and related healthcare compliance matters
- Support Dutch’s regulatory advocacy efforts as the company works to expand access to virtual veterinary care across the United States
- Build legal frameworks that allow Dutch to launch new products, expand into new states, enter new business lines, and deepen its pet health platform
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including vendor contracts, strategic partnerships, pharmacy-related agreements, marketing agreements, data/privacy agreements, and other business-critical contracts
- Advise on product and marketing initiatives, including claims review, consumer protection, advertising compliance, subscription practices, and customer-facing disclosures
- Oversee corporate governance, board materials, financing support, equity matters, cap table administration, and investor-related legal work
- Manage employment legal matters in partnership with the People team, including policies, employee relations, offer documentation, separations, and compliance with applicable employment laws
- Develop and scale internal legal processes, templates, policies, approval workflows, and playbooks that help teams move faster with better judgment
- Manage outside counsel efficiently across regulatory, corporate, employment, litigation, pharmacy, privacy, and other specialized areas
- Identify and proactively mitigate legal and regulatory risk without slowing down the business unnecessarily
- Help prepare Dutch for future scale, including potential strategic transactions, financing events, audits, and public-company readiness over time
Skills
- JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
- Experience advising a regulated consumer, healthcare, telehealth, pharmacy, marketplace, subscription, fintech, insurance, or similarly complex business
- Strong regulatory judgment and the ability to interpret state-by-state requirements in practical, business-oriented ways
- Experience partnering with executive teams and advising senior leaders on high-stakes legal, regulatory, and commercial decisions
- Excellent commercial contract drafting and negotiation skills
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment where the legal function must be both rigorous and practical
- Strong understanding of privacy, marketing, consumer protection, employment, and corporate governance issues relevant to a consumer healthcare business
- Ability to build scalable legal processes from scratch, including templates, playbooks, workflows, and training
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal issues clearly to non-lawyers
- Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple workstreams, outside counsel, and business priorities at once
- High integrity, sound judgment, and a bias toward finding legally sound paths to 'yes'
- Low-ego, collaborative leadership style and a willingness to roll up your sleeves
- Experience with telehealth, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, digital health, consumer healthcare, or healthcare marketplaces
- Experience with VCPR, veterinary board regulations, pharmacy boards, prescribing regulations, or state healthcare regulatory frameworks
- Experience supporting legislative, regulatory, or policy advocacy efforts
- Experience building or scaling a legal function at a venture-backed or growth-stage company
- Experience managing compliance programs, privacy programs, or regulated product launches across multiple states
- Familiarity with subscription businesses, consumer marketplaces, DTC healthcare, or pet health
Benefits
- Equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- Remote-first culture
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