General Counsel | Pikesville, MD

General Counsel

Pikesville, Maryland, United States

Full-Time  |  On-Site  |  Salaried / Exempt  |  Reports to the Chief Executive Officer

About the Organization

PSC Health exists to make the world a better place by building organizations that expand access to exceptional behavioral healthcare and healthcare services. Through its family of companies, PSC Health supports individuals and communities with substance use disorder treatment, mental health services, autism services, healthcare administration, billing, operational support, and innovative healthcare solutions.

Operating across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions, PSC Health pairs a clear social mission with disciplined corporate growth, and is building an internal legal function to match the scale and complexity of that work.

The Opportunity

PSC Health is seeking an experienced General Counsel to serve as the chief legal advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, the executive leadership team, and the organization’s affiliated business entities. This is a full-time, on-site executive role based in Pikesville, Maryland.

The General Counsel plays a critical role in protecting and advancing the PSC Health mission. By providing strategic legal leadership, reducing organizational risk, and enabling responsible growth, this position helps ensure PSC Health can continue expanding its impact while maintaining the highest standards of ethics, compliance, and corporate governance. It is an opportunity to influence enterprise-wide strategy while helping build organizations that improve lives every day.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the chief legal advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, executive leadership team, and affiliated business entities, providing strategic legal guidance that supports organizational growth and long-term business objectives.
  
• Provide legal counsel on corporate law, healthcare law, employment law, tax law, zoning and land use matters, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and enterprise risk management.
  
• Research, interpret, and advise leadership on federal, state, and local laws affecting current operations, new business ventures, acquisitions, and expansion into new markets and jurisdictions.
  
• Lead legal strategy for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, entity formation, corporate restructuring, and other strategic business transactions, including legal due diligence and contract negotiations.
  
• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a broad range of legal documents including contracts, employment agreements, vendor agreements, leases, operating agreements, bylaws, board resolutions, financing documents, policies, and other corporate legal instruments.
  
• Provide legal guidance on employment matters including employee relations, workplace investigations, disciplinary actions, wage and hour compliance, labor law, restrictive covenants, and employment litigation.
  
• Advise on healthcare regulatory matters including licensing, reimbursement, HIPAA, privacy, behavioral healthcare regulations, corporate compliance, and payer relationships, ensuring compliance across all affiliated entities.
  
• Oversee legal matters involving real estate acquisitions, leases, zoning approvals, permitting, land use issues, construction projects, and facility development or expansion.
  
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal, regulatory, financial, operational, and reputational risks while managing litigation, government investigations, audits, claims, and relationships with outside counsel and regulatory agencies.
  
• Partner with executive leadership and departmental leaders to develop legal strategies that support ethical business practices, operational excellence, organizational growth, and the long-term success of PSC Health and its affiliated companies.
  
  

Requirements

Benefits

• Salary: $220,000 - $260,000 annually, commensurate with experience
  
• Schedule: Full-time | On-site | Salaried Exempt
  
• Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates
  

• Opportunity to lead a growing, mission-driven behavioral health organization
  
• 401(k) with company match
  
• Company contribution towards medical benefits