VP, Legal

Role Overview

• 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

Requirements

• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Remote-first culture
• The chance to make a meaningful impact on pets and the people who love them
• The opportunity to help build one of the most important consumer healthcare companies in pet care