# Senior Counsel at Forus

> United States · Senior · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Aforus%3Af3cfc9c1-d5ca-485b-a96b-ca70d2a67320 (read 2026-11-05).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Forus](https://alderhq.app/companies/forus)
- Location text: New York office
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: New York office")
- Posted: 2026-09-08 (57 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/forus/f3cfc9c1-d5ca-485b-a96b-ca70d2a67320

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $275k–$325k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (New York, n 410): p25 $108k, median $138k, p75 $171k

## Description (the employer's text)

### About us

Forus is building an AI-powered network that connects doctors, pharmacies, payers, and biopharma to accelerate new science to patients.

Our platform automates the complexity between a doctor prescribing a medicine and a patient starting treatment, including insurance coverage, financial assistance, and supply chain navigation. We provide this support free to doctors and patients, helping them get life-changing medicine faster, cheaper, and easier. The resulting network enables biopharma companies to design better research, launch new drugs more effectively, and invest in harder-to-treat conditions.

### Forus has exceptional product-market fit and is growing rapidly through organic adoption

Accelerating scale: We already support patients across more than 85% of ZIP codes and partner with 9 of top 15 largest biopharma companies in the world.

AI-native, durable model: Our business becomes stronger as AI improves, as every new doctor, patient, and partner makes the network more valuable.

Backing to build for the long term: We raised $300M+ from leading investors to build an exceptional team and unlock the full scale of the opportunity.

Our number one priority is scaling to market demand. We are looking for individuals who are high horsepower, high throughput, and hyper resourceful to help us increase capacity and grow. We move fast and need to move faster.

If we succeed, science will be the only limit to medicine.

All full-time roles are in person in New York.

### About the role

As Senior Counsel at Forus, you will serve as a key legal partner to stakeholders across the business. You will report directly to the General Counsel and work on legal questions that contribute to the next phases of growth. You will own important commercial matters, contribute to product design, resolve operational challenges, and drive the legal strategy that helps the business move.

Forus is entering a defining stage. Demand is accelerating, our partnerships matter more, and our products and business models are evolving. The legal work is consequential, fast-moving, and often novel. This is a demanding role, with a high level of autonomy and responsibility. You will be expected to "act like an owner" and commit yourself to Forus' success. If you are low-ego, hungry to learn, and excited about intense, impactful work that drives both company growth and accelerated career progression, we want to hear from you.

### If you join, you will

Advise stakeholders on legal and compliance matters across healthcare and clinical operations, marketing, privacy, and data governance.

Draft and negotiate commercial agreements and develop related playbooks, templates, and escalation guidance.

Develop scalable legal guidance, policies, templates, and AI-enabled workflows that enable efficient decision-making.

Own and maintain Forus’s core platform agreements, including provider Terms of Service, privacy notices, and website terms, in alignment with product, regulatory, and operational requirements.

Lead day-to-day privacy and HIPAA counseling, including data mapping, privacy-request workflows, minimum-necessary practices, and partnership with Security on technical controls.

Partner with the compliance team to advance Forus's healthcare compliance program, aligned with applicable OIG guidance, enterprise risk assessments, and Forus's evolving risk profile.

### We're looking for you if you have

6+ years of legal experience in commercial contracts and business counseling, J.D., active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.

Experience independently handling complex commercial matters. Healthcare and ideally health-tech experience is strongly preferred; law-firm and in-house experience is ideal.

Meaningful experience with privacy and healthcare regulatory matters, including HIPAA/HITECH, data use and sharing, business associate agreements, and privacy requests or incidents.

Outstanding written and verbal communication that enables you to translate complex legal concepts into strategic and actionable guidance.

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