About RethinkFirst
RethinkFirst is a leading behavioral health technology company working to make mental wellness, education, and support accessible and scalable. Through our suite of cloud-based platforms—including RethinkEd, RethinkCare, and RethinkBH—we serve educators, employers, and providers with tools that deliver measurable, inclusive outcomes.
We're on a mission to make behavioral health more effective, equitable, and human.
About the Role
The Corporate Counsel will serve as a trusted legal advisor, supporting RethinkFirst’s legal operations and business initiatives across the organization. This role involves counseling business leaders, managing the full lifecycle of commercial contracts, ensuring regulatory compliance, and mitigating legal risks. This role requires a high level of organization, communication, and project management skills, as well as the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Critical to success in this role is the ability to partner effectively with cross-functional teams (Sales, Information Security, Customer Success, Procurement, and Operations), and experience leveraging technology, including AI tools, to streamline legal processes and decision-making. More importantly we are looking for a person with a positive can-do attitude that is comfortable with ambiguity and creating processes and systems from scratch.
Key Responsibilities
- Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including SaaS, Channel, vendor, and privacy contracts.
- Collaborate with Sales, Information Security, Procurement, and other departments to align legal strategies with business objectives.
- Triage and track the end-to-end contract lifecycle: intake, negotiation, execution, archiving, and reporting via the legal alias inboxes.
- Maintain and enforce legal processes to ensure consistency, efficiency, and compliance.
- Act with urgency to meet month-end, quarter-end, and year-end business deadlines.
- Lead strategic initiatives, including the selection and implementation of the company’s first Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system and other technology-driven improvements.
- Manage ad hoc legal projects and support broader legal team initiatives.
- Develop and maintain training materials for onboarding cross-functional teams (e.g., Sales, CS, etc.).
Benefits:
- Generous health, dental, & vision benefits package
- Flexible paid time off
- 11 paid company holidays
- 401k + matching
- Parental leave
- Access to our award-winning RethinkCare platform supporting neurodiversity in the workplace through parental success, professional resilience, and personal wellbeing.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school; active bar membership in good standing.
- 5+ years of experience practicing law, with at least 2+ years of in-house experience.
- Expertise in commercial contracting and corporate law; experience in SaaS or technology sector strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with data privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory issues, including those relevant to health and student data (e.g., HIPAA, FERPA, GDPR, etc.).
- Ability to integrate AI tools into legal workflows (e.g., contract review automation, compliance analytics, knowledge management).
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and project management skills.
- Strong problem-solving orientation with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Positive, proactive mindset with comfort managing ambiguity and building processes from the ground up.
Location: Remote opportunities are available to candidates who reside in the following states: AL, AZ, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NV, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI
Our commitment to an inclusive workplace
RethinkFirst is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate the unique differences of our employees because that is what drives curiosity, innovation, and the success of our business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.
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What We Do
Rethink aims to provide families, educators and behavior healthcare providers affordable, best practice treatment solutions for children with special needs. Rethink is unique in our foot-print offering clinical support, best-practice tools, and research-based content via technology to all market segments, reaching more children with special needs than any other solution.
Our platform supports curriculum planning, professional development, parent training, and tracking of student progress. Through video and online tools, we bring to life best practice teaching, treatment, and intervention strategies that help educators, parents, and clinicians personalize instruction for every child.
The Rethink program is currently being used by employers, the US Department of Defense, Managed Care, Medicaid, federal, state and social service agencies, public school districts, and families nation- and worldwide.
Why Work With Us
Together, we’re a team of passionate, talented and motivated people working every day to help others live healthier, happier and more productive lives.
Individually, we’re an incredibly diverse group of people who respect each other, celebrate our differences and unique talents and enjoy meeting new friends and colleagues along the way.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
RethinkFirst offers employees the opportunity to work remotely from the comfort of their home with occasional visits to the office in our beautiful Chelsea-based NYC office. Some roles have specific requirements around travel and in-office needs.
