About Us
Recare is one of the leading digital startups in the German healthcare industry. It aims to rethink healthcare with a platform for digital care coordination. Recare seeks, finds, and coordinates capacities so healthcare providers can spend more time with their patients.
Within a short time, Recare has gathered more than 660 acute and rehabilitation clinics and over 17,000 other service providers on its digital platform. Renowned hospitals and clinic groups such as Vivantes, Sana Kliniken AG, Munich Clinic, Medical School Hannover, and University Hospital Essen are among Recare's customers and use the innovative Recare platform.
Job Description
Recare connects hospitals, aftercare providers, and payers with innovative digital solutions to make transitional processes in healthcare more efficient, faster, and patient-centered. The company has grown successfully in recent years and expanded its market-leading position in Germany, currently connecting over 900 acute hospitals, 650 rehabilitation clinics, and 25,000 other care and homecare providers on its digital marketplace. Recare was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin.
As General Counsel, you take responsibility for leading and further developing the legal department at Recare. You act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team and the central contact for all legal and compliance issues. You handle complex legal tasks internally—such as M&A due diligence, negotiating term sheets, and strategic contract drafting—while ensuring operational legal needs across the company are reliably and pragmatically addressed.
This role is highly visible both strategically and operationally—perfect for an experienced lawyer who appreciates a dynamic, high-growth environment and wants to actively shape practical implementation in various legal areas.
Key expectations include:
- Your work has a real impact on patients and medical professionals in healthcare.
- We foster a culture with flat hierarchies, promoting high performance and strong team dynamics. We engage respectfully, loyally, and appreciatively and pursue goals as a team.
- We support flexibility with remote work options (100% remote within Germany) and flexible working hours, including possible workations.
- You get an Edenred card usable according to your needs.
- We support your role and development for your success and satisfaction.
- Enjoy a day off on your birthday to celebrate with loved ones.
Responsibilities
You will be the internal contact for all legal questions across teams (Product, Sales, People, etc.) and actively shape our internal legal structure.
You advise the CEO and executive team on legal matters including corporate governance, M&A, fundraising, and strategic partnerships.
You independently negotiate and draft key contracts such as investor term sheets, MSAs, SaaS agreements, employment contracts, data processing agreements, and others.
You reduce the need for external legal counsel by handling complex legal issues internally.
You take responsibility for compliance activities including GDPR, healthcare regulatory requirements, and internal audits.
You oversee data protection processes and documentation, either as the data protection officer or in collaboration with external parties.
You manage contract management, develop scalable templates, and ensure efficient approval processes.
You contribute legal expertise to the development and regulatory positioning of AI products, guiding their legal direction.
You work closely with People, Product, and Business teams to balance legal risks with business needs.
Requirements
You are a fully qualified lawyer (with two state exams).
You have at least 7 years of relevant professional experience, ideally combining law firm leadership and in-house roles in tech, healthtech, or platform environments.
You have proven experience managing complex legal processes such as M&A due diligence, investor negotiations, or regulatory strategies.
You have strong practical knowledge of contract law, data protection (GDPR), and corporate governance.
Additional experience in one or more of the following areas is a strong plus: labor law, competition law, AI and digital health regulation, public procurement and administrative law.
You bring an entrepreneurial mindset, approaching legal issues pragmatically, clearly, and with a good relationship to legal matters.
Fluent German and English skills in speaking and writing.
Beyond legal qualifications, you bring a solution-oriented, cross-team working style, the ability to communicate legal matters clearly to legal and non-legal stakeholders, readiness to quickly learn new legal fields, and high independence, responsibility, and reliability.
Application
We look forward to your application!
You can apply directly via the application link provided on the job page.