Counsel, Healthcare Transactions & Regulatory Data - Welltower : Job Details

Welltower, now the world's largest real estate company by market capitalization, is continuing to grow at an exciting pace!

At Welltower, we're transforming how the world thinks about senior living and wellness-focused real estate. As a global leader in residential wellness and healthcare infrastructure, we create vibrant, purpose-driven communities where housing, healthcare, and hospitality converge. Our culture is fast-paced, collaborative, and endlessly ambitiousguided by our mantra: The only easy day was yesterday.

We're looking for bold, independent thinkers who thrive on challenge, embrace complexity, and are driven to deliver long-term value. Every team member is empowered to think like an owner, innovate fearlessly, and lead from where they stand. If you're passionate about outcomes and inspired by the opportunity to shape the future of healthcare infrastructure, we want you on our best-in-class team.

The Counsel, Healthcare Transactions & Regulatory Data will be accountable for the healthcare aspects on applicable transactions as well as managing the data and analytics program specific to health care regulatory compliance and performance across our network of properties. This individual will play a critical role in advising on healthcare regulatory mattersincluding those arising in the context of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and operator transitions. The ideal candidate will have a strong healthcare legal background, with demonstrated experience supporting M&A transactions and related licensure and change of ownership (CHOW) activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise on legal and regulatory issues arising in connection with corporate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, operator transitions and facility closures, with a particular focus on healthcare-specific considerations.
• Lead or support the preparation and submission of licensure, CHOW, and other required filings with Federal and State agencies related to transactions.
• Collaborate with deal teams to evaluate and negotiate regulatory terms and conditions of healthcare transactions, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and mitigating legal risk.
• Create and oversee the process for collecting, organizing, documenting, and storing all health care regulatory compliance data (including, but not limited to complete licensure information), whether Federal or State required, across our business segments, including skilled nursing and seniors housing facilities and partner with Business Insights team on the data collected in their environment.
• Partner with the Legal and Business Insights teams to ensure careful and accurate tracking of regulatory data and business insights data.
• Work with our partners, operators and third parties to make sure that data is consistently gathered and in compliance with Federal, State, Local and any other regulatory requirement.
• Utilize/examine Federal, State and other databases to identify data useful to our business.
• Work closely with Privacy and Security Officers to coordinate the creation, maintenance and revision, if necessary, to policies and procedures for new and existing compliance programs.
• Develop and foster effective communication of current trends and regulatory changes among Welltower's stakeholders, including internal team members as well as industry associations and regulators.
• Perform special projects as assigned.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of this employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Travel

Some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected.

Minimum Requirements

• Law degree (J.D.) is required.
• CHC (Certified in Healthcare Compliance) certification preferred
• 4+ years healthcare transaction experience required
• Transactional experience covering assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and/or senior congregate care settings is preferred.
• Strong familiarity with Federal and State health care laws, licensing and other standards, Medicare and Medicaid programs.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to identify and extract data from multiple sources, summarize and analyze for trends.
• Strong understanding of healthcare documentation and electronic software programs.
• Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication skills.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, drug screening, and verification of employment, education, and other credentials relevant to the position.

What We Offer

• Competitive Base Salary + Annual Bonus
• Generous Paid Time Off and Holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Program purchase shares at a 15% discount
• Employer-matching 401(k) Program + Profit Sharing Program
• Student Debt Program we'll contribute up to $10,000 towards your student loans!
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Comprehensive and progressive Medical/Dental/Vision options
• Professional Growth
• And much more!

Compensation

Salaries may vary by location. The range for this role in New York City is $175,000 - $225,000 plus bonus. Final compensation determinations are made based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's individual experience, education, and skill level; business strategic priorities; primary office location; scope and anticipated strategic impact of the role.

About Welltower

Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) an S&P 500 company, is the world's preeminent residential wellness and healthcare infrastructure company. Our portfolio of 1,500+ Seniors and Wellness Housing communities is positioned at the intersection of housing, healthcare, and hospitality, creating vibrant communities for mature renters and older adults in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. We also seek to support physicians in our Outpatient Medical buildings with the critical infrastructure needed to deliver quality care.

Our real estate portfolio is unmatched, located in highly attractive micro-markets with stunning built environments. Yet, we are an unusual real estate organization as we view ourselves as a product company in a real estate wrapper driven by relationships and unconventional culture.

Through our disciplined approach to capital allocation powered by our data science platform and superior operating results driven by the Welltower Business System, we aspire to deliver long-term compounding of per share growth and returns for our existing investors our North Star.

Welltower is committed to leveraging the talent of a diverse workforce to create great opportunities for our business and our people. EOE/AA. Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Vet