Chief Counsel, UC San Diego Health – 139957

Filing Deadline: Mon 7/6/2026

UC San Diego
values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and
certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to
apply.

DESCRIPTION

Reporting to the Chief Campus Counsel and the Deputy General Counsel – Health
Affairs & Technology Law, the Chief Counsel, UC San Diego Health (Chief Health Counsel) serves as the principal legal advisor for UC San
Diego Health and provides strategic legal leadership across the health sciences enterprise, including the health system, Student Health and
Counseling Services, and the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health.

As a member of the UC San Diego Health executive
leadership team, the Chief Health Counsel partners with senior leaders to provide practical, solutions-oriented legal counsel that supports
the organization’s mission of patient care, education, research, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:
* Serve
as the chief legal advisor on healthcare, regulatory, compliance, governance, risk management, and operational matters.
* Advise
executive leadership on strategic initiatives, affiliations, transactions, and organizational priorities.
* Provide counsel on clinical
operations, academic medicine, research activities, privacy, cybersecurity, healthcare innovation, and emerging technologies.
*
Collaborate with leaders across the health system, campus, and the University of California on complex legal and policy matters.
* Lead
and develop a team of attorneys and legal professionals supporting the health enterprise.

Leadership and Impact:

The Chief Health Counsel is a trusted strategic partner to executive leadership and plays a critical role in helping UC San Diego
Health navigate an increasingly complex healthcare landscape. The successful candidate will bring sound judgment, exceptional leadership
skills, and the ability to balance legal risk with operational and strategic objectives.

The position requires a collaborative
leader who can build strong relationships across diverse stakeholder groups, influence decision-making at the highest levels of the
organization, and provide clear, practical advice in support of UC San Diego Health’s mission and values.

Why UC San Diego
Health:

UC San Diego Health is consistently recognized among the nation’s leading academic health systems for excellence in
patient care, research, education, and innovation. As part of University of California San Diego, the health system brings together
world-class clinicians, researchers, educators, and staff dedicated to improving health and advancing medicine.

This role presents
an exceptional opportunity to influence the future of academic healthcare, support groundbreaking clinical and research initiatives, and
contribute to the strategic direction of a rapidly evolving and nationally recognized health enterprise.

~Cover letter
required for a complete application.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must possess a J.D. from an accredited law
  school.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in healthcare, preferably related to operation of academic medical centers.
• Must
  be a member in good standing of the California Bar. (Out-of-state hire would be afforded time to pass the Bar within a reasonable
  period.)
• Previous management or supervisory experience and / or significant project management experience.
• Outstanding
  skills in the ability to lead by influence and consensus.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and to make good decisions quickly,
  often with incomplete information available and under circumstances where different stakeholders have inconsistent positions.
• Deep
  knowledge of health and hospital law and extensive experience developing and managing complex health care transactions
• Superior
  academic qualifications, with strong analytic, writing, and client consultation skills. Demonstrated ability to distill large quantities of
  often imperfect information and to generate creative approaches to legal challenges facing Health Sciences, including the Medical Center,
  the Medical Group, the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health in the areas of healthcare, including clinical service and
  contracting.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work cooperatively with other attorneys, groups, clients and constituencies
  with differing priorities and perspectives.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills to interact effectively and develop and maintain
  productive working relationships with an array of diverse interests, individuals, and constituencies.
• Ability to communicate
  effectively with diverse stakeholders including board members, donors, politicians, physicians and other care providers, staff, executives,
  and others, often in tense situations.
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively to assist the UCSD Health executive team and UC
  Legal leaders in solving problems of the greatest complexity.
• Demonstrated ability to act as a team player in all circumstances, as
  defined by contributing to the successful outcome of initiatives, accountabilities, and operations of others. Ability to work
  collaboratively across administrative and academic units and to build consensus.
• Additional responsibilities as
  assigned.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Job requires dedication and hard work. Long hours in highly stressful,
  high-stakes settings are a norm, not an exception.
• Occasional out-of-area travel, typically to Northern California but occasionally
  to other parts of the country.
• The Chief Health Counsel must model ethics and integrity in all of their dealings.
• Compliance
  with the University of California Statement of Ethical Values and Standards of Ethical Conduct, conflict-of-interest rules, and the
  California Rules of Professional Conduct is a baseline expectation and requirement.
• Support, collaboration, and coordination with UC
  San Diego’s and UC San Diego Health’s compliance and quality programs is expected.
• Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory
  clearance based on Background Check results.
• Cover letter required for a complete application.

Pay Transparency
Act

Annual Full Pay Range: $258,100 – $543,300 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)

Hourly Equivalent: $123.61 – $260.20

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience,
skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale
referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The
Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and
collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).

If employed by the University of California, you will be required to comply
with our Policy on Vaccination Programs, which may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health
directives may impose additional requirements.

To foster the best possible working and learning environment, UC San Diego strives
to cultivate a rich and diverse environment, inclusive and supportive of all students, faculty, staff and visitors. For more information,
please visit UC San Diego Principles of Community.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

For the University
of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination

UC San Diego is a smoke and tobacco free environment.
Please visit smokefree.ucsd.edu for more information.

Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the
final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or
judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of
substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

a. “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies governing employee conduct at
the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual
assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC’s policies addressing some
forms of misconduct:

• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
• Abusive Conduct
  in the Workplace

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