Remote In House Counsel Jobs in Silver Spring, MD

Quantic School of Business and Technology develops and operates innovative, accredited online university programs. We're reimagining higher education for working professionals around the world - combining rigorous academics, a mobile-first learning experience, and a global community of students and alumni. We are accredited, growing quickly, and operating at the intersection of education, technology, and regulation.

We're hiring our General Counsel & Head of Regulatory Affairs  to lead all legal and regulatory matters for Quantic. Reporting to the CEO as a member of the executive team, you'll be the company's senior-most legal voice - owning higher-education regulation, corporate transactions, commercial contracts, employment, and IP, and translating complex legal questions into clear business decisions.

As an accredited online university, our ability to operate, launch programs, and enter new jurisdictions depends on getting this work right. Higher-education regulation was built for an earlier model of the university. The institutions defining what comes next are the ones building inside the space the existing rules don't yet contemplate - squarely inside the law, but ahead of the conventional playbook. We want a GC whose default answer is "here's how we get to yes," not "here's why we can't."

• Higher-education regulatory affairs:
• Manage state authorization across all jurisdictions where students are located, including renewals and reporting with the DC Higher Education Licensure Commission (HELC), the California BPPE, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE), and NC-SARA.
• Own the institution's federal reporting calendar.
• Lead compliance with proprietary-institution requirements, including the 90/10 rule, the incentive compensation ban, and federal misrepresentation rules.
• Maintain compliance with distance-education-specific federal requirements, including Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI), state authorization for distance education, and professional licensure disclosures for any program that leads to or is marketed as leading to licensure.
• Track federal rulemaking affecting higher education, both during the negotiated rulemaking phase, where stakeholder coordination shapes the proposed rule, and through the NPRM, comment, and final rule phases, and translate outcomes into operational requirements for the business.
• Corporate and transactional. Serve as principal legal counsel on financings, board matters, governance, M&A, and strategic partnerships.
• Commercial. Oversee contracting across the business - vendors, technology partners, content licensing, enterprise/B2B agreements, and student-facing terms.
• Employment and HR. Partner with People Operations on policies, multi-state employment compliance, immigration, and any employee-relations matters.
• Intellectual property. Steward Quantic's trademarks, copyrights, and proprietary curriculum and platform assets.
• Risk, privacy, and compliance. Own the company's privacy and data-protection posture (FERPA, GDPR, state privacy laws) and lead enterprise risk management.
• Team and outside counsel. Build and lead the legal function, and manage relationships with outside firms efficiently.

• Executive impact from day one. You'll be a member of the C-suite, working directly with the CEO and the rest of the leadership team on the decisions that shape the company.
• A mission that matters. Quantic is expanding access to high-quality, accredited higher education for working professionals worldwide.
• A substantive legal docket. Regulated industry, real corporate activity, global student base - there is no shortage of interesting work.

Requirements

• Title IV. Direct experience advising on Title IV of the Higher Education Act - including program participation, compliance, reporting, and interaction with the U.S. Department of Education. Demonstrated experience with distance-education-specific federal requirements, particularly Regular and Substantive Interaction, state authorization for distance education, and professional licensure disclosures. Experience advising a proprietary or otherwise non-traditional degree-granting institution on 90/10, Gainful Employment / Financial Value Transparency, and incentive compensation compliance.
• Accreditation. Hands-on experience with institutional accreditation through DEAC or another federally recognized institutional accreditor, including substantive change applications, reporting, and renewal processes.
• State licensure / authorization. Demonstrated experience managing state authorization for a degree-granting institution, including NC-SARA participation and individual state approvals.
• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (DC bar or eligibility for DC waive-in preferred).

• Substantial in-house, law-firm, or regulatory-body experience supporting a degree-granting higher-education institution.
• Generalist range: you've handled (or led) corporate, commercial, employment, and IP matters and are comfortable being the "first call" across the business.
• Track record advising executive teams and boards, including on financings, M&A, or other significant transactions.
• Experience with student data privacy and protection frameworks (FERPA, GDPR, state privacy laws).
• Excellent judgment under ambiguity - you know when to be conservative, when to take a position, and how to communicate trade-offs to non-lawyers.
• A builder's mindset. You're equally comfortable rolling up your sleeves on contracts and shaping long-term legal strategy at a growing company.

We're flexible on total years of experience - the right mix of regulatory depth and generalist range matters more than a specific tenure.

Benefits

We offer a competitive executive compensation package including base salary ($235k-$285k), equity, and benefits.