Senior Counsel, Privacy

Now is the time to join us! 

Who are you?

You are an experienced healthcare privacy attorney with Third Party Administrator and SaaS experience, preferably in the health and wellbeing industry or another highly-regulated data intensive area. Healthcare/Health Plan experience is a plus.

In the role of Senior Privacy Counsel for Personify Health, you will be joining a small but dedicated team of seasoned in-house attorneys, contract managers, and paralegals and report directly to our General Counsel to manage our privacy programs, provide counsel and advice on privacy matters, maintain all privacy registrations, negotiate, draft and amend a wide variety of contract documents for our clients. You support of our Sales and Customer Success teams in their efforts to secure and enhance client relationships.

In this role you will wear many hats, but your knowledge will be essential in the following:  

• Provide expert legal advice and guidance to clients on a wide range of digital health matters, including data privacy and security, telemedicine, mobile health applications, electronic health records, artificial intelligence, and medical device regulations.
• Serve as lead subject matter expert on domestic and international privacy and data security within our Legal team
• Manage team of 2 - 3 privacy and compliance team members to collectively address the privacy legal needs of the company
• Provide strategic and tactical advice in connection with our data security and privacy compliance program
• Partner with Legal teammates, CISO team, and Product Development teams to instill privacy compliant strategies throughout product and software development practices
• At the development stage, partner with Legal teammates and our Consumer Product organization to deploy practices of privacy by design and default, perform privacy and data impact assessments, and guide compliant development
• Partner with Legal teammates and our global Procurement Team to review vendor onboarding from a privacy perspective and to support the development and negotiation of supplier and partner privacy agreements
• Maintain record of processing activities and map flow of data for suppliers, employees, and other third parties
• Assist with cookie policies and practices and work with technical support teams to remain compliant
• Draft and update privacy policies, template agreements, and other foundational resources to promote compliance with evolving regulatory requirements in the US and globally
• Develop and conduct privacy training to fulfill business and compliance needs
• Support preparation and execution of internal and external audits of global privacy practices
• Support and provide guidance on the implementation of our records and information management policies, specifically regarding obligations relating to management of personal data
• Assist with supporting incident response matters
• Partner with Legal teammates to address any regulatory authority inquiries or other disputes regarding privacy and data security matters
• Assist with supporting other privacy and data security needs of Legal team and the business.

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

What you bring to the Personify Health team:

In order to represent the best of what we have to offer you come to us with a multitude of positive attributes including:

• You have a true passion for privacy and data security

   

• You provide business-minded pragmatic legal advice, enabling risk-optimized successful client outcomes

   

• You are a problem-solver who is resourceful, mature, flexible, organized, and calm under pressure

   

• Deep knowledge of federal and state privacy and data security laws, regulations, and standards, including HIPAA, CCPA, and consumer protection, with an emphasis on healthcare related privacy

  regulations is required.

   

• Knowledge of federal and state healthcare laws and regulations is preferred.

   

• Your privacy law and employee management experience has been developed through a combination of in-house privacy legal experience at one or more multinational companies and also employment in the privacy practice of an international law firm

   

• You have professional experience in supporting consumer-facing SaaS, e-commerce, on-line advertising and/or financial services businesses

   

• You may have a demonstrated history working creatively and strategically with global security and software product development leaders specific to ensuring adherence to privacy standards

   

• You are an expert in drafting and reviewing product statements, consent forms, privacy notices, and other documents designed to ensure compliance with applicable data protection laws

   

• You are an expert at privacy-related contract review and negotiation including data transfer agreements, data processing agreements, and privacy-related provisions for other commercial agreements

   

• You are exceptionally informed on global privacy laws and rapidly evolving data privacy developments

   

• You have at least 3 years (we’d love more!) of experience managing direct reports

   

• You have a JD degree from an accredited law school and are a current member in good standing of a US state bar

   

• You have one or more of the following IAPP certifications: CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPP/A, CIPP/C

   

• You may have one or more cybersecurity or AI certifications

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

Personify Health is an equal opportunity organization and is committed to diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice.

In compliance with all states and cities that require transparency of pay, the base compensation for this position ranges from $180,000 to $200,000. Note that salary may vary based on location, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for 15% target bonus/variable compensation as well as health, dental, vision, mental health and other benefits.

We strive to cultivate a work environment where differences are celebrated, and employees of all backgrounds are empowered to thrive. Personify Health is committed to driving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) for all stakeholders: employees (at each organization level), members, clients and the communities in which we operate. Diversity is core to who we are and critical to our work in health and wellbeing.

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Application Deadline: Open until position is filled.