Assistant General Counsel - IT & Privacy

Responsibilities

• Provides legal counsel on enterprise IT initiatives, including cloud services, SaaS platforms, electronic health record integrations, digital health tools, telehealth solutions, mobile applications, and advanced analytics technologies.
• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates complex commercial technology agreements, including software licenses, SaaS and PaaS agreements, data use and data processing agreements, technology development agreements, and strategic vendor partnerships.
• Advises IT, digital, and operational leaders on data rights, intellectual property strategy, cybersecurity, patient safety, operational risk, and regulatory compliance.
• Supports optimization of technology to improve efficiency, consistency, and speed to execution while maintaining appropriate compliance and risk mitigation through policy and governance.
• Advises on compliance with federal, state, and international privacy and data protection laws, including HIPAA, state consumer privacy laws, and cross-border data transfer requirements.
• Supports development, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise policies and standards governing data use, data sharing, de-identification, secondary use, and retention.
• PARTNERS WITH PRIVACY, SECURITY, COMPLIANCE, RISK/CLAIMS, AND OPERATIONAL TEAMS TO EVALUATE AND RESPOND TO PRIVACY INCIDENTS, SECURITY EVENTS, AND REGULATORY REPORTING OBLIGATIONS.
• Provides legal guidance on third-party data sharing, vendor risk management, and information governance structures.
• ADVISES ON LEGAL AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING ETHICAL USE, RISK MITIGATION, TRANSPARENCY, AND GOVERNANCE.
• SUPPORTS ENTERPRISE AI GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS, INCLUDING POLICY DEVELOPMENT, COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION, AND REVIEW OF AI-ENABLED TECHNOLOGY INCIDENTS OR EVENTS.
• COUNSELLS BUSINESS AND CLINICAL LEADERS ON RESPONSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF AI TECHNOLOGIES IN OPERATIONAL, RESEARCH, AND PATIENT-FACING CONTEXTS.
• PROVIDES LEGAL SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND COMMERCIALIZATION INITIATIVES, INCLUDING COMPLIANCE WITH HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS AND DATA USE RESTRICTIONS.
• Negotiates industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical trial agreements, data licenses, material transfer agreements, and research collaboration agreements.
• ADVISES ON COMPLIANT DATA COMMERCIALIZATION AND MONETIZATION STRATEGIES, BALANCING INNOVATION, REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS AND REPUTATIONAL RISK CONSIDERATIONS.
• IDENTIFIES, ASSESSES, AND MITIGATES LEGAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH TECHNOLOGY, DATA USE, PRIVACY, AND DIGITAL INITIATIVES.
• SUPPORTS DISPUTE RESOLUTION RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY VENDORS, DATA PARTNERS, AND DIGITAL INITIATIVES, INCLUDING NEGOTIATION, ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
• MONITORS AND INTERPRETS REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS, ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, AND INDUSTRY TRENDS AFFECTING TECHNOLOGY, PRIVACY, AI, AND DIGITAL HEALTH, AND TRANSLATES THEM INTO PRACTICAL GUIDANCE FOR STAKEHOLDERS.
• SERVES AS A TRUSTED ADVISOR TO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, IT LEADERSHIP, COMPLIANCE, PRIVACY, RESEARCH, AND OPERATIONAL TEAMS.
• MENTORS AND SUPPORTS THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL TEAM MEMBERS ON TECHNOLOGY, PRIVACY, AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY MATTERS.
• MANAGES OUTSIDE COUNSEL RELATIONSHIPS TO ENSURE QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES, ALIGNMENT WITH ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL POLICIES, AND COST-EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, negotiation, and drafting skills with the ability to communicate complex legal concepts in practical terms.
• Demonstrated judgment in advising on novel or evolving legal issues.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365.
• Combination of law firm and in-house legal experience preferred.