Associate General Counsel, Life Sciences

About Abridge: Founded in 2018, Abridge powers deeper understanding in healthcare with an AI-powered platform purpose-built for medical conversations. Our enterprise-grade technology transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time, with deep EMR integrations. Powered by Linked Evidence and auditable AI, we map AI-generated summaries to ground truth, helping providers quickly trust and verify output. As pioneers in generative AI for healthcare, we set industry standards for responsible AI deployment across health systems. Our growing team includes practicing MDs, AI scientists, PhDs, creatives, technologists, and engineers, working together to empower people and improve care.

About the role

As Associate General Counsel - Life Sciences, you will be the first legal counsel dedicated to our newly created life sciences business. You will serve as a trusted advisor to product, engineering, and strategy teams, embedding legal and compliance frameworks into our product lifecycle. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the direction of our life sciences business as a founding member of an innovative new product line.

Responsibilities

• Serve as product counsel, partnering across the founding members of our life sciences team including product, engineering, and strategy to support product design, development, and deployment.
• Support go-to-market activities, including drafting and negotiating agreements and advising on contracting strategy.
• Drive zero-to-one development of Abridge's Life Sciences legal strategy and guardrails.
• Provide actionable legal guidance on regulatory, privacy, and compliance matters, including HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA, and the evolving AI/ML landscape.
• Advise on healthcare regulatory compliance, including FDA, FTC, fraud and abuse (FCA, AKS), and related state laws.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including policy, partner experience, marketing, IT, finance, corporate development, and commercial to ensure alignment and mitigate risk.
• Support privacy impact assessments, compliance risk assessments, and data governance efforts and frameworks.
• Coordinate with external counsel to resolve specialist issues and ensure fast delivery of actionable legal guidance and risk analysis.
• Monitor emerging regulations around AI, data use, and healthcare technology and advise internal stakeholders on their implications.

Requirements

• 10+ years of legal experience, including 2+ years in a dedicated life sciences role.
• Passion for Abridge’s mission and the energy and drive to support fast-moving product and operational teams.
• Strong understanding of and experience with pharmaceutical/biotech products and solutions.
• Proven ability to communicate and translate complex regulatory and legal concepts into clear, practical guidance for non-legal counterparts.
• Comfort and confidence juggling a high volume of projects, tight timelines, and competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and exercise business judgment; interest in joining a small team that prioritizes autonomy and trust.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally, particularly with technical teams, designers, and commercial teams, building relationships and earning their confidence.
• Creativity in solving and navigating novel legal matters; experience crafting new processes and language to meet the needs of a rapidly-moving enterprise in a novel industry.
• Familiarity with recent trends in artificial intelligence, particularly with large language models and responsible AI principles.

This is a hybrid role open to candidates in New York or San Francisco. Candidates must be willing to work from our SF or NY office 3x per week (M/W/F).

Benefits

• Generous Time Off: 14 paid holidays, flexible PTO for salaried employees, and accrued time off for hourly employees.
• Comprehensive Health Plans: Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage for all full-time employees and their families.
• Generous HSA Contribution: Monthly contributions to your HSA if you choose a High Deductible Health Plan.
• Paid Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave for all full-time employees.
• Family Forming Benefits: Resources and financial support to help you build your family.
• 401(k) Matching: Contribution matching to help invest in your future.
• Personal Device Allowance: Tax-free funds for personal device usage.
• Pre-tax Benefits: Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Commuter Benefits.
• Lifestyle Wallet: Monthly contributions for fitness, professional development, coworking, and more.
• Mental Health Support: Dedicated access to therapy and coaching to help you reach your goals.
• Sabbatical Leave: Paid Sabbatical Leave after 5 years of employment.
• Competitive compensation and equity grants for full-time employees.

Pay

Compensation Range: $210K - $280K