Sr. Counsel-Privacy, AI & Data Governance

Sr. Counsel, Privacy, AI & Data Governance

Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, Global Privacy, AI & Data Governance, the Sr. Counsel is responsible for providing legal guidance and business partnership on general and healthcare privacy,  artificial intelligence and data governance.  Sr. Counsel, Privacy, AI & Data Governance will: (i) be the primary legal partner to VP of AI Transformation, leading governance activities across the organization; (ii) partner with product team to educate and implement Privacy by Design framework, maintain and mature the framework to ensure both compliance and privacy as a key differentiator; (iii) assess privacy,  AI and data governance matters relevant to the go to market, full product lifecycle process; (iv) collaborate on privacy,  AI and data governance with the legal colleagues on cross functional strategy for go to market process; (v) Work closely as a trusted legal business partner with IT security, product, engineering, quality, compliance and other internal business partners and outside counsel on privacy, ai, incident response and data governance; and (vi) lead negotiations on privacy and AI components of company agreements, including BAAs and DPAs from both a customer and service provider point of view.

Successful candidates will be independent, results-driven and client-focused. This is a remote role with limited travel for candidates who must be based in : Austin, TX; Dallas / Fort Worth, TX; Pittsburg, PA; or St. Petersburg, FL.  

Responsibilities:

• Advise on legal aspects and governance of AI Transformation program.
• Liaise with company AI steering committee and manage outside counsel assessments of AI.
• Conduct and prioritize AI Conformance Assessments and Privacy Impact Assessments in full product lifecycle, from conception to adjustment to end of life.
• Provide strategic legal input to product, engineering, compliance, and quality teams on privacy,  AI and data governance and best practices.
• Liaise with IT security, product, engineering team on various privacy, security, incidents and remediation planning. 
• Support and guide the company’s implementation, maturity and conformance with Privacy by Design principles in all respects.  
• Advise on HIPAA/HITECH, GDPR, TCPA, BIPA, CCPA/CPRA, EU AI and other privacy and AI legislative and regulatory responsibilities and individual rights.
• Negotiate and advise on strategy for legal Business Associate, Data Processing and AI Agreements or components.
• Manage and coordinate certain IP maintenance with marketing team and outside counsel.
• Collaborate and support various teams who investigate, prepare for, seek to avoid, monitor for, triage and respond to data incidents.
• Collaborate and support privacy and ai due diligence with corporate transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions.
• Collaborate with training team to train workforce on privacy and ai, along with other cross-functional business unit training possibilities.

 Required Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong initiative and ability and willingness to learn and seek information
• Ability to identify issues and to offer pragmatic, business forward, actionable solutions
• Experience working within fast-growing healthcare technology companies and adaptability to evolving internal and business policies and procedures
• Effective interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work autonomously and within teams, with ability to set, document and communicate prioritized goals and timelines to internal customers 
• Attention to detail and well organized

 Basic Qualifications:

• J.D.; member in good standing of a state Bar
• CIPP/US, CIPP/E or CHPC
• 7+ years of experience with HIPAA, US state Privacy and Privacy by Design, and incident response
• Understanding of artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts and legal issues
• Prior experience in healthcare organization, law firm healthcare or cybersecurity department or corporate legal/privacy department

 Preferred Qualifications:

• AIGP  certification
• Healthcare industry experience
• Artificial intelligence experience
• Project Management experience
• Privacy/ai components of product development and life cycle management 

Work Conditions:

• Remote with periodic in office or in shared office space as needed 
• Flexibility in working hours as needed
• Some travel, ~10%