Sr. Counsel-Privacy, AI & Data Governance

Sr. Counsel Privacy AI & Data Governance

Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel Global Privacy AI & Data Governancethe 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) leadnegotiations 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 companys 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
• Abilityto 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%