Product And Privacy Counsel

Summary

Join Cedar's Legal & Compliance team as a Product and Privacy Counsel. You will provide legal advice on healthcare, payments, consumer and data privacy, and AI. Collaborate with product and business teams to identify and mitigate legal risks. Contribute to process improvement and assist with platform integration. Review marketing materials, draft agreements, and negotiate contract changes. This role requires a JD, 5+ years of relevant experience, and a strong understanding of product counseling, privacy laws, and technology transactions. Cedar offers a competitive salary, equity, and benefits package, including unlimited PTO, parental leave, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• JD Degree from an accredited law school and license in good standing to practice law in at least one state bar
• 5+ years relevant legal experience at a top law firm and/or in-house in healthcare/healthtech, product and/or privacy. Previous healthcare and/or healthtech experience is required
• Strong foundation in product counseling, privacy and security laws, marketing, and technology transactions, as well as the capacity and desire to be a generalist and learn new areas of law and legal skills quickly
• Deep understanding of product and data privacy/risk issues
• Keen business and legal judgment
• Self-starter with a "can do" attitude and ability to build collaborative working relationships
• Interest in the unique privacy and regulatory considerations applicable to healthcare and payments, including as they relate to the use of AI and machine learning in product- and operations-related processes

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end product counseling from initial product development stages
• Provide legal advice on consumer regulatory, privacy and security laws, marketing, and technology transactions
• Collaborate with product and business teams to identify potential legal risks and provide risk-mitigation counseling
• Contribute to the development of processes to improve the product counseling function
• Collaborate with other Legal & Compliance Team members on product, privacy and security issues
• Assist implementation teams to integrate the platform with customer and vendor systems
• Review marketing and other communications relating to products
• Draft and update form agreements and negotiate product and security related changes to customer contracts, including MSAs and BAAs
• Provide general legal support as needed
• Work with vendors and customers to understand data flows and determine privacy and data protection risks and solutions
• Contribute to the Legal & Compliance department's effectiveness

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working for a company offering platform services to large healthcare entities
• Deep understanding of data privacy and consumer facing technologies, and a strong desire to work on legal issues in these areas
• Preference for candidates in ET and CT time zones

Benefits

• Salary Range*: $221,000 - $260,00
• Equity
• Competitive benefits and wellness package
• Flexibility to work from home or in the office
• Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
• Diversity initiatives
• Competitive pay, equity, and health benefits that start on the first of the month following your start date (or on your start date if your start date coincides with the first of the month)
• 100% 401(k) match, up to 3% of annual compensation
• Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a team discretionary budget for learning and development resources