Description
Syneos Health is seeking a Counsel I, Data Privacy to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice on data privacy and data protection matters.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide advice on data privacy and data protection matters, including regional and state privacy laws and emerging legislative and regulatory developments.
- Support regional privacy compliance activities, including required notifications, filings and engagement with regulatory authorities.
- Advise on privacy aspects relating to employment and recruitment and HR-related privacy notices.
- Draft, review and maintain privacy notices, data processing agreements, data sharing agreements, HIPAA business associate agreements and other privacy documentation.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to draft, review and negotiate privacy-related contract terms with customers, vendors and other third parties.
- Advise on marketing, promotional and outreach activities.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and maintenance of Company privacy policies, procedures, processes and training materials.
- Support privacy operational activities, including data subject rights requests, complaints, privacy-by-design reviews, data mapping and mitigation strategies.
- Support privacy incident response activities, including investigation, assessment, required notifications, remediation support and coordination with the Company’s incident response team.
- Participate in client and vendor meetings, customer audits and regulatory inspections for support related to data privacy.
- Work collaboratively across the Office of the General Counsel to build consensus, improve processes and drive legal projects to completion.
- Support privacy reviews of new technologies and business initiatives, including artificial intelligence, digital health solutions, and other technologies involving personal data.
Qualifications
- JD/LLM/LLB or an equivalent degree from an accredited university
- Fully qualified lawyer
- Industry certifications e.g. CIPP/US, CIPT, CIPM, AIGP (or equivalent)
Additional Qualifications
- Proven experience in a multinational company or law firm
- Strong knowledge and experience in application of privacy law
- Strong knowledge of contracts and commercial laws in assigned region/country
- Ability to collaborate with colleagues and take a business-oriented approach while identifying and balancing legal risks and providing succinct, accurate and pragmatic advice
- Ability to work independently while being able to contribute successfully to cross-functional teams
- Outstanding relationship-building skills
- Exceptional analytical skills, independent judgment, a desire to learn, and an ability to take on and prioritize a wide variety of complex matters
- Can-do attitude, able to work under pressure, manage tight deadlines and a high volume of competing priorities
Critical Skills
- Significant experience advising on US federal and state privacy and digital marketing law, preferably within the pharmaceutical, healthcare or life-sciences sector, including HIPAA/HITECH, FTC Act and FTC health-privacy requirements, CAN-SPAM, TCPA/FCC requirements, DOJ Final Rule, CCPA/CPRA and other US state comprehensive and consumer health-data privacy and breach notification laws.
Benefits
- Company car or car allowance
- Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
- Company match 401k
- Eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
- Flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time