Attorney - Privacy & Innovation Governance

The Cigna Group is seeking an attorney to join its Privacy & Innovation Governance team within Legal & Corporate Affairs. This attorney will provide legal counsel and support related to artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, with a focus on monitoring and interpreting evolving AI laws and regulations and conducting legal reviews of AI use cases.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and analyze emerging federal, state, and international laws, regulations, regulatory guidance, and enforcement developments relating to artificial intelligence, machine learning, automated decision-making, and other emerging technologies.
• Assess new and proposed AI legal requirements and support the development of practical guidance regarding their impact on The Cigna Group's businesses, operations, and AI governance framework.
• Maintain regulatory inventories, legal summaries, guidance, and other resources to support implementation of evolving AI requirements.
• Conduct legal reviews of proposed AI and machine-learning use cases, identify applicable legal and regulatory requirements, and advise on risks associated with the development, acquisition, deployment, and use of AI systems.
• Participate in enterprise AI governance processes and collaborate with Enterprise Model Governance and other stakeholders to provide legal guidance throughout the AI lifecycle.
• Review, draft, and negotiate AI and intellectual property related provisions in technology, vendor, data, licensing, and other commercial agreements.
• Support the development and maintenance of standard AI and IP contractual provisions, negotiation guidance, playbooks, and other resources to promote consistent treatment of AI and IP-related legal risks.
• Advise on the intersection of AI requirements with privacy and data protection laws and collaborate with other legal subject-matter experts on intellectual property, healthcare regulation, employment, consumer protection, and other applicable areas of law.
• Support intellectual property counsel in reviewing and advising on employee intellectual property obligations, outside activity requests, and matters involving ownership, licensing, protection, and commercialization of intellectual property assets.
• Assist intellectual property counsel with enterprise IP initiatives, including identifying and addressing IP risks associated with AI and emerging technologies and developing practical guidance and resources to protect proprietary assets.
• Help develop, implement, and improve practical processes and workflows for AI use-case review and related IP legal support.
• Partner with colleagues across Privacy & Innovation Governance and other enterprise functions to translate evolving legal requirements into practical policies, standards, controls, and business guidance.
• Support the development and enhancement of enterprise policies, standards, training, and governance frameworks related to responsible AI and emerging technologies.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that supports responsible innovation while appropriately managing legal and regulatory risk.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license and good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 3+ years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, government agency, or combination thereof.
• Experience with technology, privacy, data, commercial contracting, artificial intelligence, or related legal matters.
• Strong legal research and analytical skills, including the ability to monitor, interpret, and communicate the implications of new and evolving laws and regulations.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating technology, software, data, cloud, or vendor agreements.
• Ability to translate legal requirements into practical processes and workflows, with a continuous-improvement mindset and attention to consistent execution.
• Sound legal judgment, including the ability to identify material risks, recommend practical mitigations, and recognize when to seek guidance or escalate issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex legal requirements into clear and practical guidance.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with attorneys, compliance professionals, governance teams, technical teams, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a rapidly evolving area of law.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience or demonstrated interest in artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, automated decision-making, or emerging technology law.
• Familiarity with evolving U.S. and international legal and regulatory frameworks governing AI.
• Experience conducting legal or regulatory reviews of technology or AI use cases.
• Experience reviewing or negotiating contractual provisions addressing AI, data use, model training, intellectual property, or generative AI.
• Experience with intellectual property matters, such as ownership, licensing, confidentiality, protection of proprietary assets, or employee IP obligations.
• Experience developing or improving legal review processes, intake workflows, playbooks, templates, or other tools that improve consistency and efficiency.
• Experience with privacy and data protection laws and their application to AI and emerging technologies.
• Experience in healthcare, health insurance, pharmacy benefit management, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary legal, compliance, governance, risk, or technology teams.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive range of benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs.
• 401(k), company-paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence.