Privacy Counsel
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Boston
Posted on: September 15, 2024
Job Description:
About the Job
FMI is seeking a Privacy Counsel to support FMI's privacy program,
helping to advise on US and ex-US privacy laws and regulations.
This position will involve interpreting and assessing risk under
various global data privacy laws such as the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), under which FMI
is a Covered Entity, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),
and US state laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
The Privacy Counsel will also be responsible for supporting the
drafting and negotiation of data privacy terms in FMI's corporate
and commercial agreements. This role will work cross-functionally
across our legal, compliance, information security, marketing, and
business teams.
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Key Responsibilities
- Maintain current knowledge of applicable privacy laws,
regulatory guidance, and industry guidelines in the US (state and
federal) and ex-US (e.g., European Union and foreign national
laws), including in the areas of consumer privacy, health
information privacy, genetic testing, DNA analysis, and human
subjects research.
- Support legal colleagues in drafting, reviewing, and
negotiating data use and data protection terms in commercial
agreements, vendor agreements, data sharing agreements (e.g., BAAs,
DPAs, DUAs), research agreements, clinical trial agreements, and
other collaboration agreements.
- Work in strong partnership and collaboration with other members
of the privacy team, and the broader legal and compliance
department, to continually advance and maintain an effective and
dynamic privacy program, including assisting with the development
of policies and procedures, privacy training, and awareness
activities.
- Help advise FMI on matters related to informed consent, HIPAA
authorization, and research protocols.
- Support investigation, analysis, remediation, and notification
of privacy and security incidents.
- Create internal legal and compliance guidelines and tools for
common privacy topics.
- Participate in certain internal FMI committees as a standing
team member.
- Appropriately triage workflow, set clear priorities and
expectations with clients, and efficiently deliver
results.
- Other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school
- Admission in good-standing to any state bar association in the
United States
- 1-3 years of prior legal experience with at least 1 year of
demonstrated experience working in data privacy within the
healthcare sector.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 1+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm
- Experience advising business and legal colleagues on data
privacy laws, regulatory guidance, and industry guidelines,
including but not limited to HIPAA, GDPR, the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) Act, CCPA, and other state privacy laws, and
genetic information privacy laws.
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating privacy-related
contractual terms
- Ability to apply a risk-based analysis to privacy issues and
demonstrate creativity and flexibility in developing solutions that
satisfy both business requirements and legal obligations.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize numerous, and sometimes
conflicting, requests for assistance and offer superior advice in a
timely, thoughtful, and complete manner
- Ability to: establish and maintain strong relationships within
FMI's business and legal teams; engage professionally with
colleagues at all levels, including external partners; and work in
a dynamic, evolving, and fast-paced work environment, with the
confidence and abilities to work independently.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Demonstrated organization, facilitation, written and oral
communication, and presentation skills.
- High level of integrity and trust
- Commitment to FMI values: Patients, Innovation, Collaboration,
and Passion
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Keywords: Disability Solutions, Cranston , Privacy Counsel, Legal , Boston, Rhode Island
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