Corporate Counsel, Technology & AI

Overview

A healthcare organization is seeking a Technology, AI & Data Counsel to serve as the dedicated legal partner supporting its technology initiatives and enterprise data operations. This is the first legal position specifically designed to support the technology side of the business.

The role acts as the primary legal advisor to technology leadership, engineering, product, and data platform teams, focusing approximately 60% on technology and AI-related legal matters, 20% on intellectual property and related initiatives, and 20% on transaction support and capital structure coordination.

Responsibilities

Technology Vendor & Commercial Contracts

• Lead end-to-end legal review, negotiation, and execution of technology vendor agreements including Statements of Work (SOWs), Master Service Agreements (MSAs), SaaS subscriptions, and professional services contracts.
• Develop and maintain a lightweight contracting playbook with pre-approved templates, risk-tiered review thresholds, and escalation protocols to streamline review cycles.
• Manage commercial relationships with data platform vendors, development partners, and enterprise software providers.
• Support Electronic Medical Record (EMR) integration agreements across multiple Electronic Health Record (EHR) ecosystems.

AI, Data & Intellectual Property Strategy

• Serve as primary legal advisor for technology initiatives related to creation, protection, and licensing, including strategy for technology and clinical AI intellectual property.
• Structure and negotiate data use agreements and clinical data licensing arrangements involving EHR, claims, and outcomes data.
• Advise on HIPAA compliance and AI/ML compliance matters, including Business Associate Agreement (BAA) structures for model development environments, de-identification standards, and minimum necessary data principles.
• Monitor FDA regulatory positioning for clinical decision support under the 21st Century Cures Act CDS exemption, including Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) classification risk and enforcement.
• Support enterprise AI governance, including usage policies, acceptable use frameworks, and vendor BAA requirements for large language model (LLM)-based tools deployed across the organization.

Subsidiary Governance & Corporate

• Manage ongoing legal documentation for the organization's subsidiary, including inter-company agreements, intellectual property assignment, transfer pricing, and coordination with 409A valuation processes.
• Provide legal input on capital structure questions as the subsidiary approaches commercialization, including commercial SaaS and enterprise licensing agreements with external customers.

Deal Support

• Act as internal legal resource for technology disputes, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) diligence, recapitalization scenarios, and capital structure coordination, serving as a liaison between external transaction counsel and internal business teams.
• Provide transaction support including debt facility and lender-related legal coordination as needed.

Requirements

Education

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive legal experience with substantial technology transactions work, including vendor contracting, SaaS agreements, data licensing, and intellectual property protection.

Skills & Competencies

• Demonstrated experience with healthcare data governance, including HIPAA, BAAs, data use agreements, and de-identification in analytics or AI/ML contexts.
• Experience structuring or advising on intellectual property assignment chains, subsidiary governance documents, or inter-company agreements.
• Ability to work efficiently and maintain legal rigor in contract review.
• Comfortable operating as a self-directed solo practitioner within a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in digital health, health technology, or health AI companies.
• Familiarity with FDA regulation of software as a medical device (SaMD) and the clinical decision support (CDS) exemption under the 21st Century Cures Act.
• Experience in private equity-backed or venture-backed environments, including recapitalization, M&A diligence, or exit scenarios.
• Exposure to AI/ML-specific legal issues such as model training data provenance, output liability, algorithmic bias risk, and clinical safety validation.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Annual bonus potential.
• Health benefits effective on start date.
• Health & wellness program with up to $300 per quarter for overall well-being, available on start date.
• 401(k) plan effective the first of the month after start date, with 100% match up to 4% of annual salary.
• Five sick days and unlimited or generous paid time off after first 90 days.
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Technology setup provided.

Location

Information about the specific location was not provided.