Assistant General Counsel - Privacy
About Abridge
Abridge was founded in 2018 with the mission of powering deeper understanding in healthcare. Our AI-powered platform was purpose-built for medical conversations, improving clinical documentation efficiencies while enabling clinicians to focus on what matters most—their patients.
Our enterprise-grade technology transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time, with deep EMR integrations. Powered by Linked Evidence and our purpose-built, auditable AI, we are the only company that maps AI-generated summaries to ground truth, helping providers quickly trust and verify the output. As pioneers in generative AI for healthcare, we are setting the industry standards for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems.
We are a growing team of practicing MDs, AI scientists, PhDs, creatives, technologists, and engineers working together to empower people and make care make more sense. We have offices located in the Mission District in San Francisco, the SoHo neighborhood of New York, and East Liberty in Pittsburgh.
Abridge’s in-house legal team is a group of lawyers and legal professionals operating across multiple disciplines. As we continue to expand, we are looking for a privacy lawyer to join our growing legal team. You will play a key role, working directly with our Head of Privacy, in maintaining and promoting a culture of privacy and security within the organization. In this role you will collaborate closely with legal colleagues in the commercial team and our sales/ Go-To-Market team, advise the engineering and product teams to ensure that our business practices adhere to privacy laws and regulations globally, and partner closely with the security function to safeguard and maintain the integrity of our data.
What You’ll Do
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Build Abridge’s privacy program, providing practical, product-focused counseling to the Security, Product and Engineering teams.
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Advise teams on privacy laws related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, clinical data, product development, secondary use of data and the responsible use of sensitive information.
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Help develop, maintain, and scale global privacy programs.
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Support data sharing and ecosystem questions (first/third-party, vendors, partners, internal platform services), including governance and contractual expectations in partnership with commercial counsel.
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Monitor and respond to changes in privacy laws and regulations, including AI regulations.
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Draft, maintain, and operationalize privacy policies, playbooks, templates, governance standards, and training materials that promote awareness and consistent decision-making across the company.
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Work cross functionally with talented product and engineering teams in evaluating the impact of privacy and data protection laws and regulatory guidance on exciting product developments.
What You’ll Bring
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Have 10+ years of experience with a mix of in-house, health tech, or technology-focused law firm roles.
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Experience building, developing, advising, and evaluating programs that ensure products comply with laws, regulations, and external commitments.
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Knowledge of HIPAA and other healthcare privacy requirements, as well as CCPA/CPRA, biometric privacy laws, and applicable U.S. state privacy and data security frameworks.
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A practical, risk-based approach and the ability to balance legal, regulatory, business, and customer considerations.
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Strong business judgment and the ability to work independently in an environment that values autonomy, accountability, and trust.
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Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to translate complex legal requirements into clear, actionable guidance for technical and nontechnical audiences.
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Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple high-priority matters in a dynamic, fast-moving environment.
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A Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and active mem