Sr. Counsel, Commercial and Data
Protege· Operations
RemoteFull-timePosted 3w ago
About the role
Senior in-house attorney focusing on commercial contracts and data/privacy for Protege, handling data licensing, HIPAA/CCPA/GDPR, de-identification, and cross-border transfers. Partners directly with CLO, supports data supply/demand agreements, and builds legal infrastructure in a fast-moving, remote environment.
Responsibilities
- Draft, negotiate, and close commercial agreements across our data supply and demand sides — data licensing, SOWs, NDAs, BAAs, DPAs, and novel arrangements that don't have a template yet.
- Counsel teams across the company on data privacy: HIPAA, de-identification, consent, provenance, GDPR/CCPA, and AI-specific regulation as it lands.
- Triage and run a high-volume legal queue — dozens of active matters at a time — deciding what needs deep work, what needs a fast answer, and what needs outside counsel.
- Work directly with technical teams and technical counterparties, translating between legal risk and how the product actually work–in plain and crisp communication style
- Manage and coordinate outside counsel on specialist matters, keeping the work moving, tightly scoped, and the spend sensible.
- Build the legal infrastructure as you go: templates, playbooks, intake, and AI-assisted workflows that make the whole function faster.
Qualifications
- 6+ years of relevant legal experience with significant depth in technology transactions and privacy (healthcare/HIPAA/GDPR/CCPA experience strongly preferred).
- JD and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
Skills
Required:Commercial contractsData privacy complianceLegal queue management
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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