Corp Counsel III (Privacy, Digital Risk, and Cybersecurity)

Corp Counsel III (Privacy, Digital Risk, and Cybersecurity)

What you will be doing:

Working as part of Premier's Privacy Office, the Corporate Counsel III (Privacy, Digital Risk, and Cybersecurity) advises Premier on compliance with applicable privacy, cybersecurity, and digital laws, regulations, and industry frameworks, including U.S. state privacy laws, HIPAA and HITECH, PCI DSS, and NIST.

This position will serve as the team’s principal legal specialist for cybersecurity regulatory compliance, while partnering with the Corporate Counsel III (Privacy, Digital & AI) on privacy compliance and digital risk oversight. The attorney will provide practical, risk-based guidance to Premier’s business teams, AI & Data Analytics organization, and Legal team.

This role will partner cross-functionally to continuously improve, operationalize, and evolve Premier’s privacy, cybersecurity, and digital governance programs. The attorney will work closely with the Security and Technology teams to translate applicable regulatory requirements into practical, scalable processes and controls supporting supplier privacy and vendor cybersecurity assessments, privacy impact assessments, privacy-related cybersecurity audit requirements, online privacy and digital compliance, and specialized privacy and cybersecurity contract negotiations. The attorney will also monitor evolving privacy, cybersecurity, and digital legal requirements and advise relevant stakeholders on their impact.

The ideal candidate is a highly proactive, business-minded attorney who enjoys building and evolving governance programs and processes, works well independently and collaboratively, and provides clear, decisive recommendations. The candidate should thrive in a fast-paced, complex environment and collaborate effectively with senior management, IT and cybersecurity teams, business teams, vendors, customers, and outside counsel.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsibility #1– 100%

• Support Premier’s regulatory compliance with applicable privacy and cybersecurity laws, and related industry frameworks, including proactively monitoring and interpreting developing laws and frameworks.

• Provide legal oversight and guidance regarding Premier’s digital compliance risks, including website and application terms & conditions, online tracking technologies, digital accessibility requirements, digital asset disclosures, and employee data access policies.

• Support enterprise innovation and growth by incorporating privacy, cybersecurity, and digital compliance-by-design principles from the outset of those initiatives.

• Conduct enterprise legal risk reviews across privacy, cybersecurity, and digital matters, including privacy impact assessments, data subject rights requests, supplier privacy reviews, and vendor cybersecurity assessments, and support AI impact assessments involving privacy, cybersecurity, or digital compliance issues.

• Contribute to continued modernization and development of Premier’s Digital & Data Legal and Governance organization, digital & data policies and procedures, and overall risk governance framework across privacy, cybersecurity, and digital.

• Provide legal counsel for security and privacy incident investigations, mitigations, response, and regulatory reporting, partnering with internal stakeholders and external parties as needed.

• Serve the AI & Data Analytics Office and Legal as a primary legal specialist across privacy, cybersecurity, and digital regulatory compliance and risk. Maintain related policies and contract templates, and draft and negotiate specialized or complex contract terms related to those areas.

• ​Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

• Years of Applicable Experience - 7 or more years

Education

• Juris Doctorate (Required)

• Required Certifications/Licensing

• Active license in good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction, with eligibility to serve as in-house counsel as required.

• Preferred Qualifications

Skills

• One or more relevant privacy or AI governance certifications, such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT.
• Experience operationalizing privacy, AI, and digital risk programs and related processes.
• Familiarity with OneTrust, Transcend, or similar privacy or AI governance platforms.

Experience

• At least 5 years of relevant legal experience, preferably 5 to 7 or more years, advising on privacy, cybersecurity, digital compliance, technology, or related regulatory matters in a law firm, in-house legal department, government agency, or comparable environment.
• Substantive knowledge of U.S. privacy and data protection laws, including HIPAA and HITECH, state comprehensive privacy laws, state consumer health data laws, data breach notification laws, and other requirements governing the collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of personal information.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting cybersecurity laws, regulations, and recognized cybersecurity frameworks, including the ability to identify legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements arising under authorities and frameworks such as FISMA, NIST, and PCI DSS and translate those requirements into practical guidance for Cybersecurity, IT, compliance, and business teams.
• Hands-on experience conducting or providing legal oversight for privacy and digital risk assessments, including privacy impact assessments, records of processing activities, data subject request workflows, supplier privacy reviews, vendor cybersecurity assessments, and assessments of new products, technologies, data uses, or business initiatives.
• Experience advising on digital compliance matters, including website and application privacy disclosures, online tracking technologies, cookies and consent requirements, digital terms and conditions, consumer-facing data practices, and accessibility-related legal requirements.
• Experience supporting privacy and cybersecurity incident response, including conducting legal assessments, coordinating investigation and mitigation activities, determining contractual and regulatory notification obligations, preparing, or reviewing notifications, and working with affected business partners, customers, regulators, forensic providers, notification vendors, and outside counsel.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating privacy, cybersecurity, and data protection provisions in commercial agreements, including data processing agreements, business associate agreements, cybersecurity addenda, incident notification provisions, international data transfer terms, and privacy and cybersecurity requirements in customer and supplier contracts.
• Experience advising business, product, technology, data, and cybersecurity stakeholders during the design or implementation of new products, services, systems, vendors, and data uses, with the ability to identify applicable requirements early and recommend practical controls or risk mitigations.
• Experience developing, implementing, or materially improving privacy, cybersecurity, or digital governance programs, including policies, standards, procedures, assessment methodologies, templates, decision records, escalation protocols, training materials, and compliance workflows.

Education

• Juris Doctorate

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time

• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines

• Attention to detail

• Operate computer programs and software

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.

• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)

• Making independent decisions

• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

• Working Conditions: Remote

• Travel

Requirements

• Travel 1-20% within the US

• Physical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

• Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier’s internal salary range for this role is $141,000 - $234,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow bas