The AGC for US Data Protection, Privacy and Security is an essential member of the legal and corporate compliance team, responsible for ensuring our company’s compliance with US privacy laws and regulations. You will be responsible for providing legal advice and guidance to stakeholder teams across the enterprise, developing and implementing privacy policies and procedures, conducting privacy impact assessments, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate privacy and data protection considerations into our products and services. This position reports directly to the company’s Data Protection Officer and Head of Privacy. The successful candidate must be agile, with a demonstrated ability to pivot and manage a workload. This is a remote position. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Serve as subject matter expert and lead on HIPAA compliance efforts.
• Advise on compliance with US privacy laws, including HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA, Washington’s MHMDA (My Health My Data Act), and other state privacy laws, with a focus on health data and sensitive personal information.
• Provide legal support for all aspects of the company’s data privacy and security programs.
• Partner with product, engineering, marketing, and cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with privacy laws and industry best practices, particularly around AdTech, data management, and data analytics.
• Play a key role in the company’s response to data breaches and other security incidents, including managing breach notification and remediation efforts.
• Draft Privacy Related agreements including BAAs and Data Sharing Agreements.
• Stay up-to-date with evolving privacy laws and regulations, and provide guidance on their impact to the business.
• Coordinate with external counsel on privacy-related legal matters, including any regulatory inquiries, enforcement actions, and litigation.

What success looks like in this role:

• Identify and implement process improvements for the HIPAA compliance program, including policies and procedures, and training materials.
• Conduct a thorough risk assessment to identify potential privacy vulnerabilities and develop a mitigation plan.
• Review and Update existing privacy policies and procedures to ensure they are in line with current regulations and industry best practices.
• Launch and deliver HIPAA and privacy training programs for all employees.
• Ensure timely and accurate filing of regulatory reports and documentation related to HIPAA and privacy compliance. 

What we expect from you:

• 7+ years of legal experience, preferably with a successful, high-growth company or startup in the health and wellbeing sector with 5+ years emphasis on privacy.
• In-depth knowledge of US data privacy regulations, including HIPAA, Washington’s MHMDA (My Health My Data Act), and CCPA/CPRA.
• Working knowledge of worldwide data protection and AI regulations including the GDPR, and the EU AI Act as well as industry best practices (eg, NIST AI RMF, etc) preferred.
• Exceptionally strong business acumen and the ability to work effectively and efficiently on multiple projects in a fast paced, hyper growth environment, while being a critical (and often autonomous) go-to partner for fellow peers in the company and legal department.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability over assigned projects and tasks.
• Experience scaling legal processes and policies.
• Candidates having relevant data privacy certifications (e.g. CISP, CIPP, CHPC, etc.) strongly preferred.

The target base salary range for this position is $212,800 - $266,000, and is part of a competitive total rewards package including stock options and benefits. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all employee pay and compensation programs annually at minimum to ensure competitive and fair pay.

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women, communities of color and historically underrepresented talent are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Spring Health we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

Ready to do the most impactful work of your life? Learn more about our values, how we work, and how hypergrowth meets impact at Spring Health:Our Values

Hypergrowth meets impact

What to expect working here:

• You will be held accountable to an exceptionally high bar and impact
• This may be the fastest work environment you will ever experience in terms of growth, decision-making, and time to impact
• You will be empowered to set your own boundaries and asked to adapt them in critical moments when the company needs you
• You will create processes & products that have never existed before
• You will have very direct conversations and receive continuous feedback to push you to become the most thriving team member and performer you can be
• Change is a constant here: your role, team, responsibilities, and success metrics will shift as the company grows

And…

• You get to be surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the field  
• You get to learn and grow at an extremely accelerated pace
• You will experience transparency, integrity, &  humility from leadership 
• You will be empowered to constantly challenge the status quo
• You get the space to experiment & innovate
• You get to make a transformational impact for the company, mental health, and for real human lives — and you will see that impact quickly
• You will become more resourceful and resilient
• You get to be part of a winning team that opens doors in the future

Benefits provided by Spring Health:

Your Total Health:

• Health, Dental, Vision benefits start on your first day at Spring Health. You and your dependents also receive an individual One Medicalaccount which is valued at $199/year per user. HSA and FSA plans available
• A yearly allotment of no cost visits to the Spring Health network of therapists, coaches, and medication management providers for you and your dependents
• 10 allocated sick days per year
• Flexible paid time off in addition to 12 paid holidays throughout the year
• Access to Gympass, an on-demand virtual benefit that provides wellbeing coaching, and budget management.
• Spring Renewal: When you hit your four-year Springaversary, you’ll be awarded afourweek, fullypaid, sabbatical leave to renew and recharge. 

You And Your family:

• 4-4.5 months of fully paid parental leave
• Spring Health provides team members and their families with sponsored access to Bright Horizons® child care, back-up care, and elder care.
• Access to fertility care support through Carrot, in addition to $4,000 reimbursement for related fertility expenses

Supporting you financially through:

• Our People team benchmarks all salaries using theRadford Global Compensation Databasefor technology and life sciences industries. Radford benchmarks salaries with 3,589 global firms, 6.5 million employees, and 98 countries across the globe. We do this to ensure all of our team members are paid equally and competitively.
• On top of competitive and benchmarked salary, Spring Health offers incentive pay (based on role), and equity that begins vesting as we celebrate your first year with the company!
• Employer sponsored 401(k) match of up to 2% after 90 days of employment

Creating a culture you can thrive in:

• Flexible work arrangements: 66% of Spring Health team members work fully remote while 33% work in a hybrid model from our New York City offices
• Focus Fridays: no meetings, no distractions, just time for you to get work done.
• Focus Weeks: In Spring 2023, we held our first ever Focus Week, we canceled all non-essential meetings, minimized distractions, and you, our team members, to dive into the key work that gets chopped up or deprioritized during the regular day-to-day. We saw a 36% jump in the average energized score after those five days of flow state work and are finalizing a plan for quarterly Focus Weeks for team members.
• Up to $1,000 Professional Development Reimbursement per calendar year.
• $200 per year donation matching to support your favorite causes

Our privacy policy: https://springhealth.com/privacy-policy/

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women, communities of color and historically underrepresented talent are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Spring Health we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace

To ensure intentional and equitable hiring practices, we use a balanced candidate slate in our interviews. This approach guarantees that our pool of qualified candidates includes individuals who are underrepresented in our organization at all levels. This is a key performance indicator (KPI) for our recruiting and hiring teams, reported quarterly to maintain accountability.