Description:
Who We Are: Machinify is a leading healthcare intelligence company with expertise across the payment continuum, delivering unmatched value, transparency, and efficiency to health plan clients across the country. Deployed by over 60 health plans, including many of the top 20, and representing more than 160 million lives, Machinify brings together a fully configurable and content-rich, AI-powered platform along with best-in-class expertise. We're constantly reimaging what's possible in our industry, creating disruptively simple, powerfully clear ways to maximize financial outcomes and drive down healthcare costs.Location: This role is a U.S.-based remote position and requires the candidate to reside within the U.S. We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance for this role.
Reports to: Vice President within the Legal and Compliance Team
About The Opportunity: Are you ready to accelerate your legal career at the front lines of Healthcare AI? This role is ideal for a versatile and experienced attorney who excels in a dynamic environment and enjoys working across multiple legal disciplines, rather than staying in a single area of focus. As Senior Counsel, you will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, helping to advance mission-critical programs that protect data, support innovation, and drive company success. As part of our agile team, your work will make a clear and immediate impact, as you engage with innovative health technologies, complex regulatory challenges, and broad business initiatives – all within a remote work environment. This is a great opportunity to join our team!
Key Responsibilities:
- Support strategic legal counsel to the business team on regulatory compliance, privacy, product, AI, and marketing.
- Draft and negotiate vendor contracts, including BAAs and DPAs, and provide support on escalated customer contract negotiations.
- Enhance and evolve our HIPAA program to support business growth.
- Scale legal infrastructure by refining and implementing policies, playbooks, and internal control procedures; performing audits and assessments, and conducting training to educate business partners.
- Monitor regulatory developments (privacy, AI, and healthcare) and translate them into clear and actionable guidance.
- Participate in cross-functional high-impact initiatives involving data governance, marketing, HR, privacy, product, AI, contracts, and compliance programs.
- Support incident response and risk management.
- Lead special projects and initiatives as the business evolves, with the opportunity to drive company-wide impact.
Qualifications and Skills:
- J.D. from an accredited law school with an active U.S. bar membership in good standing in at least one jurisdiction.
- 7+ years of relevant legal experience, including demonstrated in-depth knowledge of privacy laws and regulations, including CCPA/CPRA, GDPR, and HIPAA.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong ability to present complex legal concepts clearly and understandably.
- Proven track record for formulating practical advice, with an ability to distill and effectively communicate risks and impact to business stakeholders.
- Experience managing security incident response and advising on legal obligations.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, capability to work independently, and to organize, prioritize, and manage simultaneous deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
- Demonstrated success in drafting and maintaining compliance documentation and supporting cross-functional business projects with excellent project management skills.
- Experience with healthcare technology companies is a plus.
- Active IAPP certification preferred (CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, and/or AIGP).
What's in it for you:
- PTO, Paid Holidays, and Volunteer Days
- Eligibility for health, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k) plan participation with company match, and flexible spending accounts.
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Eligibility for company-paid benefits, including life insurance, short-term disability, and parental leave.
At Machinify, we're reimagining a simpler way forward. This begins with our employees. We are innovators who value integrity, teamwork, accuracy, and flexibility. We do the right thing, and we listen to the needs of our clients and their members. As tenured experts with unmatched experience, we champion diverse perspectives that help us to better understand and serve our clients.
Our values come to life through our culture. We embrace flexible working arrangements that allow our employees to bring innovation to life in the way that best suits their productivity. We work cross-functionally, abandoning silos, to bring innovative and accurate solutions to market. We invest in each other through ongoing education and team celebrations, and we give back to our communities through dedicating days for volunteering. Together, Machinify is making healthcare work better for everyone, and we're passionate about a future with better outcomes for all.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Machinify is an employment at will employer. We participate in E-Verify as required by applicable law. In accordance with applicable state laws, we do not inquire about salary history during the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruitment process, please contact our People Operations team at machinify_careers@machinify.com. See our Candidate Privacy Notice at: https://www.machinify.com/candidate-privacy-notice
