Corporate Counsel, Commercial and Privacy

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

We’re looking to add a creative and motivated attorney to our team who cares deeply about furthering Tempus’ mission through support of our privacy and commercial transactions teams.

What Your Day to Day Will Look Like

• Approximately half of your time will be spent assisting with transactional work across our various business lines. Drafting. Editing. Negotiating. Explaining. Advising. Collaborating. The Legal Team handles complex commercial agreements of all types, all in service of Tempus’ broader mission to help people live longer, healthier lives. 

• The agreements you will work on will be interesting - you will quickly be drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements with both healthcare providers and life sciences companies. You will work on an array of different types of agreements, including clinical and research projects, data license and transfer agreements, strategic collaborations, laboratory services agreements, agreements with payers, pharmaceutical companies, government entities and anyone else involved in healthcare, biotech and life sciences. You will have to work through new legal issues involving generative AI, intellectual property ownership, data privacy, and cutting edge healthcare technology.

• In addition to your transactional responsibilities, you will provide strategic privacy guidance to internal stakeholders—including product owners, marketing, and other cross-functional teams—on compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, and other relevant regulations. You will collaborate with these teams to proactively identify and mitigate privacy risks, ensuring that data use and handling align with Tempus’ internal policies, procedures, and all applicable data privacy and consumer protection laws.

• You will work closely with the Information Security Team to evaluate and address privacy and security risks, fostering a culture of compliance and risk awareness across the organization.

• Additionally, you will support Tempus’ AI governance framework by advising on the ethical and compliant development and deployment of advanced AI technologies, ensuring adherence to the highest standards of legal and ethical conduct.

• Your time will not always be evenly divided between privacy and commercial projects - there will be periods where your focus is more heavily skewed in one area or the other. From time to time you will also get a chance to grow and expand your skill set by assisting with other types of general legal work in a rapidly growing technology and health care company. Some other areas you might focus on include intellectual property, employment and human resources, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory, and international issues. 

• To do this job well, you will work with Tempus’ various internal business units, including our commercial organizations, data science, medical affairs, product & engineering, finance, communications, and our people teams. You will assist in evaluating legal risk and opportunities with the projects our businesses are engaged in, and help facilitate our business goals. Tempus approaches its mission with urgency, and we take pride that the Legal Department sets the pace.

Required Qualifications:

• JD Degree from a top-tier law school

• At least 3 years of relevant healthcare transactional experience at an established law firm or an in-house role. While we may have a future need for those with no relevant healthcare experience, you will not be considered for this particular position.

• Extensive experience navigating healthcare and other data privacy regulatory regimes, including HIPAA and GDPR. Working familiarity with other aspects of the healthcare regulatory environment, such as Medicare and Medicaid payment and fraud and abuse regulations. 

• Current bar membership in at least one state; eligible for admission to Illinois bar

• Ability to work in a fast paced environment

• Impeccable judgment, including understanding how to properly evaluate and communicate legal risks 

• Excellent communication and organizational skills

• A great teammate who is willing to join supportive and collaborative colleagues

Preferred Qualifications

• Energized by working in a high throughput, open work environment where you are continually multi-tasking and re-prioritizing your work to respond quickly and meet deadlines

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity to explore new concepts and accept new challenges
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Illinois Pay Range: $170,000 - $200,000

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California, Colorado, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.