Counsel I, Data Privacy

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.
 
Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
 
Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress. 

Job Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

•       Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice on data privacy and data protection matters, including regional and state privacy laws and emerging legislative and regulatory developments that may impact the Company’s operations.

•       Support regional privacy compliance activities, including required notifications, filings and engagement with regulatory authorities, as needed.

•       Advise on privacy aspects relating to employment and recruitment and HR-related privacy notices.

•       Draft, review and maintain privacy notices, data processing agreements, data sharing agreements, HIPAA business associate agreements and other privacy documentation supporting the Company’s processing of personal data.

•       Collaborate with internal stakeholders to draft, review and negotiate privacy-related contract terms with customers, vendors and other third parties.

•       Advise on marketing, promotional and outreach activities.

•       Contribute to the development, implementation and maintenance of Company privacy policies, procedures, processes and training materials.

•       Support privacy operational activities, including data subject rights requests, complaints, privacy-by-design reviews, data mapping and mitigation strategies for key business initiatives.

•       Support privacy incident response activities, including investigation, assessment, required notifications, remediation support and coordination with the Company’s incident response team.

•       Participate in client and vendor meetings, customer audits and regulatory inspections for support related to data privacy.

•       Work collaboratively across the Office of the General Counsel, including regional legal teams, to build consensus, improve processes and drive legal projects to completion.

•       Support privacy reviews of new technologies and business initiatives, including artificial intelligence, digital health solutions, and other technologies involving personal data.

•       Perform other duties as assigned.

•       Minimal travel may be required, up to 15%.

Qualifications

·       JD/LLM/LLB or an equivalent degree from an accredited university

·       Fully qualified lawyer

·       Industry certifications e.g. CIPP/US, CIPT, CIPM, AIGP (or equivalent)

Additional Qualifications                                              

•       Proven experience in a multinational company or law firm

•       Strong knowledge and experience in application of privacy law

•       Strong knowledge of contracts and commercial laws in assigned region/country

•       Ability to collaborate with colleagues and take a business-oriented approach while identifying and balancing legal risks and providing succinct, accurate and pragmatic advice

•       Ability to work independently while being able to contribute successfully to cross-functional teams

•       Outstanding relationship-building skills

•       Exceptional analytical skills, independent judgment, a desire to learn, and an ability to take on and prioritize a wide variety of complex matters

•       Can-do attitude, able to work under pressure, manage tight deadlines and a high volume of competing priorities

Critical Skills

• Significant experience advising on US federal and state privacy and digital marketing law, preferably within the pharmaceutical, healthcare or life-sciences sector, including HIPAA/HITECH, FTC Act and FTC health-privacy requirements, CAN-SPAM, TCPA/FCC requirements, DOJ Final Rule, CCPA/CPRA and other US state comprehensive and consumer health-data privacy and breach notification laws. Experience advising on FDA-regulated programs, including REMS, is strongly preferred. 

Disclaimer

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities.

Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

US ONLY

Years of experience required

6 years of related experience

Physical Requirements: Position requires: ability to occasionally move about inside the office to access filing cabinets, office equipment, etc. and to move between office locations; ability to maintain a stationary position for prolonged periods of time; ability to occasionally manipulate (e.g., lift, carry, move) office

items and packages of light to medium weights of 10-35 pounds; ability to constantly operate a computer and other office productivity equipment (e.g., scanner, phone, printer, copier); ability to perceive and assess written materials for prolonged periods of time; and ability to frequently communicate with colleagues on the phone, by email, and in-person.

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. The noise level in the work environment is low. This is a largely sedentary role.

At  Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time.  Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range:

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
 

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Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.