Director, Privacy Counsel

The role

Serve as the company's in-house privacy counsel, advising clinical, commercial, corporate, IT and HR teams on privacy matters in the U.S. and globally. Build and maintain the privacy program, including policies, vendor agreements and responses to privacy events.

What you will do

• Serve as primary privacy counsel across clinical development, commercial operations, corporate functions and IT.
• Advise business partners and leadership, with clear recommendations when facts are incomplete.
• Advise on U.S. and global privacy laws, including CCPA/CPRA, CIPA, HIPAA, FTC requirements, GDPR and UK GDPR.
• Draft, implement and maintain privacy policies, procedures and guidance for each business function.
• Advise on collection, use, storage, disclosure and cross-border transfer of PHI and PII.
• Review and negotiate business associate agreements, data processing agreements and international transfer mechanisms.
• Support data mapping, data protection impact assessments and privacy by design in new initiatives.
• Support assessment of and response to privacy incidents, and handle data subject and consumer requests.
• Track emerging privacy, health data and AI legal developments.
• Manage all interactions with the company's external DPO and DPRs globally.

Required qualifications

• J.D. and licensed to practice law in good standing in at least one U.S. state.
• Authorized to practice in California as registered in-house counsel, if residing in California.
• 8 to 10 years of legal experience focused on privacy, including law firm training and in-house experience.
• Demonstrated experience advising biotechnology, pharmaceutical or other life sciences companies on privacy matters, including clinical research and commercial data practices.
• Working knowledge of HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA, CIPA and state privacy and consumer health data laws.
• Working knowledge of GDPR, UK GDPR, the UK Data Protection Act and cross-border data transfer requirements.
• Familiarity with PHI and PII issues, including transfer, collection, storage and use.
• Experience with vendors on data protection terms, business associate and data processing agreements, and privacy and security diligence.
• Proven ability to work independently and make risk-based recommendations with incomplete information.
• Ability to explain complex privacy concepts clearly to non-lawyers.
• Ability to build practical processes and use technology and data to scale a privacy program.

Benefits

• Annual performance incentive bonus.
• New hire equity and ongoing performance-based equity.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401k match.
• Flexible time off.
• A number of paid holidays.

Before you apply

• Requires registration as in-house counsel in California if residing in California.
• Recruiters must have a fully executed formal written agreement on file; candidates are directed to apply through the official career page.

About the company

Vera Therapeutics is a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on autoimmune disease, starting with the kidney. Its flagship product is TRUTAKNA (atacicept-vymj), and it is based in Brisbane, California.