Senior Privacy & Product Counsel

The Legal team is responsible for managing the legal affairs of the company, including providing legal counsel across the organization, handling disputes, and creating and enforcing intellectual property.

Let’s talk about the team

Privacy Enablement is the team responsible for providing our business end-to-end support for all their privacy needs, ranging from strategic consulting, project support all the way to risk assessments and mitigation. We are a group of highly talented privacy professionals who value the “how” in achieving results and aim at enabling business objectives in a privacy-compliant manner.

Who are we looking for?

You are an expert in the field of privacy with proven track record of enabling cutting-edge digital offerings. You operate with problem-solving mindset and partner with business leaders to support customer-centric initiatives applying privacy by design principles. You have good stamina and thrive in fast-paced, innovative, diverse work environments. You are agile, curious, process and result-oriented. You are self-aware, caring, collaborative and strive for excellence. 

Let’s talk about the role

We are looking for a dynamic, results-oriented Senior Privacy Counsel to join our Privacy Enablement team and support ResMed’s mission to improve the quality of life for our patients, customers, and partners. You will provide best-in-class privacy and data protection support to ResMed’s product teams and business functions. This key position will be instrumental in establishing Privacy as a value-add function within ResMed and will oversee a diverse portfolio of global responsibilities with a strong focus in digital health technology.

• Work as part of a global privacy team delivering best-in-class privacy and data protection services to ResMed’s digital health, revenue, marketing teams to ensure our products, services, platforms and technology comply with applicable data protection laws and incorporate privacy by design best practices.  

• Analyze products, policies and initiatives to provide practical privacy impact assessments and mitigation controls in the North American region with a global mindset.

• Provide advice on the application of global privacy and healthcare laws to new initiatives, with an emphasis on HIPAA and other North American privacy and healthcare laws (e.g., CCPA/CPRA, PIPEDA).

• Be the main privacy point of contact for one or more business units, establishing partnerships and providing first-class privacy service.

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage data privacy related legal documents, including privacy notices, consents, data processing agreements, data transfer agreements, business associate agreements, etc. Complete recordkeeping and documentation (e.g., data mapping, privacy impact assessments in OneTrust) necessary to manage risk vis-a-vis business value within a globally compliant privacy program.

• Collaborate with other legal and privacy team members to offer consistent guidance on key areas that cross the organization such as data governance, consent, data retention and deletion, deidentification/anonymization/pseudonymization of data, cross-border data transfers, data security, machine learning, etc.   

• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with business and product stakeholders, and work proactively with them to identify, mitigate, and address privacy risks.  

• Lead a team of experienced privacy professionals to deliver first-class privacy advice for your clients.

• Stay on top of regulatory trends for cutting-edge technologies, understand their potential implications to the digital health solutions of ResMed, create guardrails and navigate the business through the complexity of such new areas to success.  

What are the qualifications and experience we are looking for?

• 5+ years of practical experience in privacy working as a privacy counsel at a law firm or consultancy and/or in-house. Experience in the digital space, particularly in digital health, or the medical device and/or technology sector, is preferred.

• 2+ years of experience in managing high-performing teams is an advantage;

• A juris doctorate (J.D.) with privacy experience and good standing in a state bar association or equivalent;  

• Privacy certified – CIPP/E/US, CIPM certification(s) and/or CHPC preferred with evidence of continuing professional development in privacy;

• Solid understanding of privacy laws with an emphasis in healthcare (e.g. HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA, GDPR, LGPD, PIPEDA);

• Experience driving privacy by design in areas such as use of apps and mobile applications, biometrics, and data analytics, etc;

• Experience working in a highly regulated and/or audited environment;

• Experience of the operational application of privacy law such data subject or consumer requests, handling data incidents and breaches, supporting product development, preparing, or advising on privacy impact assessments, legal basis, and legitimate interest assessments;

• Fluency in English is required. French and/or Spanish working knowledge is a plus;

• Experience in the connected health or medical technologies industries is a plus. 

Your core competencies

• Strong leadership, collaboration, and management skills; culturally savvy, self-aware, curious, agile, and able to exert influence at all organization levels;

• Strong analytical and problem-resolution skills. Exceptional business judgment, with the ability to think strategically and give practical advice by balancing business needs with privacy and legal risks;

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to work well with a diverse client base with diverse cultural backgrounds;

• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills;

• Solid presentation skills. Good working knowledge of power point, excel, and other tools; 

• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple competing priorities and projects;

• Works well with ambiguity and changing business environment;

• Technically savvy. Experience using OneTrust, JIRA, Asana, MS Teams, Slack, and/or related tools

We are shaping the future at ResMed, and we recognize the need to build on and broaden our existing skills and continue to attract and retain the world’s best talent. We work hard to offer holistic benefits packages, provide flexible work arrangements, cultivate a workforce culture that allows employees to grow personally and professionally, and deliver competitive salaries to our team members. Employees scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for benefits. This position qualifies for the following benefits package: comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, sleep care management, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), commuter benefits, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and tuition assistance. Employees have flexible time off (FTO), receive 11 paid holidays plus 3 floating days and are eligible for 14 weeks of primary caregiver or two weeks of secondary caregiver leave when welcoming new family members. Individual pay decisions are based on a variety of factors, such as the candidate’s geographic work location, relevant qualifications, work experience, and skills.

At ResMed, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.  A reasonable estimate of the current base range for this position is: 

Base Pay Range for this position: 

$169,000- $253,000 USD

For remote positions located outside of the US, pay will be determined based the candidate’s geographic work location, relevant qualifications, work experience, and skills. 

Joining us is more than saying “yes” to making the world a healthier place. It’s discovering a career that’s challenging, supportive and inspiring. Where a culture driven by excellence helps you not only meet your goals, but also create new ones. We focus on creating a diverse and inclusive culture, encouraging individual expression in the workplace and thrive on the innovative ideas this generates. If this sounds like the workplace for you, apply now! We commit to respond to every applicant.