This position is incentive eligible.
Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Senior Technology Counsel? At HCA Healthcare, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Senior Technology Counsel is a strategic partner to the enterprise, serving as a legal advisor on technology, data, information security, and intellectual property matters. This role exists to help HCA thoughtfully innovate in a legal and compliant manner in a fast-moving, technology-driven healthcare environment while protecting our intellectual property and data.
- Serve as legal counsel on technology and intellectual property matters.
- Provide practical, business-focused advice on technology, information security/protection, data use, and IP issues.
- Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of technology-related contracts (including SaaS, cloud, software, data, and services arrangements).
- Stay current on evolving intellectual property, data protection, and cybersecurity related laws and regulations and translate them into clear, actionable guidance for the business.
- Advise on IP and data protection strategy, including ownership, licensing, open source, patents, and data/information protection, and help embed protection into business operations and innovation.
- Lead negotiations on complex legal and risk allocation issues with external parties and outside counsel.
- Interpret and advise on provisions in previously executed technology and data-related agreements.
- Partner with and counsel all HCA entities - both in customer and vendor roles - to enable technology-driven initiatives while protecting the organization.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of practicing attorney experience required, with in-house experience preferred
- Cloud services, SaaS or software licensing experience required
- HIPAA and Healthcare industry experience preferred
- Ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization
- Admitted to Tennessee bar or qualified to work in-house, or eligible to do so in Tennessee
- Juris Doctorate from an ABA accredited law school
Benefits
HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
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