Assistant General Counsel, Privacy

About Us: The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. Assistant General Counsel, Privacy Exciting Opportunity at MSK: MSK’s Privacy team is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our patients’ information and to promoting the highest standards of ethics and integrity in all we do. We work closely with our colleagues across the enterprise to help MSK achieve its mission of Ending Cancer for Life. We seek an experienced Assistant General Counsel, Privacy to join our team in advising our internal clients on privacy law and policy, supporting enterprise strategic initiatives, clinical and business operations, and research matters, and managing our operational compliance with GDPR and related global-privacy frameworks. Role Overview: • Serve as subject matter expert to business, clinical, and research teams across MSK. Advise on key legal questions related to privacy by gaining detailed insight into business areas. Perform detailed legal research as needed and provide timely, effective advice. • Manage MSK’s operational compliance with GDPR and other global-privacy frameworks. • Advise other members of the MSK legal team on data privacy laws and collaborate on transactions led by those team members. • Lead negotiation of HIPAA Business Associate Agreements with MSK’s IT and supply chain vendors. • Draft, update, and regularly review consumer-facing privacy notices for MSK digital properties; Advise the Development, Marketing and Communications, and other digital teams on use of cookies, pixels and other trackers on MSK digital properties. • Provide legal guidance to other members of the Compliance team in their management of privacy-related inquiries from patients and staff. • Collaborate with departments across the organization, including clinical, research, hospital administration, IT, procurement, and Information Security departments, and MSK’s AI Governance