Associate general counsel

Elevance Health; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 187,000 - 308,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health seeks an Associate General Counsel - Privacy to join their Legal Team. This role requires legal expertise in privacy law and compliance, delivering strategic advice to support business objectives. The successful candidate will impact the healthcare industry by ensuring data privacy practices align with legal standards. The position involves collaboration with stakeholders across Elevance Health while fostering both in-office engagement and work-life balance through a hybrid work approach.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years of relevant legal experience post licensure.
• Expertise in privacy laws and regulations.
• Experience with emerging technologies like AI preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert counsel on privacy law, including HIPAA.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to integrate privacy in operations.
• Drive projects involving legal implications and risk mitigation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

JD (Juris Doctor)

Job description

Associate General Counsel - Privacy

Location: This role requires associates to be in-office *3* days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered.

The Associate General Counsel - Privacy will serve a key role on the Elevance Health Digital and Corporate Enterprise Legal Team as a subject matter expert in privacy law. This position will play a pivotal position in ensuring that our data privacy practices comply with all applicable laws and regulations, protecting the personal information of our patients, clients, and Associates.

As a Fortune 500 healthcare company, Elevance Health is one of the largest custodians of sensitive personal information in the United States, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to make a positive impact by ensuring that we continue each day to earn the trust that has been placed in us by our members, clients, partners and Associates, all while furthering our mission of improving the health of humanity.

How you will make an impact:

• Provide expert counsel on legal and regulatory issues related to privacy law, including HIPAA and other relevant laws.

• Collaborate proactively with internal stakeholders to integrate privacy considerations into business operations and product development.

• Drive high-profile and high-impact projects involving privacy analysis with cross-functional stakeholders across Elevance Health's business, compliance, legal, information security, and other subject matter experts, delivering business results while managing legal risks.

• Review and negotiate privacy-related clauses in contracts with vendors, providers, and other third parties, in partnership with contracting lawyers, information security and privacy colleagues.

• Provide strategic counsel on privacy implications and data use in emerging technologies, including AI solutions, balancing business enablement and risk mitigation.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients at all levels of the organization, providing strategic legal advice on privacy issues to support business objectives.

• Stay current on industry trends, legal developments, and emerging risks related to privacy law.

Minimum Requirements: ??

• Requires a JD, current license to practice law, and a minimum of 9 years of specific industry and/or technical legal experience post licensure; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• A client-first, teamwork-focused orientation, with demonstrated success building relationships of trust and confidence with peers and clients at all levels of the organization.

• A positive, can-do attitude, with an inclination toward action to drive business results.

• The highest standards of professionalism, ethics and conduct at all times.

• The ability to communicate verbally in writing clearly, concisely, and professionally.

• Attention to detail and strong organization skills to manage multiple tasks with precision and timeliness.

• Experience successfully navigating a complex and highly matrixed and highly-regulated company is preferred.

• Experience with the development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence solutions is very helpful.

• Expertise in privacy laws, regulations, and industry guidelines relevant to the healthcare industry. Understanding of basic concepts of the healthcare sector preferred.

• Proven ability to provide practical legal advice in a fast-paced environment preferred.

• Demonstrated experience in providing legal support and strategic, actionable advice to all levels, from senior executives to front-line employees preferred.

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly build strong relationships with a diverse set of internal stakeholders preferred.

For candidates working in person or virtually in the below location(s), the salary* range for this specific position is $187,616 to $307,008.

Locations: Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; Hanover, Maryland, Mendota Heights, MN; New York, NY.

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws _._

• The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact [e-mail] for assistance.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.