Interim Compliance Officer

Major, Lindsey & Africa; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Interim Legal Talent group has an immediate need for a Temporary-to-Permanent Compliance Officer at a Healthcare Technology Company in New York City. The role requires 10+ years in Healthcare Compliance and 5+ years in HIPAA/HITECH, with a hybrid 2–3 days in office.

You will own the OIG-aligned program, oversee privacy and HIPAA compliance, lead incident response, and collaborate with Legal, Security, Clinical, and Engineering on risk assessments and audits.

Qualifications

• Outstanding written and verbal communication that enables you to translate complex compliance requirements into strategic and actionable guidance.
• Ability to go from an ambiguous question to a clear, structured answer with minimal guidance.
• Track record of moving quickly, finding shortcuts, and delivering on goals.

Responsibilities

• Own Company’s OIG-aligned healthcare compliance program to support operations and maintain client and partner trust.
• Oversee privacy and HIPAA compliance programs, including policies, workforce training, minimum-necessary practices, and partner with Security on technical controls.
• Operationalize compliance requirements and own policy, training, monitoring, remediation cycles, and provide practical day-to-day guidance to the business.
• Lead all aspects of compliance incident response including investigations, risk and breach assessments, remediation, and trend analysis.
• Partner with Legal, Security, Clinical, and Engineering on annual enterprise risk assessments and audits and certification processes.
• Co-own AI and data use governance, including risk assessment, human oversight, testing, monitoring, incident response, vendor diligence, and reporting to leadership.

Job description

Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Interim Legal Talent group has an immediate need for a Temporaryto Permanent Compliance Officer at a Healthcare Technology Company.

Overview: Major, Lindsey & Africa is seeking a Compliance Officer with 10+ years of experience in Healthcare Compliance.

Company: A Healthcare Technology Company.

Experience: At least 10+ years of experience in Compliance, privacy, legal or regulatory, including 5+ years of experience in HIPAA/ HITECH Healthcare Compliance.

Location: NYC Hybrid Preferred (2-3+ Days per week in office)

Responsibilities Include:

• Own Company’s OIG-aligned healthcare compliance program to support our operations and maintain the client and partner trust that is essential to our business.
• Oversee privacy and HIPAA compliance programs, including policies, workforce training, minimum-necessary practices, and partnership with Security on technical controls.
• Operationalize compliance requirements and own the policy, training, monitoring, and remediation cycles, and provide practical day-to-day guidance to the business.
• Lead all aspects of compliance incident response including investigations, risk and breach assessments, remediation, and trend analysis.
• Partner with functions including Legal, Security, Clinical, and Engineering on annual enterprise risk assessments and additional audits and certification processes.
• Co-own AI and data use governance, including risk assessment, human oversight, testing, monitoring, incident response, vendor diligence, and clear reporting to leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of compliance, privacy, legal, or regulatory experience, including meaningful hands-on ownership of a compliance program.
• Ideally, 5+ years of healthcare compliance experience spanning HIPAA/HITECH, fraud and abuse, investigations, monitoring, policies, and corrective action.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication that enables you to translate complex compliance requirements into strategic and actionable guidance.
• Ability to go from an ambiguous question to a clear, structured answer with minimal guidance
• Track record of moving quickly, finding shortcuts, and going to unreasonable lengths to deliver on goals.
• High NPS with your former teammates.

Information regarding benefits can be found on MLA’s Website on the Consultant Resources Page: https://www.mlaglobal.com/en/consultant-resources

Major, Lindsey & Africa does not discriminate against applications on the basis of age, sex, race or any other protected characteristics pursuant to applicable state or federal laws.