Director, Legal & Risk

We are looking to hire a Director of Legal & Risk to help grow the company. The Director of Legal & Risk will help oversee Iterative Scopes’ legal, data privacy and compliance functions and be responsible for ensuring that the company is managing risk appropriately.

What you'll be doing:

Responsibilities include: 1) designing and managing the company’s legal process and needs 2) Ensuring adherence to the latest data privacy guidelines (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.) and overseeing the broader data usage strategy 3) developing and overseeing the company’s compliance program.

The Director of Legal & Risk will work closely with leaders across Iterative Scopes to help define and monitor the company’s contracting, legal, data privacy and compliance issues. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in managing a team of three and learning and managing all aspects of risk management within a growing medical technology company with access to PHI and an FDA cleared medical device

Required skills:

• 5 years or more experience dealing with legal contracts and / or managing risk at other companies
• Ability to work independently, attention to detail and organization skills
• Interested in getting into the weeds and setting up the processes to optimize and enhance current contract, data privacy and compliance procedures
• Willing to learn and become familiar with specific areas of data and compliance regulations relevant to the company
• Able to triage issues and solve problems independently before escalating upwards
• Ambition to take on additional projects and grow responsibilities / ownership over time
• Ability to appropriately use outside legal counsel in a cost-effective manner
• Interest in mentoring and training a team with diverse skillsets
• Track record of leading/managing multiple concurrent projects (with different deadlines) in a highly cross-functional environment
• Excellent interpersonal skill, able to clearly and consistently communicate with senior leaders of the company

Preferred skills:

• Experience working in a well-known global law firm
• Experience with data usage and data privacy
• Experience with company compliance including but not limited to anti-kick back and sunshine act reporting
• Experience with managing a team and making operational decisions