Senior Privacy Counsel

About the role

As a Senior US Privacy Counsel, you will drive impactful contributions and focus on outcomes. You will support Cognizant’s US and Americas business, collaborating with business units, legal teams, product and engineering teams, security, communications, executive leadership, and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Provide authoritative legal counsel on US federal and state privacy laws, including HIPAA, HITECH, 42 CFR Part 2, CCPA, CPRA, and comprehensive privacy statutes in multiple states.
• Support negotiation and drafting of business associate agreements, data processing agreements, and data use agreements, and maintain contracting playbooks for privacy and data‑security terms.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to implement privacy‑by‑design, reviewing data flows, consent frameworks, and de‑identification methodologies.
• Lead privacy‑incident response, including breach notification analysis under HIPAA and state breach‑notification laws, coordinating with security, communications, and leadership.
• Develop and maintain privacy policies, procedures, compliance documentation, training, and awareness initiatives, and manage regulatory inquiries and enforcement matters.

Required profile

• J.D. from an accredited US law school and active bar membership in at least one US state.
• Seven or more years of experience in privacy and data protection, including significant in‑house experience at a technology company.
• Deep command of US health privacy and security law, including HIPAA, HITECH, 42 CFR Part 2, and state comprehensive privacy statutes.
• Experience drafting and negotiating privacy clauses in complex agreements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to balance legal risk and commercial objectives.