Director, Privacy Counsel

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $230k - $280k / year

⏰ Full Time

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Vera Therapeutics, Inc.

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201 - 500 employees

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🧬 Biotechnology

Healthcare • Consulting • Biotechnology

Vera Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for immunological kidney diseases that improve patients’ lives. The company is advancing Atacicept through clinical development for IgA nephropathy (IgAN), running Phase 2b and Phase 3 trials, and pursuing programs in lupus nephritis and other immunologic conditions. Headquartered in Brisbane, CA, Vera emphasizes science-driven drug development, patient engagement, and sustainability.

📋 Description

• Serve as the company's primary privacy counsel and advise on privacy matters across clinical development, commercial operations, corporate functions, and IT • Provide timely, actionable guidance and clear recommendations to business partners and leadership • Advise on U.S. and global privacy laws, including CCPA/CPRA, CIPA, HIPAA, FTC requirements, GDPR, UK GDPR, and other international privacy regimes • Draft, implement, and maintain privacy and data governance policies, procedures, and guidance • Advise on collection, use, storage, disclosure, and cross-border transfer of PHI and PII • Review and negotiate data protection terms, business associate agreements, data processing agreements, and international transfer mechanisms • Support vendor privacy and security diligence • Build and maintain privacy policies, notices, procedures, training, records of processing, data mapping, impact assessments, and privacy-by-design initiatives • Support assessment, response, and notification obligations for privacy incidents and data security events • Handle data subject and consumer requests • Monitor emerging privacy, health data, and AI-related legal developments and update guidance and programs • Partner with Compliance, IT, HR, Clinical, Commercial, and Finance, and work with outside counsel and consultants as needed • Manage interactions with the company’s external DPO and DPRs globally

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. and licensed to practice law in good standing in at least one U.S. state • Authorized to practice in California as registered in-house counsel if residing in California • 8 to 10 years of legal experience focused on privacy, including law firm training and in-house experience • Demonstrated experience advising biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other life sciences companies on privacy matters, including clinical research and commercial data practices • Working knowledge of HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA, CIPA, state privacy and consumer health data laws • Working knowledge of GDPR, UK GDPR, UK Data Protection Act, and cross-border data transfer requirements • Familiarity with PHI and PII transfer, collection, storage, and use • Experience with data protection terms, business associate agreements, data processing agreements, and privacy and security diligence • Ability to work independently and make sound risk-based recommendations with incomplete information • Ability to advise stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership • Hands-on, pragmatic problem-solving ability • Collaborative, intellectually curious, and outstanding communication skills • Commitment to Vera's values and mission • Ability to build practical processes, drive continuous improvement, and use technology and data to scale a privacy program

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual performance incentive bonus • New hire equity • Ongoing performance-based equity • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401(k) match • Flexible time off • Paid holidays

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