The RoleAs Associate General Counsel - Life Sciences, you will be the first legal counsel dedicated to our newly created life sciences business. You will serve as a trusted advisor to product, engineering, and strategy teams, embedding legal and compliance frameworks into our product lifecycle. You will deliver practical, business-oriented guidance that supports innovation while ensuring compliance with healthcare, privacy, and other regulatory requirements. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the direction of our life sciences business as a founding member of an innovative new product line.
What You'll Do- Serve as product counsel, partnering across the founding members of our life sciences team including product, engineering and strategy to support product design, development, and deployment.
- Support go to market activities, including drafting and negotiating agreements and advising on contracting strategy
- Drive zero-to-one development of Abridge's Life Sciences legal strategy and guardrails.
- Provide actionable legal guidance on regulatory, privacy, and compliance matters, including HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA, and the evolving AI/ML landscape.
- Advise on healthcare regulatory compliance, including FDA, FTC, fraud and abuse (FCA, AKS), and related state laws.
- Partner with other cross-functional teams including policy, partner experience, marketing, IT, finance, corporate development, and commercial to ensure alignment and mitigate risk.
- Support privacy impact assessments, compliance risk assessments, and data governance efforts and frameworks.
- Coordinate with external counsel to resolve specialist issues and ensure fast delivery of actionable legal guidance and risk analysis.
- Monitor emerging regulations around AI, data use, and healthcare technology and advise internal stakeholders on their implications.
What You'll Bring- 10+ years of legal experience, including 2+ years in a dedicated life sciences role.
- Passion for Abridge's mission and the energy and drive to support a fast-moving product and operational teams.
- Strong understanding of and experience with pharmaceutical / biotech products and solutions.
- Proven ability to communicate and translate complex regulatory and legal concepts into clear, practical guidance for non-legal counterparts and colleagues.
- Comfort and confidence with juggling a high volume of projects, tight timelines, and competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and exercise business judgement; interest in joining a small team that prioritizes autonomy and trust.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally, particularly with technical teams, designers, and commercial teams, building relationships and earning their confidence.
- Creativity in solving and navigating novel legal matters; experience in crafting new processes and language to meet the needs of a rapidly-moving enterprise in a novel industry.
- Familiarity with recent trends in artificial intelligence, particularly with large language models and responsible AI principles.
This is a hybrid role open to candidates in New York or San Francisco. Candidates must be willing to work from our SF or NY office 3x per week (M/W/F).How we take care of Abridgers:- Generous Time Off: 14 paid holidays, flexible PTO for salaried employees, and accrued time off for hourly employees
- Comprehensive Health Plans: Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage for all full-time employees and their families.
- Generous HSA Contribution: If you choose a High Deductible Health Plan, Abridge makes monthly contributions to your HSA.
- Paid Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave for all full-time employees.
- Family Forming Benefits: Resources and financial support to help you build your family.
- 401(k) Matching: Contribution matching to help invest in your future.
- Personal Device Allowance: Tax free funds for personal device usage.
- Pre-tax Benefits: Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Commuter Benefits.
- Lifestyle Wallet: Monthly contributions for fitness, professional development, coworking, and more.
- Mental Health Support: Dedicated access to therapy and coaching to help you reach your goals.
- Sabbatical Leave: Paid Sabbatical Leave after 5 years of employment.
- Compensation and Equity: Competitive compensation and equity grants for full time employees.
- ... and much more!
