ResMed's Residential Care Software (RCS) businesses need a senior legal partner to drive legal strategy across commercial, product, and compliance domains, enabling growth while managing legal, privacy, and AI-related risk for their healthcare SaaS platforms.
Requirements
- Commercial contracting for SaaS, software licensing, and healthcare service models.
- Supporting product development, engineering, and innovation functions, including AI and digital health.
- Advising on regulatory compliance across HIPAA, HITECH, AKS, FCA, and state privacy regimes.
- Strong understanding of international data privacy and transfer laws impacting global SaaS platforms.
- Knowledge of AI/ML regulations, FDA SaMD/CDS guidance, and algorithm governance.
- Proficiency in contract lifecycle management tools, privacy management platforms, and Salesforce.
Responsibilities
- Lead the negotiation and structuring of B2B SaaS agreements, master service agreements, reseller arrangements, and enterprise licensing transactions.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to assess legal risks in AI-enabled features, machine learning models, and clinical decision support tools (CDS/SaMD-like functions).
- Track and interpret emerging regulations governing AI in healthcare (e.g., FDA, ONC, EU AI Act, state laws) and guide teams on AI compliance readiness, including documentation, transparency, and validation practices.
- Help shape internal policies around responsible AI development, risk-tiering, and model governance.
- Provide legal counsel across a wide range of healthcare and privacy regulations, including HIPAA, HITECH, 21st Century Cures Act, and state-level privacy/security laws.
- Advise on cross-border data transfer frameworks (e.g., GDPR, UK DPA, Canadian PIPEDA), including adequacy assessments, SCCs, and vendor risk assessments.
- Build and manage legal tools including contract templates, playbooks, clause libraries, and self-service guidance tailored for healthcare SaaS.
Other
- JD from an ABA-accredited law school; admitted and in good standing with at least one U.S. State Bar.
- 10+ years of legal experience, including at least 5 years in-house at a healthcare or SaaS technology company.
- Business-oriented mindset with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage a broad portfolio of legal risks and balance urgency, quality, and scalability.
- Willingness to travel occasionally (less than 5%)
