[Hiring] Counsel – Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Governance @Cigna Healthcare

Role Description

The Cigna Group is seeking an attorney to join its Privacy & Innovation Governance team within Legal & Corporate Affairs. This attorney will provide legal counsel and support related to artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, with a focus on monitoring and interpreting evolving AI laws and regulations and conducting legal reviews of AI use cases.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Supporting review and negotiation of AI-related contractual terms.
• Assisting intellectual property counsel with IP-related matters and enterprise initiatives.

The successful candidate will work closely with attorneys and professionals across various departments to enable responsible innovation while identifying and managing legal and regulatory risk.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license and good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 3+ years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, government agency, or combination thereof.
• Experience with technology, privacy, data, commercial contracting, artificial intelligence, or related legal matters.
• Strong legal research and analytical skills.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating technology, software, data, cloud, or vendor agreements.
• Ability to translate legal requirements into practical processes and workflows.
• Sound legal judgment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a rapidly evolving area of law.

Requirements

• Monitor and analyze emerging federal, state, and international laws and regulations relating to AI and other technologies.
• Assess new and proposed AI legal requirements and support the development of practical guidance.
• Maintain regulatory inventories, legal summaries, and other resources.
• Conduct legal reviews of proposed AI and machine-learning use cases.
• Participate in enterprise AI governance processes.
• Review, draft, and negotiate AI and intellectual property related provisions in various agreements.
• Support the development and maintenance of standard AI and IP contractual provisions.
• Advise on the intersection of AI requirements with privacy and data protection laws.
• Support intellectual property counsel in reviewing and advising on employee IP obligations.
• Assist intellectual property counsel with enterprise IP initiatives.
• Help develop, implement, and improve practical processes and workflows for AI use-case review.
• Partner with colleagues to translate evolving legal requirements into practical policies.
• Support the development and enhancement of enterprise policies related to responsible AI.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.

Benefits

• Comprehensive range of health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being programs.
• 401(k) plan.
• Company paid life insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• A minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year.
• Paid holidays and leaves of absence.

Company Description

At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services.