Senior Corporate Counsel

Senior Corporate Counsel

As Senior Corporate Counsel, you will serve as a trusted advisor to product, engineering, and security 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 an opportunity to be at the forefront of AI in healthcare.

The role involves serving as product counsel, partnering across the engineering, product, and security teams to support product design, development, and deployment. Providing actionable legal guidance on regulatory, privacy, and compliance matters, including HIPAA, CCPA / CPRA, and the evolving AI / ML landscape. Advising on healthcare regulatory compliance, including FDA, FTC, fraud, and abuse (FCA, AKS), and related state laws. Partnering with other cross-functional teams including policy, partner experience, marketing, IT, finance, corporate development, and commercial to ensure alignment and mitigate risk. Supporting privacy impact assessments, compliance risk assessments, and data governance efforts and frameworks. Coordinating with external counsel to resolve specialist issues and ensure fast delivery of actionable legal guidance and risk analysis. Monitoring emerging regulations around AI, data use, and healthcare technology and advise internal stakeholders on their implications.

What You'll Bring includes passion for Abridge's mission and the energy and drive to support a fast-moving product and operational teams. 8+ years of legal experience, including 4+ years in product counseling. Prior in-house, government, or law firm experience focused on healthcare is a requirement. Strong understanding of and experience with federal and state healthcare laws, including HIPAA and data privacy regulations. Experience with FDA, FTC, FCA and fraud, waste, and abuse laws. 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.

Bonus points if you have expertise in intellectual property, AI, interoperability, or technology law. Familiarity with recent trends in artificial intelligence, particularly with large language models and responsible AI principles. Prior in-house experience (bonus points if at a growth-stage or healthcare technology company).

This role is a remote position, but preference in either San Francisco or New York City.

Why Work at Abridge? At Abridge, we're transforming healthcare delivery experiences with generative AI, enabling clinicians and patients to connect in deeper, more meaningful ways. Our mission is clear : to power deeper understanding in healthcare. We're driving real, lasting change, with millions of medical conversations processed each month. Joining Abridge means stepping into a fast-paced, high-growth startup where your contributions truly make a difference. Our culture requires extreme ownershipevery employee has the ability to (and is expected to) make an impact on our customers and our business. Beyond individual impact, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a team of curious, high-achieving people in a supportive environment where success is shared, growth is constant, and feedback fuels progress. At Abridge, it's not just what we doit's how we do it. Every decision is rooted in empathy, always prioritizing the needs of clinicians and patients. We're committed to supporting your growth, both professionally and personally. Whether it's flexible work hours, an inclusive culture, or ongoing learning opportunities, we are here to help you thrive and do the best work of your life. If you are ready to make a meaningful impact alongside passionate people who care deeply about what they do, Abridge is the place for you.

How we take care of Abridgers includes generous time off, comprehensive health plans, paid parental leave, 401k and matching, pre-tax benefits, learning and development budget, sabbatical leave, and compensation and equity.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Abridge is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability.