Senior Corporate Counsel; Product

• Abridge’s in-house legal team is a group of lawyers and legal professionals operating across multiple disciplines
• As we continue to expand, we are looking for a practical, versatile product lawyer to join our growing legal team
• You will serve as a trusted advisor to product and engineering teams, embedding legal and compliance frameworks into our product lifecycle
• You will own matters independently and help turn recurring questions into clear guidance and durable systems that support innovation while ensuring compliance with healthcare, privacy, and other regulatory requirements
• This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of both AI and healthcare
• Serve as a primary legal partner for our products and features from early design through launch and post-launch review
• Partner with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, policy, partner experience, marketing, IT, finance, corporate development, and commercial to ensure alignment and mitigate risk
• Review product launches, feature changes, user-facing disclosures, and marketing claims
• Develop and scale practical legal processes, frameworks, and templates that enable teams to move quickly with appropriate guardrails
• Provide actionable legal guidance on regulatory, privacy, and compliance matters, including the evolving AI/ML landscape
• Flex across the broader Product, Privacy and Regulatory Legal portfolio as company priorities and risk change
• Coordinate with external counsel to resolve specialist issues and ensure fast delivery of actionable legal guidance and risk analysis
• Monitor emerging laws and regulations affecting Abridge’s products and data practices and advise internal stakeholders on their implications

• Flexible working hours — we care more about what you accomplish than what specific hours you’re working
• Remote work environment
• Unlimited PTO, plus 12 national holidays
• Equity for all new employees
• 16 weeks paid parental leave, for all employees
• Generous equipment budget for your home office setup ($1600)
• Opportunity to work and grow with talented individuals, and have ownership and impact at a high growth startup

The right person can identify the legal issue quickly, learn the product deeply, and give the business a practical path forward

Demonstrated ability to work independently and exercise business judgement; interest in joining a small team that prioritizes autonomy and trust

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

Proven ability to work cross-functionally, particularly with technical teams, designers, and commercial teams, building relationships and earning their confidence5+ years of legal experience, including 3+ years in product counseling. Prior in-house experience at a technology company is a requirement

Ability to spot issues across a broad range of legal areas, dig into unfamiliar regulatory questions, and know when to bring in specialist expertise

Passion for Abridge’s mission and the energy and drive to support fast-moving product and operational teams

Working knowledge of privacy and data protection, consumer protection, and intellectual property issues as they apply to technology products

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

Expertise in intellectual property, AI, or software and technology transactions (e.g., licensing, open source)
Familiarity with recent trends in AI, particularly with large language models and responsible AI principles

Strong understanding of and experience with federal and state healthcare laws, including HIPAA and state health privacy laws Prior experience at a growth-stage, AI-native, or healthcare technology company

Experience with healthcare regulatory matters, including FDA, FTC, fraud, waste, and abuse laws, health data interoperability and information blocking rules, and related state laws