Chief Privacy and Compliance Officer - Oakland, CA, United States
2 days ago
Job description
DescriptionYour Role
The Stellarus Legal and Compliance team oversees enterprise-wide compliance with privacy laws, regulations, and policies. The Chief Privacy and Compliance Officer will report to the Stellarus Chief Executive Officer along with dotted line reporting to the Stellarus Chief Legal Officer. As the company's first Chief Privacy and Compliance Officer, you will design and lead a comprehensive privacy and compliance program tailored to a fast-moving technology startup environment. You will play a hands-on role in ensuring that our health technology platform and digital health plan solutions comply with healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA, HITECH, CCPA) and internal compliance and ethical standards—without slowing down innovation. This role blends strategic oversight, cross-functional collaboration with leaders in the company and the ability to execute quickly and build sound a compliance program and operational processes from the ground up.
Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.
ResponsibilitiesYour Work
In this role, you will:
Oversee Privacy & Data Governance
- Act as the company's Privacy Officer and Compliance Officer.
- Establish privacy policies, procedures, and data use governance aligned with HIPAA, HITECH, CCPA, and similar U.S. regulations.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Security, and teams to embed privacy into the product lifecycle.
- Participate in privacy impact assessments, incident response planning, and data breach mitigation efforts.
- Monitor the evolving regulatory landscape and maintain organizational readiness.
Compliance Program Leadership
- Build and operate a scalable compliance program suited for a growing tech organization including key compliance policies and processes.
- Develop and deliver compliance training and awareness programs.
- Manage and ensure internal and external audit readiness (e.g., HIPAA audits, SOC 2, HITRUST).
- Manage and ensure third-party compliance with data handling standards.
Executive Strategy & Operations
- Advise the Board, CEO and Executive Leadership team on privacy and compliance risks, regulatory trends, and operational requirements.
- Provide practical, business-focused guidance to enable compliant innovation.
- Develop metrics, internal and external reporting and dashboards that demonstrate the effectiveness of the privacy and compliance program.
- Represent the company in Compliance and regulatory interactions and industry forums, where applicable.
Your Knowledge and Experience
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA accredited law school and Bar admission required (CA strongly preferred)
- CHC or CCEP certification preferred
- Requires substantive experience dealing with privacy, HIPAA and health care regulations
- Requires Privacy Program management experience
- Requires at least 8 (eight) years prior relevant experience as a Privacy SME
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex contracts between health plans and external vendors/technology partners related to Privacy requirements
- Superior contract drafting skills and an ability to assess and draft agreements with a complete understanding of ramifications integrating law and business
- Knowledge of HIPPA
- Strong ability to provide risk assessment/risk mitigation support
- Combination of law firm and in-house experience preferred
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