General Counsel

Executive and Administrative         ·        Remote within the US       ·       Full time

Rune Labs

Rune is a brain data company empowering the development and delivery of precision neuroscience therapeutics. We work with a wealth of newly-captured, high-fidelity neural recordings to advance data-driven therapies for diseases such as Parkinson’s, OCD, Depression, and other neurological conditions. Rune aims to fill the gap in software and data support for next-generation neuroscience therapeutics, and expand the benefits of precision medicine to the millions of patients with neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. We’re already generating revenue and are well-funded by top-tier investors.

Rune’s first-in-class precision brain data software platform integrates electrophysiology, brain imaging, and device data together with wearable data and clinical labels. The combination provides researchers, drug developers, and clinicians with the tools to guide treatment, uncover hidden disease phenotypes, and design better-targeted therapies.

The Role

We are looking for a digital health expert who will take on a key management role in our org and lead the development of our regulatory and compliance functions as we expand in existing markets and launch new product offerings.

The right person for this role will be comfortable in the worlds of tech and healthcare and excited to join a well-positioned neurotech startup prior to our next growth phase. This role reports to the CEO and could be scoped as GC, Head of Legal, or VP Legal.

Compensation: $325k base, benefits, and 0.5% equity

Core Responsibilities

• Provide advice, education, training, and legal direction to executive leadership in the integration of security, privacy, quality, and regulatory practices into Rune Lab’s overall strategy; maintain up-to-date knowledge of the laws and regulations affecting the operation of a digital health tech company. 
• Own and grow our compliance function and evolve our framework for data governance, and partner with product and engineering to ensure we are meeting all data compliance commitments to our partners and also towards relevant frameworks including HIPAA, GDPR, 510(k), CCPA, SOX, and other applicable privacy laws.
• Review, draft and negotiate commercial and services contracts; manage risk and ensure business and compliance needs are accurately reflected in agreements. (compliance assessments, RFPs, contract review, etc.); help build trust and confidence in the security, privacy, quality, and regulatory practices at Rune Labs for our global partner base including hospitals, med-tech and pharma companies, and contract research organizations (CROs).
• Counsel product, engineering, and scientific teams on relationships with healthcare professionals, patients, managed care entities, academic institutions, and government entities; advise and ensure compliance in data quality, data lineage, metadata management to automate enrichment, policy automation, data provenance, and data handling as well retention requirements, providing technical guidance that is privacy-centric, ethical, and transparent to strengthen our data compliance posture.
• Assist with corporate governance and contract management and manage external counsel as needed.
• Oversee the coordination and execution of external and internal audits and communicate the outcomes of those audits to business partners and executive leadership to include providing guidance on how to improve current processes or the creation of new processes to ensure continued success on future audits.

Minimum Requirements

• At least 5-7 years of relevant legal experience in healthcare law and regulatory experience, including deep legal experience in life sciences and technology, medical devices, or biotechnology, with a focus on digital health regulations, medical mobile apps, and/or Clinical Decision Support software. 
• Deep knowledge of data privacy requirements stemming from regulatory and legislative mandates, especially where related to healthcare (e.g. HIPAA, especially provisions for data sharing)
• Experience with internal and external compliance-related audits (e.g. SOC2 type I, II, III). Ideally, would have managed a successful HITECH audits.

Important Qualifications

• Genuine excitement about Rune’s mission and a management role at a rapidly growing startup.
• A commitment to collaborative engagement with internal teams, external partners, and other stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially authoring, reviewing and maintaining compliance related policies and procedures.

Practical Stuff

• You must reside and be authorized to work in the US.
• We are a fully remote team within the US and Canada. We ask everyone to be available in general for collective team meeting hours from 10-2 Pacific (1-5 Eastern) daily. If you’re in San Francisco, our pet-friendly office is just a block from Golden Gate Park.
• Full health, vision, and dental benefits for you and your dependents. Check out our benefits details here.

More About Us

We look for strong alignment with Rune’s values: learn about our work culture and expectations at Rune on our website and on our Key Values profile. We are committed to treating each other well, building a diverse and representative team, and continually working to improve the inclusivity and equity of our org. Anyone meeting the minimum requirements for an open role is strongly encouraged to apply.

Please click here to apply.