# Associate General Counsel, Privacy & Compliance at Neuralink

- Company: Neuralink
- What the company does: Creating a generalized brain interface to restore autonomy to those with unmet medical needs today and unlock human potential tomorrow. Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia and Founders Fund.
- Company website: https://neuralink.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Associate
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States; South San Francisco, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-06-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/neuralink/jobs/7780172003?gh_jid=7780172003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/neuralink-associate-general-counsel-privacy-and-compliance/

## About the role

Neuralink is hiring an Associate General Counsel to build and lead the company’s privacy and compliance program end-to-end. You will own the privacy strategy across our most sensitive data — neural recordings, clinical trial data, and the health information of the patients we serve — and stand up the compliance program that governs how Neuralink interacts with clinical investigators, physicians, hospitals, patients, and federal healthcare programs.

## What they're looking for

- A J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one state bar (California or Texas preferred)
- Privacy experience at a medical device company or high-growth health technology company (e.g., digital health, wearable tech, or life science company specializing in devices or advanced clinical data systems)
- A minimum of 10 years of privacy-focused legal practice, with substantial in-house experience leading a privacy program. CIPP/US and CIPP/E (or equivalent) strongly preferred
- Deep, hands-on expertise with HIPAA (Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules), including BAA negotiation and the privacy dimensions of clinical research (IRB processes, informed consent)
- Demonstrated command of GDPR, UK GDPR, and the US state privacy law landscape, including international data transfers and DPO/representative obligations
- Track record of running Privacy by Design with engineering and product teams — PIAs, DPIAs, data mapping, and embedding privacy into product development

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