Counsel – Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Governance

The Cigna Group is seeking an attorney to join its Privacy & Innovation Governance team within Legal & Corporate Affairs. This attorney will provide legal counsel and support related to artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, with a focus on monitoring and interpreting evolving AI laws and regulations and conducting legal reviews of AI use cases, with additional responsibilities supporting review and negotiation of AI-related contractual terms, as well as assisting intellectual property counsel with IP-related matters and enterprise initiatives.

The successful candidate will work closely with attorneys and professionals across Privacy & Innovation Governance, Enterprise Model Governance, Compliance, Information Security, Technology, Procurement, and the business to help enable responsible innovation while identifying and managing legal and regulatory risk.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze emerging federal, state, and international laws, regulations, regulatory guidance, and enforcement developments relating to artificial intelligence, machine learning, automated decision-making, and other emerging technologies.
• Assess new and proposed AI legal requirements and support the development of practical guidance regarding their impact on The Cigna Group’s businesses, operations, and AI governance framework.
• Maintain regulatory inventories, legal summaries, guidance, and other resources to support implementation of evolving AI requirements.
• Conduct legal reviews of proposed AI and machine-learning use cases, identify applicable legal and regulatory requirements, and advise on risks associated with the development, acquisition, deployment, and use of AI systems.
• Participate in enterprise AI governance processes and collaborate with Enterprise Model Governance and other stakeholders to provide legal guidance throughout the AI lifecycle.
• Review, draft, and negotiate AI and intellectual property  related provisions in technology, vendor, data, licensing, and other commercial agreements, including provisions addressing data use, model training, intellectual property, confidentiality, regulatory compliance, transparency, audit rights, liability, and generative AI.
• Support the development and maintenance of standard AI and IP contractual provisions, negotiation guidance, playbooks, and other resources to promote consistent treatment of AI and IP-related legal risks.
• Advise on the intersection of AI requirements with privacy and data protection laws and collaborate with other legal subject-matter experts on intellectual property, healthcare regulation, employment, consumer protection, and other applicable areas of law.
• Support intellectual property counsel in reviewing and advising on employee intellectual property obligations, outside activity requests, and matters involving ownership, licensing, protection, and commercialization of intellectual property assets.
• Assist intellectual property counsel with enterprise IP initiatives, including identifying and addressing IP risks associated with AI and emerging technologies and developing practical guidance and resources to protect proprietary assets. 
• Help develop, implement, and improve practical processes and workflows for AI use-case review and related IP legal support, including intake, triage, documentation, escalation, and tracking, to promote consistency and efficiency.
• Partner with colleagues across Privacy & Innovation Governance and other enterprise functions to translate evolving legal requirements into practical policies, standards, controls, and business guidance.
• Support the development and enhancement of enterprise policies, standards, training, and governance frameworks related to responsible AI and emerging technologies.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that supports responsible innovation while appropriately managing legal and regulatory risk.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license and good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 3+ years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, government agency, or combination thereof.
• Experience with technology, privacy, data, commercial contracting, artificial intelligence, or related legal matters.
• Strong legal research and analytical skills, including the ability to monitor, interpret, and communicate the implications of new and evolving laws and regulations.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating technology, software, data, cloud, or vendor agreements.
• Ability to translate legal requirements into practical processes and workflows, with a continuous-improvement mindset and attention to consistent execution.

• Sound legal judgment, including the ability to identify material risks, recommend practical mitigations, and recognize when to seek guidance or escalate issues.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex legal requirements into clear and practical guidance.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with attorneys, compliance professionals, governance teams, technical teams, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a rapidly evolving area of law.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or demonstrated interest in artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, automated decision-making, or emerging technology law.
• Familiarity with evolving U.S. and international legal and regulatory frameworks governing AI.
• Experience conducting legal or regulatory reviews of technology or AI use cases.
• Experience reviewing or negotiating contractual provisions addressing AI, data use, model training, intellectual property, or generative AI.

• Experience with intellectual property matters, such as ownership, licensing, confidentiality, protection of proprietary assets, or employee IP obligations.
• Experience developing or improving legal review processes, intake workflows, playbooks, templates, or other tools that improve consistency and efficiency.

• Experience with privacy and data protection laws and their application to AI and emerging technologies.
• Experience in healthcare, health insurance, pharmacy benefit management, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary legal, compliance, governance, risk, or technology teams.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 115,700 - 192,900 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

At The Cigna Group, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.