• Directs the efforts of the legal staff and related support personnel while utilizing legal expertise to ensure the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with various laws and regulations that govern Privacy. • Serves as the Privacy Officer for the Company, responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of privacy policies and procedures in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations. • Serves as primary point of contact for privacy-related matters, including regulatory inquiries, customer concerns, and internal escalations. • Develops strategy to accomplish objectives and ensures the Company and its subsidiaries maintain a solid legal foundation upon which to conduct business. • Advises and counsels Company Officers, senior management, and the Board of Directors on privacy laws that arise in the Company’s business operations; researches and prepares legal memoranda and opinions applying technical legal knowledge to varying business situations and personnel issues; assists Company management with risk identification and management. • Assists the Company with business transactions and the development of new products, services, and business relationships. • Confers and negotiates with attorneys and management in other companies. • Attends high-level conferences involving BCBSNC management and management in other companies or senior government positions. • Writes legal opinions or otherwise provides legal advice that require extensive research of statutes, regulations, or court decisions in complex areas of law. • Leads practice area team (e.g., corporate, health care plans). • Supervises direct reports including performance management, coaching, conflict resolution, motivating and engaging. • Manages growth and development of personnel, with career development, performance management and succession planning. • Assigns projects to team members, coaches and mentors team members. • Participates in development of, interprets, and improves Company policies. • Assists the Company with implementing existing and new programs, policies, and procedures. • Researches, interprets, and advises on statutory and case law, administrative rules, and regulations. • Monitors legislative and regulatory proposals, evaluates such proposals, and assists Company management with formulating the Company’s position of these matters. • Performs management duties include hiring, training, coaching, counseling and evaluating performance of direct reports. • Makes decisions regarding retention of outside counsel and manages substantial budget for external legal services. • Performs other duties as assigned.