About Sonio

Each year, 140M children are born. Birth defects affect 1 in 33 births in developed countries, and in 50% of cases, they are not detected during prenatal examinations. Prenatal medicine is particularly complex, and the scans impose heavy responsibilities on healthcare professionals. They can also be a source of stress for future parents.

Resulting from 5 years of collaboration between world-renowned experts from Necker Hospital and Ecole Polytechnique, Sonio uses artificial intelligence to improve prenatal screening and diagnosis. Based on patented algorithms and a proprietary expert database, Sonio aims to become the reference tool to help practitioners improve screening, reduce diagnostic errors, and optimize pregnant women’s medical path.

Sonio's mission is to improve women's and children's health by promoting access and quality of care through technological innovation, medical expertise, and collective intelligence.

About the role

You will be our first legal hire. You'll build and lead our legal functions. You’ll report to our Director of People & Culture (Excom member, Board observer) and work very closely with the CEO, the Director of RAQA, the Sales Director and other leaders/teams depending on topics. Main responsibilities are:

• Customer Contract Management (about 40%)

  • Draft, review, negotiate, and approve customer contracts

  • Support Sales, Customer Success, and Product teams with contractual risk analysis.

  • Ensure alignment of customer contracts with regulatory, privacy, and product constraints.

• Data Privacy & Security Compliance (about 40%)

  • Develop and maintain the company’s global privacy framework (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.).

  • Lead strategy for Sonio product privacy documents

  • Conduct and maintain key documents related to privacy and security (non-conformities, RoPA etc.) as well as tools

  • Oversee data de-identification/anonymization rationales (Data collection).

  • Liaise with certification bodies (Hitrust, SOC2, etc.).

  • Implement new privacy/security regulations or standards (NIS2, AI Act, future medical AI regulations).

• General counsel activities (about 20%)

  • Provide legal knowledge and create a mitigation strategy for other teams based on ad-hoc needs. It could, for instance, cover:

    • Review product features and innovations for legal risks.

    • Data Usage and AI Model Training Documentation.

    • Manage copyright, licensing, and IP protection processes

    • Provide legal support for HR activities

    • Corporate governance activities

You will work cross-functionally with all teams, getting strong exposure to all major topics and challenges for the company. It’s a really exciting role to build

About the profile

Sonio is a mission-driven company, so interest in our mission is critical. Other requirements are:

• 2-3+ years of experience in privacy compliance, legal counsel, or risk management roles in the US, you have exposure to SaaS B2B contracts & data privacy topics

• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating B2B Software contracts with data privacy elements

• Hands-on experience with US data privacy regulations (CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA) and familiarity with global regulations

• Ability to interpret and implement new regulations (AI Act, NIS2…)

• Solid negotiation skills and ability to manage complex contracts

• Familiarity with SaaS, cloud architectures, and data flows

• Strong analytical skills and risk-based decision making.

Localisation: Boston

Salary: 130k + 10% - The package is flexible depending on seniority; we can share our internal if needed.

We move fast and aspire to be transparent over the process - our objective is that the process from the first chat to an offer is no longer than a month. We also aspire to give an answer to every application in a week - if you have not heard from us, please follow up at [email protected].