Job Title: Privacy Specialist (Contractor)
Pay Rate: $110/hour on W2
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Work Location: Hybrid (Onsite if based in Columbus)
Duration: 3 months temp to hire
Position Overview:
The Privacy Specialist will provide dedicated privacy support for CoverMyMeds, ensuring the organization meets all legal, regulatory, and contractual privacy obligations. This role partners closely with product, security, legal, engineering, operations, and customer-facing teams to proactively identify privacy risks, support compliant product development, and promote a strong culture of patient data protection.
This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced healthcare technology environment, enjoys problem-solving, and demonstrates strong attention to detail.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support day-to-day privacy operations, including issue intake, investigation, documentation, and escalation.
- Assist in managing privacy incidents and breach response activities, including assessment, containment coordination, evidence gathering, and reporting.
- Administer and support patient rights requests (access, amendment, accounting of disclosures, etc.) under HIPAA and applicable state laws.
- Maintain documentation related to privacy compliance activities, controls, and risk assessments.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to identify and mitigate privacy risks across products and operations.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 2+ years of experience in privacy, compliance, information governance, security, or related risk roles—preferably in healthcare or technology.
- Working knowledge of HIPAA, HITECH, and U.S. state privacy laws.
- Privacy certification (CIPP/US, CHPC, CIPM, CHPSE, or similar).
- Experience with privacy investigations and evidence gathering
- Strong understanding of HIPAA and state data privacy laws
- Ability to work cross-functionally in a healthcare technology environment
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
