Digital Technology Contracts Counsel

🇺🇸 Remote - North Carolina 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $120K - $140K 💻 Compliance 🗓️ November 11th, 2026

SaaS NIST HIPAA

Edtech.com's Summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Digital Technology Contracts Counsel. The role provides legal advice and transactional support on data privacy, information security, and technology procurement, including drafting and negotiating the privacy and security terms in the university's software, cloud, and data processing agreements. The counsel reports to the Chief Privacy Officer in the Institutional Privacy Office and works with IT, purchasing, research administration, and university counsel.

Highlights

Draft, review, and negotiate data privacy and information security provisions in technology agreements, including SaaS, software licensing, software development, cloud service, and data processing agreements.
Work with Information Technology Services, the Information Security Office, the Office of University Counsel, Finance and Operations, and Research Administration to support compliant technology purchases.
Help the senior counsel triage and coordinate legal review of technology purchases, conduct legal research for university units, and assist in resolving contract disputes with technology vendors.
Maintain contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and institutional guidance for technology and data agreements, and train university units on contracting practices involving privacy, security, and procurement.
Admission to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction is required, with the ability to join the North Carolina State Bar within a reasonable time, along with experience negotiating technology transactions such as SaaS and cloud agreements.
Working knowledge of HIPAA, FERPA, the GDPR, and NIST as they apply to contract negotiation is required, and 3 to 5 years of legal experience in technology transactions, privacy, or cybersecurity is preferred.
Salary range of $120,000 to $140,000, in a fully remote role for employees who live in North Carolina.