AIRS Medical is a fast-growing healthcare technology company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, with rapidly expanding global operations. Built on the belief that technology should help prevent illness, not just treat it, AIRS Medical empowers people to live healthier, longer lives.
Our flagship solution, SwiftMR, is an FDA-cleared, cloud-based AI software that accelerates MRI scans by up to 50% without compromising diagnostic quality. Trusted by more than 1700+ sites globally, SwiftMR enhances imaging efficiency, patient comfort, and clinical workflow.
AIRS Medical has been recognized with Frost & Sullivan's Technology Innovation Leadership Awards (2023 and 2024) and as the winner of the Facebook AI Research and NYU Langone Health fastMRI Challenges (2019 and 2020), underscoring our leadership in deep learning and medical imaging AI.
As we continue expanding across the U.S., Europe and globally, AIRS Medical remains committed to advancing AI innovations that enhance patient care, support healthcare professionals, and redefine diagnostic efficiency.
[About Our Team] Legal Team
Our Legal Team partners across the organization to provide strategic guidance, protect our business, and enable innovation. We handle corporate, commercial, compliance, dispute resolution, and data privacy matters, ensuring the company operates safely and efficiently in a fast-moving global environment. As a member of the Legal Team, you will work directly with executive leadership and cross-functional teams on a broad range of matters, playing a pivotal role in the company's global legal operations.
💼About the Role
Join a fast-growing, innovative tech company where legal, compliance and privacy considerations are integral to how we build trust with our customers and operate globally. We are looking for a Legal Counsel to take ownership of two core areas — general business and commercial matters and data privacy and protection — while also supporting healthcare compliance, corporate governance, dispute management, and information security.
🎯Why This Role Matters
This role is central to helping the company grow responsibly across multiple jurisdictions. You will provide practical legal guidance that supports commercial decision-making, protects the company's interests, and enables teams to move quickly while taking ownership of legal, regulatory and compliance risks.
Your advice will directly influence and shape fundamental business decisions, including how the company structures strategic partnerships, launches products, manages risk, establishes scalable processes for AI governance, and operates across global markets.
🖥️What You'll Do
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements — the day-to-day engine of our global sales, partnership, and vendor activity.
- Lead compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, PIPA, and other applicable data protection and privacy requirements, including customer-facing privacy documents (BAAs, DPAs) that are integral to closing deals in the U.S. and Europe.
- Advise executive leadership and cross-functional teams on contractual risks, corporate governance, and day-to-day legal matters.
- Help build and operate the legal intake and review process and playbooks, engaging with deals and initiatives from the early planning stage.
- Handle civil and criminal disputes, claims, investigations, and pre-litigation issues, coordinating with external counsel and law firms where appropriate.
- Support healthcare, regulatory, and compliance issues relevant to the company's products, services, partnerships, and international operations.
- Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments and translate them into practical guidance, contract architecture, and corporate policies.
🔎Who You Are
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Required
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A qualified attorney admitted to practice in Korea or any U.S. jurisdiction, with a J.D., LL.B., Korean bar qualification, or equivalent. An undergraduate degree in STEM subjects is a plus.
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Active bar membership in good standing.
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5–10 years of experience in the practice of law, with substantial exposure to commercial contracts and international business, including advising on cross-border legal issues and coordinating matters involving multiple jurisdictions.
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Hands-on experience advising on data privacy and protection matters — HIPAA, GDPR, PIPA, or comparable frameworks.
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Fluency in Korean and English, both written and spoken.
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Be able to live and work in Korea, with flexibility to participate in meetings across international time zones.
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Preferred (Not Required)
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Global in-house legal experience at a company in the medical device, healthcare, AI, or health-tech industries, or experience at a law firm supporting clients in these sectors.
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Working knowledge of the AI, healthcare, information technology, and medical imaging industries.
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Experience using AI/LLM tools (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) actively in legal work, with a practical sense of their capabilities and limits.
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Fluency in Japanese, or a European language (German, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese) is a plus.
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Skills
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Commercially minded with business acumen, analytical, and proactive, with the ability to integrate and translate complex legal issues into clear and practical recommendations.
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Technically literate and able to quickly understand software products, cloud infrastructure, data flows, and information security issues.
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Able to work independently, take ownership of legal matters, manage competing priorities, juggle multiple deadlines, and operate effectively in a fast-paced cross-cultural environment with minimal supervision.
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Calm under pressure with a commitment to producing timely, high-quality work consistently.
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Learn new topics and commit to continuous professional development.
🍒Benefits & Perks
- Competitive base salary with discretionary year-end performance bonus
- Flexible Work Arrangements & Working Hours
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (For employees with less than one year of service, Korean labor law applies.)
- Professional Development (Support for job-related training, academic conferences, and seminars.)
- Personal Growth Allowance – Annual welfare points equivalent to KRW 1.2M for self-development activities.
- Health Check-up Support (Annual health screening support up to KRW 300,000.)
- Unlimited Snack Bar
- Congratulatory & Condolence Support
🚀Hiring Process
- Application Review - First Interview (Legal Team) - Second Interview (Culture Fit) - Reference Check & Offer Discussion - Final Job Offer - Onboarding
- Additional interviews or informal coffee chats may be arranged if needed during the process.
