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Legal Director roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring at least a Juris Doctor and active bar admission. Employers filing H-1B petitions must certify a prevailing wage through DOL, making law departments at large corporations, financial institutions, and tech companies the most active sponsors for this title.
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Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.
We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.
Meet the team:
Dexcom is seeking a seasoned privacy leader to serve as its Senior Director, Privacy & AI Legal. Reporting to the VP, Employment, Corporate Governance, & Privacy Law, this role will serve as Dexcom’s Chief Privacy Officer, lead Dexcom’s global privacy program, and help shape the future of privacy, AI governance, and data stewardship across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in privacy, cybersecurity, AI governance, a proactive mindset, and a collaborative leadership style. You will work with a team of motivated and passionate professionals globally and have the opportunity to interact and counsel Dexcom’s leaders.
At Dexcom, our mission is to empower people to take control of health through innovative continuous glucose monitoring technology. The Global Privacy team helps enable that mission by ensuring the responsible, ethical, and compliant use of personal data and AI across our products, services, employees, research activities, and business operations worldwide.
Where you come in:
- You lead and continuously mature Dexcom’s global privacy program by developing and overseeing privacy governance frameworks and policies, monitoring privacy risks and developing risk mitigation strategies, conducting enterprise privacy risk assessments and program reviews, and presenting program updates and strategic initiatives.
- You partner closely with Information Security, Product Security, R&D, Marketing, and Commercial teams to provide strategic and business oriented advice and embed privacy by design principles into company processes and solutions and enable product development.
- You advise on AI, cybersecurity, and data governance, monitoring legislative and regulatory updates, and supporting AI impact assessments and reviews.
- You oversee privacy and AI operational workflows, including incident response and data subject rights requests, establish metrics, dashboards, and KPIs to measure program effectiveness, and drive automation and scalability.
- You lead and develop a high performing global privacy team and work effectively with outside counsel, consultants and vendors, as needed.
What makes you successful:
- You have at least 10 years of experience in privacy, data protection, or related fields preferably in medical device or healthcare sector.
- Proven track record of managing global privacy programs, AI governance, and global teams.
- Comfortable presenting to, counseling, and interacting with C-level executives and Directors.
- You are committed to teamwork and maintaining strong relationships and lines of communication with business partners and other key stakeholders across the organization.
- You have excellent decision-making skills, practical business judgement, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- You are able to work in person in the San Diego office 2-3 days per week and as required, local within 75 miles is strongly preferred.
What you’ll get:
- A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
- A full and comprehensive benefits program.
- Growth opportunities on a global scale.
- Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
- An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.
Travel Required:
5-15%
Experience and Education Requirements:
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree with 17+ years of industry experience.
- 13+ years of successful leadership management experience in relevant industry.
Flex Workplace: Your primary location will be a home office. You will not have an assigned workstation and will work with your manager to determine office visit needs. You must live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km).
Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.
Meritain, an Aetna Company, creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Dexcom. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please click on the URL provided: https://health1.meritain.com/app/public/#/one/insurerCode=MERITAIN_I&brandCode=MERITAINOVER/machine-readable-transparency-in-coverage?reportingEntityType=TPA_19874&lock=true
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Dexcom. Only authorized staffing and recruiting agencies may use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes on specific requisitions. Dexcom does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to the Talent Acquisition team, Dexcom employees or any other company location. Dexcom is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
AI in Hiring Notice: We may use AI supported tools to help make our hiring process more efficient, consistent, and accessible for candidates around the world. All hiring decisions are made by people.
Salary:
$231,100.00 - $385,100.00
The Company
Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.
We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.
Meet the team:
Dexcom is seeking a seasoned privacy leader to serve as its Senior Director, Privacy & AI Legal. Reporting to the VP, Employment, Corporate Governance, & Privacy Law, this role will serve as Dexcom’s Chief Privacy Officer, lead Dexcom’s global privacy program, and help shape the future of privacy, AI governance, and data stewardship across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in privacy, cybersecurity, AI governance, a proactive mindset, and a collaborative leadership style. You will work with a team of motivated and passionate professionals globally and have the opportunity to interact and counsel Dexcom’s leaders.
At Dexcom, our mission is to empower people to take control of health through innovative continuous glucose monitoring technology. The Global Privacy team helps enable that mission by ensuring the responsible, ethical, and compliant use of personal data and AI across our products, services, employees, research activities, and business operations worldwide.
Where you come in:
- You lead and continuously mature Dexcom’s global privacy program by developing and overseeing privacy governance frameworks and policies, monitoring privacy risks and developing risk mitigation strategies, conducting enterprise privacy risk assessments and program reviews, and presenting program updates and strategic initiatives.
- You partner closely with Information Security, Product Security, R&D, Marketing, and Commercial teams to provide strategic and business oriented advice and embed privacy by design principles into company processes and solutions and enable product development.
- You advise on AI, cybersecurity, and data governance, monitoring legislative and regulatory updates, and supporting AI impact assessments and reviews.
- You oversee privacy and AI operational workflows, including incident response and data subject rights requests, establish metrics, dashboards, and KPIs to measure program effectiveness, and drive automation and scalability.
- You lead and develop a high performing global privacy team and work effectively with outside counsel, consultants and vendors, as needed.
What makes you successful:
- You have at least 10 years of experience in privacy, data protection, or related fields preferably in medical device or healthcare sector.
- Proven track record of managing global privacy programs, AI governance, and global teams.
- Comfortable presenting to, counseling, and interacting with C-level executives and Directors.
- You are committed to teamwork and maintaining strong relationships and lines of communication with business partners and other key stakeholders across the organization.
- You have excellent decision-making skills, practical business judgement, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- You are able to work in person in the San Diego office 2-3 days per week and as required, local within 75 miles is strongly preferred.
What you’ll get:
- A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
- A full and comprehensive benefits program.
- Growth opportunities on a global scale.
- Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
- An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.
Travel Required:
5-15%
Experience and Education Requirements:
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree with 17+ years of industry experience.
- 13+ years of successful leadership management experience in relevant industry.
Flex Workplace: Your primary location will be a home office. You will not have an assigned workstation and will work with your manager to determine office visit needs. You must live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km).
Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.
Meritain, an Aetna Company, creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Dexcom. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please click on the URL provided: https://health1.meritain.com/app/public/#/one/insurerCode=MERITAIN_I&brandCode=MERITAINOVER/machine-readable-transparency-in-coverage?reportingEntityType=TPA_19874&lock=true
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Dexcom. Only authorized staffing and recruiting agencies may use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes on specific requisitions. Dexcom does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to the Talent Acquisition team, Dexcom employees or any other company location. Dexcom is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
AI in Hiring Notice: We may use AI supported tools to help make our hiring process more efficient, consistent, and accessible for candidates around the world. All hiring decisions are made by people.
Salary:
$231,100.00 - $385,100.00
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Verify your JD satisfies specialty occupation
USCIS requires a direct relationship between your degree and the role. A JD alone isn't always sufficient, your petition should document that the Legal Director position requires legal expertise in a specific practice area, not general management.
Pull LCA filings by job title
Search the OFLC Wage Search for 'Legal Director' and 'Chief Legal Officer' filings to identify which employers have certified LCAs for this exact title. Migrate Mate surfaces this DOL data by employer so you can target companies with active H-1B filing history.
Prioritize law departments over law firms
In-house legal departments at publicly traded companies file H-1B petitions through USCIS like any employer. Law firms, by contrast, often classify attorneys as partners or counsel under different visa structures, so corporate legal roles typically have more straightforward sponsorship paths.
Get your bar admission documented early
USCIS adjudicators scrutinize Legal Director petitions for proof of active bar admission in the relevant jurisdiction. Gather your certificate of good standing and any multi-state bar records before your employer files the I-129 to avoid a Request for Evidence.
Negotiate who pays filing fees upfront
The I-129 petition fee and any premium processing costs are legally the employer's responsibility under DOL rules, but the split on attorney fees varies by employer. Clarify the fee arrangement in writing before your employer engages outside immigration counsel.
Use O*NET to strengthen your specialty occupation argument
The O*NET occupation profile for Legal Directors lists a JD as the standard entry-level requirement. Reference this in your support letter to establish that the position normally demands a specific degree, which directly supports the specialty occupation determination under USCIS standards.
H-1B Visa Legal Director: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Legal Director role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a Juris Doctor in a directly related legal field. USCIS evaluates whether a JD is the normal minimum for the role, not just preferred. Employers strengthen the petition by documenting that the Legal Director function demands specialized legal expertise, not general executive management skills.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Legal Director positions?
Large corporations with in-house legal departments are the most consistent sponsors, particularly in tech, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. Migrate Mate lets you filter for companies that have filed Labor Condition Applications for Legal Director or equivalent titles, so you can focus on employers with a documented sponsorship track record rather than guessing.
How does bar admission affect H-1B eligibility for a Legal Director role?
Active bar admission in the relevant U.S. jurisdiction is typically required documentation in the H-1B petition. USCIS may issue a Request for Evidence if your bar status is inactive, lapsed, or limited to a different state than where you'll be employed. Maintaining good standing before and during filing reduces adjudication delays.
Can a Legal Director H-1B petition be denied if the role has management responsibilities?
USCIS occasionally questions whether a role with broad managerial duties still meets the specialty occupation standard. To counter this, your employer's support letter should emphasize that the Legal Director position requires applying specialized legal knowledge daily, and that a JD in a specific practice area is the baseline requirement, not a general business or management degree.
What is the prevailing wage level typically assigned to Legal Director H-1B filings?
DOL assigns prevailing wages to Legal Director roles using the Standard Occupational Classification system, typically at Level III or Level IV depending on supervisory scope and years of experience. Your employer certifies this wage through the LCA process before filing the I-129. You can look up applicable wage levels for your specific location using the OFLC Wage Search.